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We're leavin' today

I think we made the best of it (stomp,clap)

New Yor-rk, New York!


We're headin' down south

Where we both belong

We've had about enough of this (stomp, clap)

New Yor-rk, New York!


We came here with cash

And now we have none

You've taken practically all of it (stomp, clap)

New Yor-rk, New York


We're ready for grass

And space to spread out

We want our peace and quiet back (stomp, clap)

New Yor-rk, New York


I loved all your shows

And esp. your park

I'm going to miss your stores and sites (stomp, clap)

New York, New York, NEW YORK


*End song

Ok, today is my last day as a New Yorker. Ryan will be back next week for his last week at this rotation but I will be getting us ready in Atlanta.

My Top 10 NY Lists:

Restaurants (in no particular order):

1. Max Brenner

2. Keen's

3. Merchants

4. Five Points

5. Lombardi's

6. Rossinni's

7. Blue Ribbons

8. Serendipity

9. J.G. Melons

10. Bond 45


Activities (in no particular order):

1. Central Park (walking, people watching, ice skating, following Mary Kate Olsen, etc.)

2. American Museum of Natural History

3. Shopping at Bloomingdale's (or more like walking around and touching everything but not actually buying anything)

4. Rockefeller Center

5. Statue of Liberty

6. Touring the Financial District

7. Broadway Shows!!! (Faves that I've seen in NY: Mary Poppins, Wicked, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and White Christmas)

8. Eating! See above list for wonderful restaurants

9. Walking around as much as possible (you miss so much when riding the subway underground)
10. Sporting events (Yankees & Knicks)


Memories (in no particular order, and a few more than 10):

1. Picking pumpkins at the pumpkin patch in Long Island

2. Going to the Knicks/Celtics game where the Knicks barely lost in overtime and Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg were filming a movie

3. Ice skating in Central Park

4. Hanging out in big leather chairs by the fire at The Boathouse in Central Park while Christmas music played on the piano and staring out the windows at the big lake.

5. Viewing the entire city from the spinning restaurant on top of the Marriott in Times Square, The View.

6. Having so many friends and family come visit us (15, to be exact - in less than 10 weeks).

7. Attending the Jimmy Fallon show (Snoop) with friends.

8. Watching a blizzard from our 7th floor apartment window.

9. Getting excited every Wednesday morning when I peeked out and saw the cupcake truck here.

10. Seeing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and our little NY Thanksgiving .

11. Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center (not a great memory, but a memory for sure)

12. Finding out that I passed the CPA exam and am finished studying for it forever!!!


Alright, New York. Thanks for the memories! See you in 2011 for Ryan's graduation at Madison Square Garden!

Merry Christmas, everyone! :) I'll leave you with a picture of my new dog-niece. Adam and Theresa got a Christmas puppy!