I forgot to mention

The day before New Year's Eve, during vacation, we took the bus into NYC, thus satisfying my fetish for the time being. Went to Rockefeller Center to see the Tree and watch people ice skate; I did my best to act like a weary local negotiating my way through the throngs of ignorant damn tourists clogging the sidewalks; after missing TGI Friday's we dined at Chevy's on 42nd St., which serves really good Mexican shit; the three girls in our party all had sore feet due to issues with their respective choices in footwear; and we all got cold and wet. Weehawken looks kind of cool. Great view of the Manhattan skyline, and the cliffs (palisades?) around the edge of town are amazing to look down from.