[Sainters7]

Where are you staying? Manhattan I'm assuming? When going to the Yankees game, take the Subway there and board it at Grand Central Station, that's a sight to see in itself. Battery Park on the south side of Manhattan is pretty cool too. They have these really cool war memorials for every war the U.S. has fought in(many of which Canada fought in as well), and each piece of pavement circling the memorial shows the losses and MIA's for a particular country, Canada being one of them. This is also really close to Ground Zero(which was kind of boring to be honest, it just looks like a parking lot. But still a must-see. When we were there all the buildings around the area had black sheets over them to protect them from dust. But that was only a year after 9/11, theyre probably gone now), and you can also see the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park.

There's also lots of shows to take in as well. Me and my buddies were on a massive cross-country road trip so we only had an abbreviated 3 night stay in N.Y. and didn't really get to see anything, but I would've loved to see Conan. My buddies went to see Regis & Kelly(I slept in as I didn't care), but they're weird like that.

Over-all though I say the coolest thing is to just walk around Manhattan and experience the culture. N.Y. has a very cool "feel" to it, and the people are a riot. We stayed around Times Square(which is also a place to see, but its so obvious I didnt bother mentioning it, I'm sure you would've thought of that on your own), and the different vendors around there are hilarious. Some will charge you 75 cents for a pretzel, and a guy two blocks down will charge you $2. Call him on it, and he'll sheepishly give it to you for 75 cents. Also, people cross the streets even when it says "Don't Walk", and also cars(mostly taxis) will rip through cross-walks when it says "Walk". It took a day or so to get used to, but after that it was alot of fun(but I get a kick out of stuff like that). I definitely yelled at my fair share of taxis when they cut me off while I was crossing the street. It's so bad that people actually bang on the hood of a taxi when they do it, its almost like a custom. Its a riot when I saw people doing it.

People walk everywhere in Manhattan, as traffic is obviously gridlocked. I'd suggest spending an afternoon just hoofing it around mid-town Manhattan(the NY public library is also there, which was cool), looking at the sights and sounds, and hitting up all the different vendors for lunch, as they're surprisingly really good. Just seeing skyscraper after skyscraper is incredible, its crazy how huge Manhattan is. We went to 16 states on that trip, and New York City was the only city that actually blew me away.