This is NOT L.A.

People drive like crazy here. In L.A. if you cut someone off you at least have a little driver guilt. Here the taxis are flying and everone is honking like it actually helps move traffic along. I learned the honking works. People in the village j-walk and they dont look for traffic. Its like... Tiajuana. No regard for gridlock its a trip! The city is larger than what I expected. I mean that its a tall damn city. Its like a maze of tall buildings. Some of the streets are as wide as the ally behind my apartment and these strees are lined with towering brownstones. I feel very out of place here. Its exciting but there is no feeling of safety in the city. In L.A. I can read the attitudes of people and here its a whole different ballgame. Body laguage if different and people i would expect to be rude smile and make polite conversation.
Tomorrow we return to the city to go shopping and buy clothes for the KING KONG premire and of course pick up that special "only from New York non-chachkey gift for Greggory.