Saturday January 6: NY National Boatshow & Central Park

Having read about "The biggest boatshow in the US", I felt that my 6 months in New York wouldn't be spent optimal without having visited this event; unfortunately for me it was indeed a "BOAT" show, meaning that it was stuffed with manufacturers of fishing boats [their stands came standard with a bunch of complimentary fat American fishers], racing boats, cruising boats, look-at-me-I-am-cool boats ... but almost no sailing yachts (which was basically the only thing I was interested in). I still managed to spend about 2 hours inside, which was mainly because I started talking to Victor Mooney, a guy who is determined to ROW accross the Atlantic, starting Dec 1 2007 (all money raised in his campaign will go to fighting AIDS), genuinly a remarkable person!

Afterwards, having come to the conclusion that until now I had only visited the first part of Central Park (that is, the part between 59th & the Metropolitan Museum), I spend the rest of the afternoon reading in the park & found the first bar in NY where you can sit for more than 30 minutes without being kicked out because you still haven't ordered a second drink: Saurin Parke Café at the Northwest end of Central Park, in Harlem.