Sway's 2010 NYC Scavenger Hunt

The List
(in no particular order ...)

-Have my photo taken in front of Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue. Done. (10/1/10)
-Eat at the original fill-in-the-blank, i.e., at some well-known restaurant's very first location. Done. The Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. (9/30/10)
-Stroll through Central Park. Done. (10/2/10)
-See a Broadway show. Done. "Mamma Mia!" at the Winter Garden Theatre. I will have ABBA songs stuck in my head for a month. That's not necessarily a bad thing. (10/2/10)
-Ride in a taxi that I flagged down myself. Done. (9/30/10)
-Find the Cash Cab (OK, maybe this one is unlikely.)
-See New York from the top of the Empire State Building.
-Stumble upon a television or movie production being filmed. Done. "Gossip Girl" at 9th Street and A Avenue in the East Village. (10/1/10)
-Visit 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Done. Toured NBC Studios; got to see where they tape SNL (they were rehearsing while we were there), where Brian Williams tapes The Nightly News, and where Dr. Oz' show is filmed. (10/2/10)
-Step inside Grand Central Station. Done. (10/1/10)
-Take the ferry to Liberty Island to see the Statue of Liberty up close. Done. (10/2/10)
-Take the ferry to Ellis Island. Done. (10/2/10)
-Walk down Wall Street and see the Charging Bull statue.
-Visit Century 21.
-Eat in Chinatown.
-Visit Times Square at night. Done. (10/2/10)

Things I've Done or Seen in NYC that Maybe I Hadn't Planned On

-See a huge rat scurry along the waterfront Unfortunately. (9/29/10)
-Eat at The Life Cafe, which was immortalized in the musical "RENT," in the East Village. Done. (10/1/10)
-Visit the underground Apple store across from The Plaza Hotel. Done. (10/1/10)
-See The Plaza Hotel. Done. (10/1/10)
-See The New York Palace Hotel. Done. (10/1/10)
-See St. Patrick's Cathedral. Done. (10/1/10)
-See the World Trade Center/Ground Zero site. Done. (9/29/10)
-Take a hair-raising taxi ride through New York City. Done. (9/29/10-10/3/10)

All in all, not bad for a fast and furious four-night stay in NYC. There are a few things I didn't get to do that I regret, particularly going to the top of the Empire State Building. I bought express tickets for that before I even left so that my dad and I wouldn't have to wait in line for a long time, but in the end, we just didn't have time to do it all, and that was one thing that fell by the wayside. The good news, though, is that the tickets are valid for two years after you buy them, so I'll just have to be content with the fact that the Empire State Building and I have a date for the future.