What onomatoepaeia best describes New York?

Tick.. tick... tick... Time's up!!! If I had to choose one onomat- opaeia (How do you spell that word anyhow?) to describe New York City it would be.... H-O-N-K!!! I have come to the conclusion that it is not rudeness on the part of New Yorkers but rather a way to pass time and ward off boredom in stand-still- traffic. Nothing like a little neighborly competition to see who can lay on their horn the hardest, now is there?

Seriously, we got in late today due to visibility issues upon arrival in New York. Finally by "some dumb luck" (the pilot's words... YIKES!) we landed at LAG about an hour later than planned. We took care of baggage and all that boring stuff. Once all was settled we decided to head out for Ground Zero and Christmas Dinner. It didn't take but about 45 seconds on the NYC bus to realize that we had no idea where we were or when to get off. I got annoyed and said let's just get off... in Harlem. We found the subway... got lost on that, too. We soon realized that we were not going to make it to Ground Zero today. Sounds like a bummer of a day... but it was kind of funny and ended up turning into a spectacular evening. We ended up at Time Square... and they have these little street vendors that vend the yummiest honey roasted nuts. They are warm and mmmmm!!! I told Dennis I would be okay with him giving me $5 a day for meals the rest of the trip. Each bag of nuts is $1 and so I could have breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, and dinner. We even found Christmas Dinner at Planet Hollywood of all places!

So, our first day has been a challenge where transit is concerned, but has been memorable none-the-less. Tomorrow we set out for shopping and Monday Night Football in Jersey.

-Toni

P.S. For those of you running behind on Christmas cards, don't feel bad, we just "stuffed" ours this a.m. at the airport while waiting for our flight. No time like just after the last minute! (Procrastinators unite!... when you get around to it).