Weekend In New York

 August 11, 2000  Posted in Uncategorized

GOT MY CAMERA BACK!!! Just in time when Nadja is visiting the United States. Got to visit a museum, eat at an excellent Chinese restaurant (for $3.95 a meal!), and rode in a RX-7 Twin Turbo…

This is my friend Bill:, sometime triathlete, fulltime computer genius nice guy. Bill race cars for fun (legally, at the tracks of course):

sometimes accidents happen
Woke up early to check out the repair status of Bill’s RX7… not bad at all, at least for leaving it at the shop for almost a whole year!

Then we went to pick Nadja up from the airport (Nadja is the daughter of Helmut, who’s appeared in numerous photos of my travelogue-Germany section). Nadja is visiting the United States and I figure she should come experience New York City as part of her US-visit.

First stop, Chinatown and Little Italy

This special link is for my friend Kyle, to whom I promised directions to this restaurant since almost a year ago (Here you go!)
Best bang-for-the-buck genuine Chinese cuisine ($3.95 an order of mouth-watering pork-chops with rice!)
May-Wah is located two blocks off Canal Street, between Hester and Baxter.

Next stop, Natural History Museum

Things from a REAL long time ago:
Our weight on Saturn
Our weight on Saturn
Ever wonder how a wolverine…
… can trap and kill an animal this big for food?
Then we got to see a blown-up model of a mosquito
Earthquake-101
Decided to abandon the idea of driving and took the subway to Times Square. Got back to our car, and a usual sight in NYC – we got parked in!

Next day – driving around NYC, with a quick stop at Hard Rock Cafe NYC

After dropping Nadja off at the airport, Bill drove me to introduce me to his friend Chris Benko. On the way to Chris’, a car dealership

After Chris’ we went on to visit Shane, the only person I know who owns a 16-car garage (and enough cars to fill it)!
Shane’s black RX7, ready for a engine-rebuild
The yellow 7, which I had the opportunity to ride in