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In less than 72 hours I’ll be on a plane to one of my favourite North American cities (okay, despite the fact I haven’t been to very many!) – New York!

I’m going with a few friends (and a few more classmates) for the College Media Advisers conference, which is March 15th-17th. My friends and I decided to stay a few extra days on top of the actual conference, and will be there until the 20th.

There’s so many things I want to do, though I’m not sure I can squish them all into the week we’re spending there.

Central Park is a must – my roommate has never been to New York, so we’ll be spending quite a bit of time here I think – especially since we’re staying about a 5 minute walk away. And I definitaly want to check out the Central Park Zoo and Belvedere Castle (both should provide some great photo ops for my Canon Xti and I).

Last time I was in NYC, I visited Battery Park but sadly did not actually make it out to Ellis Island or the Statue of Liberty. Both are on the “to do” list for this trip. While we’re over there, we figure we’ll also visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum (time permitting).

My roommate wants to visit the MOMA (among other galleries) – and although I love art, galleries are not really my thing. I think while half of our foursome is there, myself and Mike will head over to the UN (I can never get enough of that place!). I love how when you’re inside the UN, you’re no longer technically on American soil. We’re also going to visit Ground Zero (and the nearby memorials) – I’m looking forward to seeing how much progress has been made at the site over the year (I was last there at the end of April 2008).

We’re also going to make it our mission to visit as many bagel shops as possible, and hit up one (or more) of the celebrity-owned resturants in the city. I want to visit Harlem, and shop on Canal street. Macy’s is – of course – another shopping destination (just don’t tell my bank account).

I could go on, and on, and on with my list of things to do – catching a Broadway show, the St. Patricks day festivities (did I mention how much I’m looking forward to spending one of my favourite holidays in NYC?), Harlem, the Rockefeller Centre… But I think I’m going to stop here.

You can expect both hundreds of pictures, and a huge blog update when I return (and hey, maybe a few while I’m there if anything interesting happens).