This pizza was fresh out of the oven, and had a very soft, chewy crust, and lots of premium mozzarella cheese. I found New York Pizza to be much less greasy than the pizza we have at home.

Later that night we visited the Village Vanguard, one of New York's most prestigious and famous jazz clubs. It's a really small place, in almost like a basement, and has photos of the jazz greats on the wall. We saw Lou Donaldson perform with Randy Johnston, Ptah Williams, John Webber, and Fukushi Tainaka. I got to meet the fantastic pianist Ptah Williams after the show and he said he might send me a copy of his CD.

Outside the Village Vanguard I met jazz drummer Abdul Zahir Batin, and he sold me an autographed copy of his CD, "Live at the Jazz Cultural Theatre", with John Hicks (piano), Curtis Lundy (bass), Bobby Watson (alto sax), Robin Eubanks (trombone), and Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet).

The next day we went exploring again, and ended up at a nice park with fountains.

Back the Times Square area, we were again dazzled by the huge buildings and flashy signs.

Much of the New York subway looks like this - dirty and old, but very functional. I started getting used to it by the end of my trip.

At 50th Street station we saw a Playstation 2 advertisement that had been defaced. It seemed that walking in the subway was like exploring a huge movie set.

Outside the the Museum of Natural History we stopped for a second to admire the impressive sculptures.