NYC Day One

I'm writing this as quickly as possible as I have to get to the convention.
My day in New York began at touch down at La Gaurdia airport(around 6:15), but apparently my phone thought otherwise. It claimed I was in Denver, CO.
Hmm.
Some "smart phone."
After that we headed to get a taxi. Apparently they are hard to get and people wait in lines for them. As we hopped in I couldn't help but notice it was just like the movies.
The driver drove crazy fast and close to others. Everyone honks. A lot. Its like they all need attention and they get it by honking!
Once we got to the hotel I was surprised to find that there were only 6 rooms to a floor. This hotel has NO width! It is 36, I think, stories high though. I'm on the 32. I can't even see the street from my window I'm so high up, and my ears often pop as I take the elevator up! All in all, the Holiday Inn Express was decently new so it was very nice!
We moved on to Times Square, but on the way ran into Dr. Jackson! We ate a Chevy's, simply excited about being there. The square was so bright it seemed like day. We moved onto the empire state building. Craig and I opted for the 102 floor tour, the others stuck with simply 86, which has an outdoor balcony. With the wind it was VERY cold up there. It seemed that we could see for miles. I could have stood there and simply "looked." Craig and I headed up to 102, and I had to clear my ears again several times. My ears are going to be shot by the end of this. We could see the light of the Statue of Liberty and on much further.
From there we headed to the Apple store on fifth.
On the way we passed countless designer stores (including Diesel and their "Be Stupid" campaign!) and executive offices. We saw the beginning of the Rockefeller tree and Trump towers lights. The Apple store was an experience in and of itself. The building is glass with a hanging and glowing Apple logo. You walk into this box and take either the circular glass elevator or the stairs that wrap around said elevator down to the coolest basement I've ever seen.
We headed back towards the hotel, but as we neared I decided I wanted cheesecake that one of my guests recommended, Junior's. They closed at one and it was 12:50 as we made our way I called twice for directions- I couldn't find them and they were in Times Square! They were just past it on Broadway actually. The guy on the phone promised that he would let us in since we would barely miss closing.
Upon arrival to this little shop, they were closed and the guy was not up front. We were incredibly disappointed that we had walked so fast when we were so tired and for no cheesecake. All of a sudden some guy came out and asked if we needed anything. I checked his nametag- It was the guy! He let us back to choose some cheesecake graciously. I got strawberry shortcake, Yum!!!!!!
As we headed back, the police quickly moved in to congregate around a subway station. We decided to be nosy and ended up witnessing the arrest of 4 people. Pretty cool to see the NYPD in action I guess, ha!
After a minor key dilemma, we all headed to bed. Happy with cheesecake!
Hopefully I will get to see Tara and Kayla despite my poor planning and communication abilities.

Alright- gotta run!!!