HELLO NEW YORK.  I'M BACK.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR NOW, THIS TIME I AM RIGHT ON THE BLACK FRIDAY. BUT A BIT LATE WHEN M60 TOOK ME ACROSS ASTORIA.   

3 WR'S STILL GETING ON PRETTY TOUGH, AND I FINALLY GO TO SEE THE 'MUDD' FROM WHICH THE WALK PROBABLY STARTS.   AND A BRIEF BREAKFAST AMONG ALL RESTAURANTS THAT ARE SHUT DOWN.

MMMS..   THE BEST PART WAS WHEN I WALKED OUT OF NORMAN'S HOUSE IN BROOKLYN FEELING LITTLE A BIT TREMBLING, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SEIFER A CALL. IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN EARLY SATURDAY ALARM SOMEWHERE IN SHANGHAI. HE WAS KIND, THOUGH.

PENN STATION, MACY, SOUTH FERRY. IT ALL LOOKS QUITE FAMILIAR ONLY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. AND THE PROCESS YOU START TO FORGET AND RELEASE THESE MEMORIES IS SUCH A MAGIC.

I GOT A NICE MEAL, MY OLD FRIENDS TREATED US NICE BUT WE INSISTED LEAVING BY MIDNIGHT.

I HAD NEVER IMAGINED STATEN ISLAND TO BE EVEN LARGER THAN MANHATTAN, BUT ONE THING'S PRETTY SURE IS THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING THIS ISLAND FOR TOO MANY TIMES ON GEARTH THAT I CAN ALMOST TELL EVERY STREET WHEN SEEING IT IN THE FLIGHT.

IT'S NICE TO ACTUALLY GET IN THERE, WHERE YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND MISSING YOUR BEING ONCE BEFORE.