These pictures are from The Ramble, which is located at the mid-section of the park, near the American Museum of Natural History. By the way, the museum has a new exhibit on global warming. It's been a couple years since I last visited, so it's time to go back. I did the Met recently (if anyone can say that in one visit), and the MOMA is on my list too.
Did you get up at 3 am to find those sales bargains? It's amazing how people get caught up in this... I mean, to form a line outside a store at 4 in the morning--in the middle of the night for me--it's unbelievable. In NY a Walmart employee got killed and several others got injured by the invading hordes! They broke down the doors! Incredible.
Human psychology is intriguing. On EBay, for example, I just bought a Garmin Nuvi 750 GPS for $40 less than the current bidding. The same company sells the same product for less, on Ebay the same day too, but when it puts the same item up for bidding, it sells for lots more! 
Instead of hitting the stores for bargains, I made some money buying Dell and Apple (again) stock on line.Well, I haven't made any money yet, because I'm holding on to these stocks, but they're up in value. The market had its best week in decades after a huge decline. Go figure. I think the market will up again early in next week and then will go down as the shopping craziness subsides. People are hurting because of the economy, and those on the cusp are worried about their future. The result is spending less on stuff we don't need but want. 
On Thanksgiving day, New York city is delightful as long as you avoid the Macy's Thanksgiving parade. I mean the parade is nice for kids, but unless you're into this kind of stuff--huge balloons of childhood characters--it's best you enjoy the relatively quiet city. Not much traffic either. Try it on Xmas day and New Year's. Go to Central Park which is a treasure and free to enjoy.
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