Matt's NYC Trip

While Kristin and Matisyn have been playing in California, I have been working away here at home as well as traveling for work. I spent the last weekend at an Automotive trade show in NJ just across the river from Manhattan. I got away on two nights to head into the city. I also planned my own flights and put some extra time in so I could explore the Big Apple on Monday morning. Here are few of my pictures.

Times Square. It was fun to see how many people roll through this area. I sat for about 30 minutes in the center at some cafe tables talking with Kristin(on the phone) in California. It was still daytime for her.


On Monday morning I watched the today show, live. Then I headed further uptown via 5th ave. to see central park. I crossed the park and headed back toward midtown. I wanted to catch a glimpse the LDS temple in the Middle of the city. It was fun to pass all the famous spots you see in the movies. The boathouse in central park, the museum of natural history, Julliard school of fine arts, etc..


I dropped into the subway and headed down to the World Trade Center site. I walked around downtown for a while checking out Wall Street and the Stock Exchange buildings. I also walked out to the Battery Wall to see the Statue of Liberty from the shore line. I was impressed with the Universal Soldier Monument there. (monument to the fallen in the Korean War)



From the bottom of city I had to get back to the train station to catch my flight home. It was pretty fun to see the big city. Someday I would like to go again and get into some of the museums and shows that I had to pass by without entry, due to time constraints.

The thing that has stuck in my head the most was a plaque that was in the Rockefeller Plaza. The world would be a better place if we could all abide by its principles. I know its long but its worth reading and worth thinking about.

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

"I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

"I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

"I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

"I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs.

"I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.

"I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond, that character—not wealth or power or position—is of supreme worth.

"I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free.

"I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God, named by whatever name, and that the individual's highest fulfillment, greatest happiness and widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with His will.

"I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might."