Durf has the week off, so we thought we'd go to the city yesterday and knock a few things off his bucket list.
We spent most of our time in lower Manhattan, on or near Wall Street. That would be "the heart of capitalism." Durf's choice, mind you. Durf, the man who had a bumper sticker with the words "Capitalism is not a victimless crime" hanging in his office for a few decades.
Anyway, we started by going to the federal reserve and asking the guard if we could see Ben. (I am not lying.) He said, "Ben who?" (I'm not lying.)
Next we tried to get into the New York Stock Exchange to see how our stock in Peet's Coffee was doing. The guards wouldn't let us in there either.
At that point, we starting thinking to ourselves, "Hmmm, there sure are a lot of guards around here." Check out these guys:
They stand outside the now vacant J.P. Morgan building and collect tips from tourists who want to take their picture. (Ok, I made that last part up. Not the picture taking, but the tip taking.)
Having had enough reminders of 9/11, we paid our respects to Trinity Church:
And then strolled across the Brooklyn Bridge on a gorgeous fall day.
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