The thing is, I lived in Brooklyn, not Manhattan, and I really didn't go into the city too often. When I did, I usually went to Forbidden Planet and The Strand, two fantastic bookstores right on the same block. The Strand, especially, is amazing, all the used books you could possibly want, plus another million or so. Plus, I occasionally went to Broadway shows. I remember seeing Annie with a young igenue named Sarah jessica Parker in the lead. And of course we went to the Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Radio City Christmas show. The last one was a bit of a surprise, us being Jewish and all, but it was quite enjoyable.