sangriaferret

Dude, I've seen Shivers. You don't want any islands up there cut off from the rest of the province.

How secure is something like Orbot? I like the idea of connecting to Tor while still using my preferred browser.

There are definitely still people with deep cajun accents but they likely never leave south Louisiana.

Mine seems to be tied to the time of day more than anything. Regards of how much sleep I get I can be groggy most of the day. For whatever reason my OS seems to power up a couple of hours after the sun goes down. All of the sudden things come into focus and I have the energy to get things done.

According to my parents I have always been this way, a natural born night person.

Yeah, that first paragraph is me a lot of the time. I thought sleep was supposed to be peaceful.

Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen. It's about realizing that you've peaked and your best days are behind you.

Oh cool. I didn't know that.

I second the tenement museum. Really great for New York history.

Local here:

If pizza is on your list then I suggest Lombardi's in Little Italy. Classic New York pizza you can get anywhere but Lombardi's makes a more Neapolitan style using the only coal oven still allowed in NYC so it's totally unique. It also likely the oldest pizzeria in city. Gets kind of busy but worth it.

As others have said, take a commuter ferry. Staten Island ferry is cool but the east river ferry takes you under the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges and offers good views of lower Manhattan.

DO NOT under any circumstances walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. A lot of tourists think that sounds cool but that is the problem. Waaay to many tourists think that. It's a nightmare.

Definitely ignore the guy that said stay close to Times Square. It is tourist hell and gives you absolutely no insight into what New York is really like. Unless you like huge crowds and chain stores then by all means. There's plenty of locals in this thread with much, much better advice. Listen to us.

OJ trial. Every single day.