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NYC, Entrepreneurship, & Healthy Living
Howdy, I'm Taylor. I'm a 20 something former management consultant and ivy-league grad from California turned solopreneur in New York City, and I love making videos that follow all of the above. Stick around 😊
Howdy, I'm Taylor. I'm a 20 something former management consultant and ivy-league grad from California turned solopreneur in New York City, and I love making videos that follow all of the above. Stick around 😊
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00:00New York City, on your own!
00:20Hello! Good morning, this is Taylor.
00:23Today I woke up and I decided I want to walk
00:26the entire length of Manhattan, New York City.
00:28Because why the heck not?
00:29I got two working legs, comfy shoes,
00:32and a concerning amount of confidence.
00:33So let's do it together and go see some really, really
00:35iconic parts of New York City along the way, shall we?
00:52A rarity.
00:59We made it.
01:03So we are at the tippity-tippity-top of Manhattan.
01:07That's Inwood Hill Park right over there.
01:09It took me like an hour on the express train to get up here.
01:14And as we were passing each stop, I was like,
01:16I'm gonna be walking all of this.
01:18But the subway was pretty productive.
01:19I came up with a loose plan, kinda.
01:22Let's walk and talk.
01:23We're burning daylight.
01:24So, the plan.
01:25I decided I want to start this journey by just covering some serious ground.
01:29Because the length of Manhattan is 13.4 miles.
01:34However, I'm not gonna do it in 13.4 miles.
01:36Because the spots that I kinda wanna hit, you know,
01:39we're gonna do a decent amount of this.
01:41And it's actually gonna be closer to 16 miles.
01:44So, 16 miles.
01:46You wish you were only walking 16 miles today.
01:50Think again, loser.
01:51And you know, 16 miles, I'm kinda like,
01:53well, that's a long way, obviously.
01:55But I'm just walking, no problem.
01:57No!
01:59I'm already a pretty big walker.
02:00Like, I walked 11,000 steps yesterday.
02:02Kind of a lot.
02:03That's only five miles.
02:05So, today we're doing 16.
02:07And we're doing, like, things along the way, too.
02:09It's just not one straight route.
02:10So, anyways, that's why I decided...
02:12Wow, this is beautiful.
02:13That's why I decided I'm just gonna commit to doing
02:16four and a half, five miles before we do anything crazy.
02:19Because the second I start popping into bodegas for snacks, it's over.
02:23And I am very prepared for my lower back and my feet
02:26to be a bit sore by the end of the day.
02:28But it's all good in the name of adventure, am I right?
02:33Alright, we'll check back in soon.
02:35Why should I even try...
02:37First totally idiotic move of the day.
02:39I started walking the wrong direction for, like, 15 minutes.
02:43God.
02:44I'm trying to be aware of my surroundings.
02:46And when I look up and the street is now 218th.
02:50But I could have sworn I started at 208th.
02:52We need these numbers to get smaller, you see.
02:55And they're getting bigger.
02:56Whatever, I got a little warm-up and turning back.
02:59That's crazy.
02:59I'm very rarely, like, that disoriented.
03:02Never in New York.
03:02Almost never.
03:03You know what that experience taught me?
03:04That I needed a coffee.
03:05First impressions though, this area is very interesting.
03:08So, like, to be very clear, this is all brand new territory for me.
03:12I've never been out here before.
03:13I couldn't have done this on a better day.
03:16Wait, should we go through the spring track?
03:17That's not actually real good.
03:18Couldn't have done this on a more perfect day.
03:19It's only a high of 79 today.
03:20And it's going in the 90s.
03:21Okay, so first impressions of my first two miles almost.
03:23So cool.
03:24I just really, really love exploring brand new places that I've never been within my own
03:40city, especially.
03:41And I've pretty much only heard Spanish being spoken, so there's definitely, we're going
03:46to walk through a lot of different diasporas today.
03:48And that's, like, such a great part about New York.
03:50I'm excited to see it all in one day.
03:52We got the old and the new.
04:00Still walking along this really nice park.
04:02It reminds me a lot of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, where I have spent a lot of time, a lot of
04:06my favorites in the city.
04:07Didn't realize we were in San Francisco.
04:09I did hear the rumors that there were hills this far north of Manhattan, BC versus Lower
04:14Manhattan where I live.
04:15It's pretty flat.
04:16But, uh, we're walking up the hill.
04:19As you can see.
04:20Can you tell?
04:21All right.
04:22Just passed the George Washington Bridge, which is cool.
04:23We're making progress.
04:24But I realized how much further I still have to go.
04:25Because if you look on a map, that bridge is like, it still looks like it's at the tippy
04:38top.
04:39But, you know, we're feeling good.
04:40We're complaining a lot for no reason.
04:41This is fun.
04:42Having a good time.
04:43We're at mile four, roughly.
04:48I went from Broadway to Amsterdam for a change of scenery because Broadway admittedly gets
04:52a little cray cray.
04:53It's like super busy and kind of have to navigate around people.
04:57And time is kind of of the essence.
04:59I worked backwards on my timing for this, trying to plan being at the very southern tip right
05:04around sunset.
05:05And that's, of course, baking in that I'm going to stop the food in the bathroom and like
05:09filming and stuff.
05:10So I'm putting it a little tight, as I do.
05:17Can I just do this bag of cherries, please?
05:19Yeah, perfect.
05:20Thanks.
05:21All right.
05:22We are in Harlem.
05:23We're making our way, guys.
05:24I was getting a little peckish.
05:25Makes sense.
05:26Didn't eat very much this morning.
05:27So I just bought a full bag of cherries that I'm going to pick at.
05:29It was $4.
05:30Pretty good, if you ask me.
05:31We are, let's see, which street are we on?
05:32146th Street.
05:33And our first stop is about 30 blocks away on 116th Street.
05:37Well, it'll take about 30 minutes.
05:38So I'm just going to eat a bunch of cherries.
05:39We'll see how many I eat in 30 minutes.
05:40And I'll talk soon.
05:41All right.
05:42First bathroom break of the day.
05:43First of all, LA wishes.
05:44But yeah, I got to pay.
05:45Well, shit.
05:46I don't pay cash.
05:47Also, look.
05:48I just bought a full bag of cherries.
05:49I bought a full bag of cherries that I'm going to pick at.
05:50It was $4.
05:51Pretty good, if you ask me.
05:52We are, let's see, which street are we on?
05:53146th Street.
05:54And our first stop is about 30 blocks away on 116th Street.
05:56Well, it'll take about 30 minutes.
05:57So I'm just going to eat a bunch of cherries.
05:59All right.
06:00First bathroom break of the day.
06:01First of all, LA wishes.
06:02But yeah, I got to pay.
06:04Well, shit.
06:05I don't pay cash.
06:06Also, look.
06:07Not a bathroom in quotations.
06:09That makes me think it's a bathroom.
06:11You know?
06:12That's basically like saying, oh, guys, trust me.
06:15It's not a bathroom.
06:17And then it was a closet.
06:19They got me.
06:20Good thing it's not an emergency.
06:21But you know, keep an eye out.
06:23I'm sure there's a bathroom in there, whatever that big establishment is.
06:29We made it to our first stop.
06:31This is Columbia University.
06:32For those who don't recognize these iconic buildings.
06:35I haven't been here since I toured Columbia when I was in high school.
06:39I came to the East Coast and looked at a bunch of the schools.
06:42I did always love this campus.
06:43And it would be really cool to go to college in New York City, I imagine.
06:47Anyways.
06:48All right, all right, all righty.
06:50Howdy.
06:51So I thought I would take a wee bit of a breather and actually chit chat with you guys for a sec.
06:56Because we've actually made some serious ground.
06:58We're now in the part of Manhattan that I'm familiar with.
07:00So I feel like, you know, that's a win.
07:02We've done more of this than I expected.
07:04So anyways.
07:05Thought I would take this moment to go over my goals with you guys for today's challenge.
07:10Goal number one.
07:11I just want to prove to myself that I can do something totally pointless, but very challenging.
07:15Not that I have any doubt that I can do that.
07:17I know I can, but I've just had an itch lately to do something really hard.
07:22It's important to do hard things.
07:23Might as well make a fun adventure of it, right?
07:25Goal number two.
07:26I want to get a little sweet treat at some point today.
07:29I already got a sweet treat with the cherries, but I have a different one in mind around mile 12.
07:34It's going to be awesome.
07:35Goal number three.
07:36Even though this is obviously a very active day.
07:39I also want to treat it as an opportunity to slow down a little bit and notice the details of this amazing city that I call home.
07:47I also want to walk a lot of these miles in complete silence and just let my ideas and thoughts come and go as they please.
07:53So that's goal number three.
07:54Just be in touch with my surroundings.
07:56Goal number four.
07:57I want to find the single most New York thing New York moment possible and capture it on camera.
08:04Shouldn't be too hard.
08:05But honestly, a lot of those moments happen in the subway and we're not taking the subway today.
08:08So we'll see.
08:09And goal number five.
08:10Have fun.
08:11But actually, this is supposed to be fun.
08:13I'm just, it's not that serious.
08:14Without further ado, let's go get an iconic cup of coffee not too far away.
08:19Also, I completely snapped onto this campus.
08:22Not on purpose.
08:23Like I wasn't trying.
08:24I mean, yes, I walked on on purpose, but by the time I came in, I realized you need a pass to be here.
08:28But I'm not causing any trouble.
08:30But maybe don't do what I did.
08:32All these like academics and prospective students walking past me filming myself putting sunscreen on.
08:37It's okay. I paid my dues.
08:38I went to college.
08:39Not this college.
08:40So I guess I didn't, I didn't pay any dues.
08:42All right.
08:43Y'all just left a few minutes to go, but we're already approaching our next check-in point.
08:50Tom's restaurant.
08:51This is the Seinfeld diner, which is cool.
08:53I've never, well, I'm sure I have seen it.
08:55I just didn't realize that this is what it was.
08:57I'm not going to eat here because I'm not quite ready for a full meal, but let's get a cup of coffee and charge the phone a little bit.
09:10Fun fact about me.
09:11There are a few things that I love more than diner coffee.
09:15Unless it's burnt, but this one's not burnt.
09:17All right. That was a nice little pit stop.
09:19Two full cups of diner coffee.
09:21Nice little refuel.
09:23Arguably, I should probably get some food in me soon.
09:25I have a spot in mind and it's about another 30 blocks.
09:33Also, how am I feeling at this point?
09:34Thank you for asking.
09:35Good.
09:36You know, my Strava is showing that I'm almost eight miles in.
09:40I'm going to rack up the miles today.
09:41Final guess.
09:42I would put mileage by the end of the day, not including, you know, waking up and getting to the subway to get to the top.
09:48I'd just be in for the adventure.
09:50I put that mileage at about 18.
09:52Is that too high?
09:53Maybe.
09:54We'll see.
09:5517.8.
09:56Final answer.
10:00I'm officially squarely in the Upper West Side.
10:03I'm on the same, like, latitude, actually a bit further down now than the very, very top of Central Park.
10:08For those who have been to New York, you know how big Central Park is.
10:11So we still got a ways to go.
10:12I'm not even halfway done.
10:13I'm not even halfway done.
10:18You know, I've been absolutely craving some fish food.
10:24That's not going to be my little sweet treat.
10:26The sweet treat comes much later.
10:28Guys, I'm getting teased.
10:30I've been right.
10:31By other sweet treats.
10:32I mean, believe me, this is some of my favorite ice cream.
10:34But I'm holding off.
10:35I'm getting real food soon.
10:36In about 17 blocks.
10:39Excited.
10:40It's an iconic spot.
10:41And then a sweet treat much later.
10:43Gotta hold off.
10:44All right, guys, we are in Knox territory.
10:49What I do love about the Upper West Side is I think it really, really combines the old and the new quite well.
10:56All right, I'm not going to lie.
10:57The two cups of coffee with not too much food has made me a little shaky.
11:01And nothing has whetted my appetite more than the smell of popcorn walking past that AMC.
11:06We made it.
11:10Iconic New York City grocery store, deli, and other things too.
11:18Okay, guys, so I'm in the wrong place to order a bagel with cream cheese and lox.
11:25However, I did meet a new friend who also has a YouTube channel.
11:28What's your channel name?
11:30Rafael Sine R TV.
11:32Did you talk about movies, you said?
11:33Yes, I talked about a movie.
11:35I published a book about a movie.
11:37And I'm writing another about all the movies.
11:43Oh, no way.
11:44Actually better than I expected.
11:46I absolutely inhaled that.
11:48It was a good bagel.
11:49I liked it.
11:50I think of myself as a bagel connoisseur at this point.
11:52The bread itself was freaking delicious.
11:54And then I'm just having the biggest New York day.
11:56So of course I had to get it with lox and cream cheese.
11:59And it was, it was just so good.
12:01Highly recommend Zaybars.
12:02Absolutely stunning townhomes here in the Upper West Side.
12:06These remind me of kind of a combination of the Victorian style homes in San Francisco.
12:12And then ones that you'll see in like Kensington in London.
12:16So beautiful.
12:17I've actually not seen too many of these in New York, this kind of style.
12:21I really, really like it.
12:22Beautiful.
12:23Wow.
12:24Our next location, we're not going in there, but this is the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park.
12:33Yeah, I just thought I'd walk by to show y'all, even though we obviously do not have time to go in.
12:37Matter of fact, I needed to hustle a little bit, if I'm being honest with you.
12:41But here, take a look at the Central Park towers.
12:44All right.
12:45They're still kind of far away, but we can see them.
12:48I think I'm going a little, a little crazy because I'm seeing pigeons everywhere.
12:52And I'm just saying, pigeon.
12:54There were two of them playing and I said, du pigeon.
12:56I don't speak French.
12:57Wow.
12:58That's epic.
12:59Oh, and uptown.
13:00That's where we came from.
13:01Way up there.
13:02Whoa.
13:03It's actually so crazy that Central Park exists in the middle of like the most vertical city, which is such a cool phenomenon.
13:15I'm so glad that this land was protected and I don't come here as often as I would like.
13:19Cause I mean, there's no, oh my God, I see a cavalier.
13:22Sorry, but it's the first one of the day and that's a big deal.
13:25Oh my God.
13:26Oh my God.
13:27Oh my God.
13:28Oh my God.
13:29Oh my God.
13:30Love your dog.
13:31Wait, sorry.
13:32Like I was saying, I should come more.
13:33It's just like the coolest park in the world.
13:39A New York moment.
13:40Can I capture it?
13:41Can I capture it?
13:42I got it.
13:44That was pretty New York.
13:55Wow.
13:57You just wouldn't believe that I'm in the smack dab middle of New York City.
14:02You could go down so many different trailists, not see a single person.
14:06Could I come here more?
14:23No music.
14:25Sound of birds.
14:27And that's all I hear.
14:30That's crazy.
14:32Sound of birds.
14:33Yeah.
14:38That's crazy.
14:41With that.
14:42On Bow bridge.
14:43There is a life I lead in this city.
14:47What?
14:48Wow.
14:50What a beautiful day we got too.
14:52I can take what I need to get what a beautiful day we got, too. Oh my gosh
15:00I'm not too proud either because I'm doing this on a weekday
15:22That's really cute. I wanted to run through a bubble, too, and then I remembered I'm 27 years old
15:30We're on the Central Park Mall, which is this long walking stretch
15:37It looks fake. Couldn't have come at a better time in the summer when all the trees
15:42are just freaking fluffy as hell and green. It's stunning
15:52Hey, I really don't deserve a break. I mean, I do I've walked like 12 miles
15:57But we have a long ways to go, but this is just too iconic of a spot
16:01I could not do a quick little segment here. Let me get a little closer. All right, you can't see anything from there
16:06Let me get you. Let me get you. I'm coming. I'm coming. I bet I have hot hair
16:11Howdy hello again
16:13Quick check-in because I want to I thought I would show you guys what I packed for today a little what's in my bag section
16:20I wanted to do backpack even though it's not cute. I'm a backpack girl. I like to go hands-free water
16:24Of course, which I refilled along the way have some right now while i'm thinking about it
16:29Hat the goal of course was to pack light
16:31So I took what I normally carry in here out and put in the only things I needed. Okay
16:35I left a few things in here. I have chapstick
16:37I brought my phone charger obviously because I have and will continue to need to charge that phone over the course of the day
16:43That's all i'm filming on. I brought band-aids just in case although I don't even feel the slightest bit of a blister coming on
16:48Which is nice. I got the information from that guy at zabar's pepper spray
16:53Just in case besides that these are just things i've accumulated over the day. This is a fresh zabar's baked pita
16:59I just bought that. This is my bag of cherries. You know what? Let's have a few right now
17:05My sunscreen my spatula the heaviest thing i'm carrying is my tripod which i'm currently using besides that this is it guys
17:13That's it. Anyway quick morale check-in. I'm feeling great. My legs like they're a little tired, but they don't hurt
17:20You know and my strava shows that i've walked 12 miles
17:23So once again a lot of zigzags and it's currently 5 13 p.m
17:28Sunset is around 8. Yeah, I don't think we're tracking to be by the bottom tip by 8
17:32But that's okay
17:33I'd rather hit the cool spots and have a good time along the way than rush for sunset and skip cool things, you know
17:38All right, without further ado, let's keep going, but i'm glad we got to sit here for a bit
17:42This is sheep meadow and it's just the coolest view ever from any park that i can think of you know urban park that is
17:49Okay
17:50Enough chitchat
17:53Next stop
18:02That is the billboard I was on once upon a time
18:05I never really talked about that in a youtube video anyways pretty neat
18:16Is this a walk in the lake like manhattan or if i didn't walk through time square no this is insane
18:23No, this is slowing down my pace
18:35You want a sunny day
18:46You know 42nd street
18:48It will feel like this street is special to me or at least holds a place in my heart very shortly
18:54The next day you called me up
18:56It's oh my gosh some of you who are longtime viewers might recognize my background
19:02This is my first apartment in new york city
19:06This is the first place I lived and i'm gonna stop in and see if my old doormen are still there and if they remember me
19:13And i don't know i kind of wanted to take a little mini walk down memory lane while doing this so here we are
19:18I never revealed like out loud where I live but this is silver towers in hell's kitchen new york city on 42nd and 11th avenue
19:29Great first place to live here. We go. Let's see. Oh, hi
19:33I just wanted to say hi. I was in the neighborhood. Do you remember me?
19:36I'm good. It's good to see you. Oh, that was sweet
19:39Tomas the door man who I was the closest with wasn't there
19:42But elise who I also knew pretty well was there. We chatted for a few minutes
19:45Anyways, we're gonna walk down memory lane. We're actually walking down memory lane for a second here. I'll show you
19:50We are walking that way towards my old office when I first moved here the building that we were just in
19:57All these other ones in hudson yard. They weren't even built and now they are totally filled out and i'm not up in this area
20:03Very often. So it's my first or second time seeing it like fully built all of these really
20:08Well, not all of them. I worked in one of them, but you know, okay
20:11And then this is the javits center
20:13Which is just a freaking huge center where a lot of conventions hosts and all that funny
20:18This is where I spoke on my very first panel as part of my youtube career
20:22And that felt like a very full circle moment for me because I used to live over there and I spoke here
20:27But I used to work in consulting here
20:30So it just it felt like a very full circle moment when I was here again. That's my old office
20:35It weirdly feels like it was just yesterday
20:38But also a lifetime ago at the same time that this was my walk to work
20:41It feels more like a lifetime ago than just yesterday, but you might recall baby taylor did some vlogs
20:47Right here and here. I am four years after moving
20:53Crazy all right little update. I am in the hudson yards mall for a little bit charging my phone
20:58It's at 32 percent and we got to make it all the way to the bottom tip and I need like 50 percent of that also morale check-in
21:06I'm sitting by the bathroom feeling pretty good. I will admit
21:09I'm starting to get just a little bit of soreness in like these areas, but still no acute pain
21:16I'm sitting on the ground eating cherries
21:22I feel like a feral cat when people walk by. I just want to go and we back
21:26Farewell old office
21:28Farewell vessel. We're taking the highline down, baby
21:35And there's my friend Shervin's apartment. See all the saunas
21:39And then there's a bunch of ice baths right beyond that wall there. I'm not even doxing him. He posts a lot of videos from there
21:45But anyway, I just think the highline
21:48I've always thought it is so cool to repurposing
21:50Of like a railroad that used to run through here. Now they've just built some really really awesome real estate
21:56I mean, this is crazy. This is a saw-off building. I'm never reading all about it
22:00The first time I saw it. I actually talked about it in a video years ago. That's a cool example of one
22:04But then you also have old things too
22:06So it's just a cool combination once again of the old and the new
22:09I think I'm pretty drawn to places that do both really well
22:12It was especially during this part of the walk that the challenge started to feel less like a physical feat
22:17And more like a walk through a portal into my past sounds cheesy, but it's true
22:21The apartment where I lived in my early days in the city
22:24The office where I worked long hours in consulting the city streets
22:27I walked on daily they all represent some chapter of my life where I had some of my biggest wins my biggest fails
22:34I learned who I was and who I wasn't
22:36It doesn't usually hit me quite as acutely as it did on this walk just how much this city has shaped me
22:42Step by step block by block. It felt like I was stitching all those versions of myself together
22:47It reminded me of how far I've come and how much further there still is to go
22:51And these buildings are just pretty insane as well
22:54These are by the same architect who did the vessel in Hudson yards and little island
22:59Which I was gonna take you guys too, but I don't think we will go there after all
23:03All right, y'all i'm gonna be honest with you
23:04I was fully prepared to go into chelsea market, which is iconic
23:09I thought i'd be ready to eat again by now because the last time we had the real piece of food was at zay bars
23:16Up on the 80th street, but i'm just not that hungry
23:18Partially number one because I just ate like 30 more cherries on the ground from the mall
23:23And then b i'm still saving myself for that sweet treat. Yeah, you remember that still haven't gotten it
23:30We're on our way. We're really close. Actually. New york girls
23:32You might be able to guess where we're going. It's in west philly classic new york spot
23:36Little sweet treat little pick me up. I'm excited and that's the second stomach. Okay. I know I said I wasn't hungry dessert separate stomach
23:43Couldn't be more thrilled with the weather. Oh, starbucks reserved roaster fun fact
23:48You know how you can get your free birthday drink whatever you want from starbucks on your birthday
23:52Well, if you live in a city with the starbucks reserve
23:55You can also get one of those drinks as your free birthday drink and those ones cost a lot
24:00So kind of a fun hack I did that last year
24:02I wasn't sure if it was gonna work and it did I got a big old fancy drink
24:15I've always loved this cobblestone area and meat packing. I just think it's really really pleasant
24:22Guys
24:28It's golden hour. We have an hour and three minutes until proper sunset. We'll see where we get
24:36Beautiful cobblestone streets in the west village. All right, we are nearing our sweet treats. I'll give you a hint
24:42We're on bleaker in the west village
24:45Where could we be going?
24:47Did you guess it right? Did ya?
24:51Did ya?
24:53Did ya?
24:54Okay, dokie
25:07We better have a time crunch at this point to make it to the bottom by sunset, but uh gotta sit for a sec and eat my sweet treat
25:13If you guys don't know magnolia bakery banana pudding in new york city is
25:20Pretty much as classic as you can get and you guys might be like me where you think oh banana pudding like how good can it be?
25:25Maybe you don't even like it. That's what I thought until I had this seriously. It is just I mean, it's ridiculously good
25:32Also, just like such a quaint neighborhood. Oh my god
25:34All right, we'll take the rest on the road, but sweet treat succeeded. All right
25:39This is perry street in the west village. It's the one with carrie bradshaw's really really nice town home
25:44It's on that street. This whole entire area really is
25:47Quintessentially most cute new york city. Okay, I'm making our way
25:50We're actually gonna pass my very first apartment when I interned in the city
25:54I don't consider that my first real apartment because I only lived there for a summer when I was interning in finance
26:00The summer after my shopping
26:02I
26:06Showed you guys in my fall vlog, but I used to live right here for reference. That's three lives bookstore
26:12That's the van lewens on the corner and it was a really really fun place to live although I was too young
26:17I think to live in this area kind of need more disposable income to live here, but it was very fun nonetheless
26:27And then that is stonewall which is a major
26:30Historic site for lgbtq rights
26:34And I feel like I have to come here. I'm walking the length of manhattan. It's like time square
26:42We're going a couple streets out of the way because I want to go down my favorite street in soho where I think you get
26:55The best view of the quintessential crown molding
27:00High ceiling art lofts that soho is so famous for I mean here
27:04You can already see the cobblestones and it's some of my favorite architecture so
27:08And here is the shot this is my favorite shot to get I just think that these ones all in a row are
27:21So cool and then you get the jenga building in the background too
27:25This is a bit of an eyesore today. It's not usually like that
27:28But i'm glad we walked down the street a little morale check-in my feet hurt
27:32They do once again
27:33I wouldn't say it's like a super nagging acute pain, but um, the fatigue is definitely hitting these puppies
27:39You know, i'm very thankful for them though. They take me far and wide
27:42They take me fast when I want them to I don't know
27:45I could get emotional if I thought about it too hard
27:47I'm at an age and hopefully I will be an age for a long time where I could just
27:51Kind of do this at the snap of my fingers when I want to and to be physically able to do so and to have a fiery enough spirit
27:58Whatever we don't have to get into that, but i'm very thankful for my legs today
28:06Crossing canal major milestone if you ask me because canals like pretty far south we're getting there guys the world trade center is looking bigger and bigger
28:14Not so far out of reach anymore
28:17No, we're not in chicago, but they have a bean here too kind of cool, huh? Wow
28:24I look funny
28:27Okay, that's enough wasting my battery on silliness had to come by passing through tribeca. This is staple street sky bridge
28:36And it's just kind of an iconic
28:38Tribeca landmark. All right, we're not there yet, but this is very rewarding
28:42It's so close and we're actually going a bit beyond but it is a very very helpful beacon
28:47This is a very very pleasant walk and there's a nice breeze it almost feels like a warm fall day
28:52But a fall day at that we've made it to the oculus
28:57It is quite the site it was open to the public in 2016 designed by valencia spain born architect santiago calatrava
29:05And I know it ended up being twice as expensive as the budget allowed for
29:09Classic and it's right across from ground zero. These are the two footprints of where the twin towers used to be
29:15Roped off after a certain hour, but it is a very very well done memorial the 911 museum is also
29:22Very well done highly recommend a visit if you want to go and then here is the freedom tower. It is so big
29:29It is just so big when you look up at it. You almost lose balance
29:35We are past the world trade center that is behind us we're almost there guys
29:39I'm actually you'd think i'd be taking it easy here at the end uh-uh i'm actually debating jogging because
29:45It's getting dark not for safety like there's plenty light there's plenty people out
29:49I just want to be able to get a good shot at the end. We just hit the 20 mile mark
29:54I didn't come this way for nothing. We actually are jogging the rest of the way
29:57But thank you legs. Thank you moms. Thank you new york. Thank you all the cool people in the city. I'm coming for you
30:07Okay, I'm not gonna film me jogging the whole rest of the way, but I promise i'm doing it
30:11We're almost there
30:12Oh my god
30:14I see it and we're doing it
30:18Actually, we're pretty good
30:20There's good ground
30:22It's me
30:23Oh my god
30:33I'm so sweaty
30:35Jeez
30:36That's the statue of liberty
30:38Believe it or not
30:39And this is me
30:42At the very very tip
30:47Wow
30:50Oh my god
30:55I don't even know what to say
30:56We did it
30:57Goal number one was to prove to myself that I could do something totally pointless, but very challenging
31:02Did I meet that goal?
31:03Hell yeah, I met that goal
31:04I actually never questioned that I would finish, but I think I underestimated how hard it would be
31:08My legs and feet held up as good as I could have hoped
31:1121 miles
31:12Oh, did I even tell you guys I clocked in at 21 miles total and what did I guess?
31:1617.8 final answer 17.8 and I thought 18 would be a crazy guess
31:22I'm closer to a marathon than a half marathon today, which is kind of crazy
31:26And I know some people run that all the time good for them
31:29That is not the kind of exercise I do
31:31So this was very challenging for me, but so incredibly rewarding goal number two sweet treat
31:37Obviously I hit that goal. I have the magnolia pudding actually
31:41I ate it all
31:41Goal number three was that even though this was going to be an active day
31:45I wanted to also take it as an opportunity to slow down notice the details around me
31:49Just really be in touch with my surroundings
31:52Did I achieve that goal?
31:53I did
31:54I will say though that I think it made me realize if I may say so
31:57I'm already pretty good at this
31:59It's not that uncommon that i'll run into a pole or something because i'm just looking up and
32:04Noticing the buildings and the architecture and all that good stuff around me
32:07But aside from patting myself on the back
32:09I think that what it did was just like it reinforced my love for the city and all the different kinds of people in it
32:15In the different neighborhoods and how they each have such distinct personalities
32:19It is just remarkable and it was an absolute pleasure to walk through
32:22It just gave me a very very deep reinforcement and appreciation for new york
32:27Goal number four did I find the most new york moment possible and capture it?
32:31Oh, you know, I might not have reached that goal. What did I see?
32:36I'm just replaying it all in my head. I saw a lot. Just say I failed this goal. That's okay. A new york moment. Can I capture it?
32:42Can I capture it?
32:44I got it
32:45That was pretty new york goal number five was to have fun
32:49I had a lot of fun today is one for the books. I know i'm gonna remember this forever
32:55I know i'm gonna refer back to it a lot whenever I go somewhere in the future that I went to today
32:59I know i'm gonna say oh, I did that on my turtle walk
33:01I just know I am turtle walk for close friends and family length of manhattan walk for all the other schmucks
33:08I'm just kidding without further ado. Thank you guys for joining me if you made it this far
33:13This video is gonna be crazy to edit. That's a lot of footage, but I hope you had a fun time with me
33:17I hope you got a sense of new york and enjoyed my musings and ramblings thumbs up if you enjoyed this
33:22It helps my channel a lot and subscribe for more huge new york challenge days like this
33:27I have a lot in mind and i'm looking forward to doing them soon. So let's call an uber home. Shall we?
33:33turtle out
33:35It's tempting
33:37I won't do it. We're feeling good even though we're going up this hill. Look at it. Look at it
33:43It doesn't look like a hill. Those are some nice apartments. I will take two please
33:51Oh, that's a nice stoop for filming
33:55Do I do it? No
33:58We continue on
34:00This is a nice stoop for a year
34:03Thank you
34:05We do it
34:07today
34:09Oh
34:11Bye
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