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New York, New York

Jazz On The Park Hostel-
     4 nights' stay with ISIC discount <$115
     4 mornings' worth toast, eggs & coffee = free

Attractions seen-
     Statue of Liberty (from Staten Island Ferry) = free
     Empire State Building (from the ground) = free
     Time Square = free
     Brooklyn Bridge = free
     Band Leeroy Justice performing & filming video on Brooklyn Bridge = free
     Central Park = free

Museums-
     MOMA = free (friday night)
     Guggenheim = $1 (by donation saturday night)
     the Metropolitan Museum of Art = $1 (by donation)

Starbucks
     Branches seen (so far) = 17   25
     Money spent = $0 (see above, Jazz on the Park coffee)

Food
     New York Cheesecake = $4 (from a gorgeous deli / fast-food place near City Hall)
     Pretzel = $2 (from a street vendor outside the Met)
     Quaesadilla = $6 (from a nice little hole-in-the-wall near the hostel)
     Hard Rock Cafe = $30 (because apparently the one on Time Square doesn't pay their staff at all, and relies entirely on tips)

Transport
     New York Metro Card = $16 (and it should have been more than this, but there wasn't any staff at Time Square so I jumped the barrier... I can never return lest they match up my face to the New York Most Wanted List)

Hugs
     Union square = 1, free
     Time square = 2, both free (but I bought a badge ($2) to 'support the cause' ...? i don't really get it either, but I like the badge
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