Manhattan is no Columbus, Ohio, that's for sure. After a nail-biting 45 minutes, we found ourselves in a reasonably-priced (relatively speaking) parking garage just a couple blocks from Central Park. The zoo is tiny but cute. One of the highlights was the sea lion show. Their rocky exhibit is beautiful and sits smack dab in the middle of a gorgeous flower garden. My personal favorite was Zeppelin, the baby snow monkey. We stood and watched him for the longest time. He'd venture a foot or so from Mom, hop and skip around, then run back to nurse. She'd scoop him up and carry him from rock to rock, then let him play some more. The new snow leopard exhibit opened the very day we were there, but the primarily nocturnal snow leopard was nowhere to be found. After a quick tour of the zoo, we headed through Central Park and unexpectedly ended up in front of the world-famous Apple Store. Nice. Apple is to Gabe what giraffes are to Marla. What a productive day!

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