1.went to see World Trade Center today. How many of you have seen it? 2. This week we went to Ellis Island. We took the boat past the statue of liberty and disembarked at Ellis Island where we spent two hours locating the arrivals of family members. We were searched and they even took my watch. the only thing lacking was the doctors exam to take us back to the immigrant experience. after all all of our ancestors were immigrants.We not only found moms family but discovered that one of her mothers children died of german measles on ellis island. There was a record of it. I also discovered that dads father lied about his age and his occupation. Of course he was an adolescent. After the two hours were up we sat in a group on the steps and took a family picture. 3. From there we sailed directly to down town New York and went to Little Italy for a terrific meal at gennaros. 4. New york got a face lift. Gone is the West Side highway, there are parks along the waterfront and West Street is a lovely avenue. There are Sailboats on the Hudson. We passed Ground Zero and it is all cleaned up. They ripped down all the old buildings in upper manhattan for about twelve city blocks just north of the Trump building. Someone is doing something right. Everyone i asked credit it to Rudy. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================