Natalie's going on a really long trip. See it all on Facebook.

Week 13: New York

New York, New York. So important that they named it twice *drumroll *. Seriously though, New York often sells itself as the greatest city in the world and while I'd argue it has some good competition out there, it's certainly busy. I can't think of another city that has so much going on 24/7. They really ought to call New York something like 'The City That Never Sleeps' rather than its current slogan - 'The Late City' or whatever it's called.

Oh, fun story for you. I was waiting around to buy tickets to The Merchant of Venice and The Importance of Being Earnest when someone came up and offered free tickets to David Letterman. I wasn't sure who this was but figured it was too cold to stand outside so I accepted. When I waited in the audience line, it was announced that Justin Bieber was going to be the guest star. Teen girls were screaming with cameras ready outside the door, paparazzi were armed with their SLRs and all I could think about was, 'Oh man, is this the High School Musical kid?' Turns out it wasn't but they have the same hairstyle.

For the nerds out there, The Importance of Being Earnest was great! It's my favourite play so it was amazing to finally see it on Broadway. Suprisingly, Al Pacino was in The Merchant of Venice. It was like watching The Al Pacino of Venice, if that makes sense to anybody.