Last week I attended the Inman News Real Estate Connect in NYC. I plan to blog on different subjects including the future of real estate, social networking, the general feel for solutions to our serious bank and lending problems, and of course, the best restaurants we ate in. First, it is a cliche but I Love New York! It is a great city and you can get addicted to it. However, I don't plan to trade my Oklahoma City home work $250K for a smaller and older $3 million condo. I love my town because I can afford to travel to places like this. I will in this first blog hit on the fun stuff. My finest dining experience was at Pure Food and Wine. This is a raw food vegetarian restaurant, and it is one of the best dining experiences of my life. If you don't know about the raw food movement please know this is not like Bugs Bunny eating carrots. It is impeccably prepared meal without meat, dairy, and nothing heated over 110 degrees. We had a five course tasting menu that took two hours at the table, completely filled us up, and without drinks was $59 per person! Raw foods are really nutritious and I have ordered three books on the movement. My guilty pleasure was Mama Mia. It was a candy coated jukebox musical of little significance, almost all Abba tunes, incredibly sung, and just a hoot. Sometimes we just need to be amused. I also did two tourists things, I went to the Statue of Liberty which was very moving, and I went to The Top of the Rock at the Rockefeller Building. The top is all glass and the view is breathtaking. I enjoyed them both and I feel very American. In the next few blogs I will be commenting on speakers talking about the origins of the current credit debacle, possible solutions, and why Florida has a ten year supply of condos while Manhattan only has seven months. Stay Tuned. P.S. also more restaurant reviews.