Today, I snuck back into tourist mode and stood for a whopping two hours to reach the 80th floor of the Empire State Building. (After resigning your title as vacationer to part-time NY resident in September, the idea was that you were also supposed to stop wanting to do touristy things, like seeing the Statue of Liberty.) Well, once I got to the top, I remembered why millions of people flock to this building. The breathtaking views made you set the camera down and let just your eyes feast on the amazing cityscape. Lesson learned: some tourist traps are totally worth getting trapped in.