re: "Did you visit the 99er's?"
Thank you for the good wishes. And, no, we didn't see any protests.
For one thing, the movement was apparently pretty beaten up on Thursday - the day before our arrival. I heard that the turnout was very low afterward.
For another, we travelled by bus. My wife found a half-price offer: round trip tickets from DC to NYC for $30/person. You can't beat that! But it meant we were on foot and had to pretty much stick to the Times Square area.
I have some pics below. Unfortunately, my phone can't take photos at night - when the colors on Times Square were really amazing. It DOES resemble Las Vegas in many ways.





Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months