You're welcome! I love your post, the idea of visiting NYC on a budget is... a little nuts. But glad to see you made it work without resorting to sleeping on park benches!

Pretty soon I'll post the next part of my zero-budget 1200km epic on my feed @traveladdict ... where I discovered who my host actually was... AND I finally finished writing up my trip to the "Goddess that grants all wishes" so I will post that soon too :)