because she 's explaining herself , how she called me a guy because guys always need to know the plan , the directions , and how she 's taking me on the staten island ferry , which is n't really a secret but it 's something few manhattanites ever do , which is a shame because there 's this amazing view of the statue of liberty and on top of that , the ferry is free and nothing in new york is free , but if i 'm worried about crowds we can forget it , but we can also just check it out and if it 's not empty-and she 's pretty sure it will be this time of night-we can get right back off before it leaves .