As to editing, which video makes almost costless, he recommends this simple but effective discipline: each evening, watch everything you have shot that day, without using the fast-forward button.
Join one of the two whale watching outfits there (we chose North Sailing) for an evening whale watch aboard an old wooden fishing boat, some of which are actually repurposed whaling boats.
Later in the week, I was also part of the tens of thousands of people on the streets near Rockefeller centre for a cold but nice evening to watch the new Christmas tree.