the NYC post
So, this weekend I made a little pilgrimage down to New York City to see the Christmas spectacle, and I was NOT disappointed. Naomi, Matt and I boarded a bus way too early Saturday morning to begin our journey. We passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then we walked through the Lincoln Tunnel! Ok, no we didn’t, but I did watch Elf on Friday.
We arrived around noon and made our way to a nearby Irish bar to wait for the Philly crew to arrive – only their train got delayed, so we waited about an hour, but after a little food we made our way out into the glorious sunshine and Central Park. From there we meandered down 5th Avenue and saw the fabulous window displays (A-MAZ-ING. I love that someone’s job is to design window displays. And they probably get mucho dinero to do it! Why can’t that be me?!?!) I made everyone detour through Bergdorf Goodman. Didn’t know what it was, just knew the name sounded fancy shmancy. Apparently they sell really expensive bolsas (that’s French for purse. I figure at the price they were asking it couldn’t be American.)
After that we took the subway down to Ground Zero. Honestly, it just looked like a construction site to me, but it was very moving how quiet and reverential people were there. We stopped in a pub across the street (Elaine demanded shots. And what Elaine wants, Elaine gets :) ) And made nice with the Irish bartender, who pulled out a photo album of 9/11 and showed us some personal photos from the attack and the aftermath. That was amazing, and one of those things you just couldn’t plan better. Elaine, Naomi, Matt and I then walked down to the water to watch the sunset behind the Statue of Liberty.
We headed back uptown for a stroll through Times Square and dinner nearby, then we navigated our way through the crowds to see the tree at Rockefeller Center before rushing to catch the bus home. There were SO MANY PEOPLE in that city. Dang! I felt like a linebacker half the time trying to shove my way through.
All in all, a success, even though Matt was wearing cranky-pants. Luckily I had Naomi!
We arrived around noon and made our way to a nearby Irish bar to wait for the Philly crew to arrive – only their train got delayed, so we waited about an hour, but after a little food we made our way out into the glorious sunshine and Central Park. From there we meandered down 5th Avenue and saw the fabulous window displays (A-MAZ-ING. I love that someone’s job is to design window displays. And they probably get mucho dinero to do it! Why can’t that be me?!?!) I made everyone detour through Bergdorf Goodman. Didn’t know what it was, just knew the name sounded fancy shmancy. Apparently they sell really expensive bolsas (that’s French for purse. I figure at the price they were asking it couldn’t be American.)
After that we took the subway down to Ground Zero. Honestly, it just looked like a construction site to me, but it was very moving how quiet and reverential people were there. We stopped in a pub across the street (Elaine demanded shots. And what Elaine wants, Elaine gets :) ) And made nice with the Irish bartender, who pulled out a photo album of 9/11 and showed us some personal photos from the attack and the aftermath. That was amazing, and one of those things you just couldn’t plan better. Elaine, Naomi, Matt and I then walked down to the water to watch the sunset behind the Statue of Liberty.
We headed back uptown for a stroll through Times Square and dinner nearby, then we navigated our way through the crowds to see the tree at Rockefeller Center before rushing to catch the bus home. There were SO MANY PEOPLE in that city. Dang! I felt like a linebacker half the time trying to shove my way through.
All in all, a success, even though Matt was wearing cranky-pants. Luckily I had Naomi!
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