I don't think the "Wonder Warmers" were the guys or my daughter might have been standing in line! You are funny!
BPC collects lease money from concessionaires on property, from surrounding businesses who pay an assessment, commercial sponsors, and personal donations. The events are paid for by sponsors or the people holding the event. As in the case of Fashion Week, the park would be paid a million dollars from the people managing the event. They've had political rallies there paid for by the politicians involved. All sorts of corporations pay to have entertainment brought in. The park's only problem with all the activities and people wanting to pay to be there is that they don't have enough dates! They will be so happy to clear their schedule of the four to eight weeks the two annual Fashion Weeks took out of the park's ability to schedule events.
Southwest Airlines sponsors the Southwest Porch: "The Southwest Porch, located near the southern end of the Fountain Terrace, offers all visitors the ambience and luxury usually available only to a few. Equipped with Adirondack chairs, sofas, and couches typical of those found at expensive hotels and resorts, Southwest Airlines is giving all of New York an al fresco lounge... stop by The Porch with your laptop, iPod, or cell phone for a different type of refueling - power outlets are available to keep all of your devices going."
By keeping things beautiful and making people want to be there, corporations are happy to be a part of keeping the park going.
I enjoyed my trip to Sydney, too. Your photos of the Opera House may be the most personal view I ever have of it. And that's good enough if I never get there in person. I checked Google, and it would take about 57 days to drive and kayak to Sydney from New York!
I'm curious. Where do Australians go for vacation when they want to cross some water? Americans dream of flying to Europe. Do Australians fly to China? India? Japan? Hawaii?
I think a lot go to Bali... and Vanuatu. Not being well travelled or made of money myself... I don't know! There is also New Zealand close by. My ex husband and I went to Fiji for our honeymoon and that is my only time outside Australia.
I have no interest (personally) in going to the Asian countries. My heart longs for Europe, with my eyes mainly on England and Ireland (and maybe that's because it's my family roots... but that would be subconscious if so). Danny is really keen to go to America tho. I don't know what we'd do if ever we only had enough money for one overseas holiday! There are some things I'd like to see in America, but my heart is for Europe. I would love to do things like see New York and stuff just for the sheer size and culture shock. I do admit to being a bit scared of America tho!! Scared of the muggings etc and that fact that so many people walk around carrying weapons... and scared of the food. I hear it's all very sugary--even bread! :)
You shouldn't believe everything you see in the movies! I promise not to believe Australia is Mad Max if you'll not believe the United States is Pulp Fiction!
I'm 53 years old. I've been to a number of large cities in the United States, and I've never been mugged or shot. I've walked through St. Louis, Chicago, and New York at night. If we hear of an interesting sight to see or a good place to eat, we head there. Sometimes, we are the only whites to be seen--as in an eatery in Harlem--but we've never experienced an unkind word or look. I figure people are people wherever you go. Either that, or my Midwestern naivete has me blinded me to any bad. And we've never carried a weapon in any of those places.
Scared of the food? You eat McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken--about as American as you can get! Of course, in the United States, we dip the Big Macs in a sucrose solution and deep fat fry them, and the chicken is marinated in molasses, deep fried, and rolled in powered sugar and chocolate chips. :D Yes, our fast food is not health food, but we are very interested in nutrition. Even the smaller cities have grocery stores carrying organic and natural products. If you are concerned about good meat products, we have some of the finest grown locally: beef, bison, and ostrich. As for the bread--yes, the cheap stuff will be filled with sub-par ingredients, but Whole Foods and Trader Joe's handle a wonderful selection of baked goods that are good for you. Americans love food--all kinds from all over the world. I promise you that you could find good quality food of any kind your heart desires.
I can completely reassure you that the places in the United States that allow conceal and carry of firearms are the safest places to be. I'm thinking of asking for a Smith and Wesson Rimfire 22A pistol for Christmas. Or Valentine's Day! It would be fun to go target practice shooting as a family. I don't like rifles (recoils hurt and a big gun scares me), but I think I could handle a pistol. In my part of the country, guns are a way of life--just like your kitchen knives. Many young boys start out with a BB gun, take a hunting safety course, and get a rifle when they are old enough to hunt safely.
There's my darling son...
and his good friend, Jake.
They can spend all day tromping through the fields and have a wonderful time. Our son has never brought anything home. Does a little target practice, but that's it.
Seriously, you have nothing to fear from Americans. Our family does have two cannons and a dynamite plunger, but we all have ten fingers still. :D
We have strict gun laws here. Danny used to own a rifle back in Tassie but now that he's moved here he's not allowed (there's no legitimate reason for him to have one). They all have to be registered etc and be for a specific use (he uses the one back in Tassie for shooting wallabies and possums that get into his Mum's garden).
I don't know if you're Maccas is any different (I hope not!) but it's weird that I've heard Coke taste like Pepsi over there and Pepsi tastes like Coke... and I've just heard from other Australians that there's so much sugar in everything is all--even the bread. Too sweet they say! It's not about lack of quality as such.
But that wouldn't let me stop going there. I can guarantee you that I can just as easily turn my nose up at Europes food! LOL
It's funny that you call McDonald's 'Maccas' and we call it 'Mickey D's.'
I don't know about the difference in Coke and Pepsi. We don't drink pop. Bojoette made us all quit when she was in middle school. It was hard to give up, but I don't miss it.
I think you'd do fine eating in the Midwest, but there are regional differences. Here, we drink our tea hot and iced, but brisk--no sweeteners. When we visited the South, I nearly spit out my first sip of iced tea. It was so sugary, it was like syrup. There are differences in food from one area to another.
As for bread, I've grown up in the breadbasket of the world with wheat all around. Our bread isn't sweet. Promise.
BPC collects lease money from concessionaires on property, from surrounding businesses who pay an assessment, commercial sponsors, and personal donations. The events are paid for by sponsors or the people holding the event. As in the case of Fashion Week, the park would be paid a million dollars from the people managing the event. They've had political rallies there paid for by the politicians involved. All sorts of corporations pay to have entertainment brought in. The park's only problem with all the activities and people wanting to pay to be there is that they don't have enough dates! They will be so happy to clear their schedule of the four to eight weeks the two annual Fashion Weeks took out of the park's ability to schedule events.
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Southwest Airlines sponsors the Southwest Porch: "The Southwest Porch, located near the southern end of the Fountain Terrace, offers all visitors the ambience and luxury usually available only to a few. Equipped with Adirondack chairs, sofas, and couches typical of those found at expensive hotels and resorts, Southwest Airlines is giving all of New York an al fresco lounge... stop by The Porch with your laptop, iPod, or cell phone for a different type of refueling - power outlets are available to keep all of your devices going."
By keeping things beautiful and making people want to be there, corporations are happy to be a part of keeping the park going.
I enjoyed my trip to Sydney, too. Your photos of the Opera House may be the most personal view I ever have of it. And that's good enough if I never get there in person. I checked Google, and it would take about 57 days to drive and kayak to Sydney from New York!
I'm curious. Where do Australians go for vacation when they want to cross some water? Americans dream of flying to Europe. Do Australians fly to China? India? Japan? Hawaii?
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I have no interest (personally) in going to the Asian countries. My heart longs for Europe, with my eyes mainly on England and Ireland (and maybe that's because it's my family roots... but that would be subconscious if so). Danny is really keen to go to America tho. I don't know what we'd do if ever we only had enough money for one overseas holiday! There are some things I'd like to see in America, but my heart is for Europe. I would love to do things like see New York and stuff just for the sheer size and culture shock. I do admit to being a bit scared of America tho!! Scared of the muggings etc and that fact that so many people walk around carrying weapons... and scared of the food. I hear it's all very sugary--even bread! :)
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I'm 53 years old. I've been to a number of large cities in the United States, and I've never been mugged or shot. I've walked through St. Louis, Chicago, and New York at night. If we hear of an interesting sight to see or a good place to eat, we head there. Sometimes, we are the only whites to be seen--as in an eatery in Harlem--but we've never experienced an unkind word or look. I figure people are people wherever you go. Either that, or my Midwestern naivete has me blinded me to any bad. And we've never carried a weapon in any of those places.
Scared of the food? You eat McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken--about as American as you can get! Of course, in the United States, we dip the Big Macs in a sucrose solution and deep fat fry them, and the chicken is marinated in molasses, deep fried, and rolled in powered sugar and chocolate chips. :D Yes, our fast food is not health food, but we are very interested in nutrition. Even the smaller cities have grocery stores carrying organic and natural products. If you are concerned about good meat products, we have some of the finest grown locally: beef, bison, and ostrich. As for the bread--yes, the cheap stuff will be filled with sub-par ingredients, but Whole Foods and Trader Joe's handle a wonderful selection of baked goods that are good for you. Americans love food--all kinds from all over the world. I promise you that you could find good quality food of any kind your heart desires.
I can completely reassure you that the places in the United States that allow conceal and carry of firearms are the safest places to be. I'm thinking of asking for a Smith and Wesson Rimfire 22A pistol for Christmas. Or Valentine's Day! It would be fun to go target practice shooting as a family. I don't like rifles (recoils hurt and a big gun scares me), but I think I could handle a pistol. In my part of the country, guns are a way of life--just like your kitchen knives. Many young boys start out with a BB gun, take a hunting safety course, and get a rifle when they are old enough to hunt safely.
There's my darling son...
and his good friend, Jake.
They can spend all day tromping through the fields and have a wonderful time. Our son has never brought anything home. Does a little target practice, but that's it.
Seriously, you have nothing to fear from Americans. Our family does have two cannons and a dynamite plunger, but we all have ten fingers still. :D
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We have strict gun laws here. Danny used to own a rifle back in Tassie but now that he's moved here he's not allowed (there's no legitimate reason for him to have one). They all have to be registered etc and be for a specific use (he uses the one back in Tassie for shooting wallabies and possums that get into his Mum's garden).
I don't know if you're Maccas is any different (I hope not!) but it's weird that I've heard Coke taste like Pepsi over there and Pepsi tastes like Coke... and I've just heard from other Australians that there's so much sugar in everything is all--even the bread. Too sweet they say! It's not about lack of quality as such.
But that wouldn't let me stop going there. I can guarantee you that I can just as easily turn my nose up at Europes food! LOL
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I don't know about the difference in Coke and Pepsi. We don't drink pop. Bojoette made us all quit when she was in middle school. It was hard to give up, but I don't miss it.
I think you'd do fine eating in the Midwest, but there are regional differences. Here, we drink our tea hot and iced, but brisk--no sweeteners. When we visited the South, I nearly spit out my first sip of iced tea. It was so sugary, it was like syrup. There are differences in food from one area to another.
As for bread, I've grown up in the breadbasket of the world with wheat all around. Our bread isn't sweet. Promise.
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