NYC - Day 1
Sorry for the lack of posts..I've been working after returning from our little excursion Northward. We really had a great time while we were away and I was definately not happy about coming back to work yesterday. Ahhh..but here I am anyway.
New York is by far one of the most amazing cities to me. There are millions (literally) of people that live in that one city, yet they somehow all manage to get along for the most part. I definately can't wait to go back and visit again.
So I'll start with Thursday since I've only got a minute or two. We packed up and headed to the airport at 6am. I scheduled a 7:30 flight and there's no way in hell I'll do that again. It's way to early because we had to get up at 5. So we packed and headed out, parked in economy and shuttled in to the airport. We were attempting a curbside check-in and the guy informed us he couldn't check us in at the curb, we'd have to go inside. So we went in and this lady told us she couldn't get us checked in. Some security thing. So I guess they thought we were terrorists, I'm not really sure. Anyone can look at us though and see we're definately NOT terrorists. Anyway, she wound up making a couple of phone calls and got us cleared to board. We took our boarding passes and headed on out to board the plane.
We arrived in NYC around 10:30am. The view of the city from the plane was amazing. Unfortunately, since no electronic devices are allowed during decent, there are no pictures of this view. Once we touched down at LGA we gathered our bags and went in search of food. After a little pizza, we loaded up into a Taxi and headed into the city. Those of you who've been to the city know what a cab ride is like. Those who havent, like me, don't. I was scared out of my mind by the driver. More so the one who took us back on Sunday, but this guy was still quite scary. Seems cabs in NY have two modes. Full throttle and no throttle.
We had him drop us at the hotel and I left our bags there. Check in wasn't until 3 and they didn't have any rooms available when we got there. We dropped our bags and headed to 5th and 27th. The museum was pretty cool, including old porn movies, fake boobies, a internet controlled sex chair, and gay porn. There's no way anything like that would fly in any city except New York. After that we headed up 5th to the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Talk about an amazing view, I've got pictures that I'll share as soon as I can upload them.
After that we headed back to the hotel to clean up and then up to 49th for Dinner. After that we headed to see
It was playing at the Golden Theater, and old and amazing theater, of course, and the show was great. I've had the soundtrack forever and I love it. I had used the soundtrack to put together what I thought happened in the show and for the most part I was right. There are some things that you don't get on the soundtrack that you need to put the show together. I especially liked how the actors really got into the part they were playing, even though they had the puppets. The facial expressions and body language of the characters matched what you'd expect the puppet to do. Anyway, the show was great and the cast was amazing. And this lead guy...hot! (See picture following!)
So after the show we headed back to the hotel. I can certainly understand why miket61's partner was exhausted at the end of each day! So that was Thursday, I've got more to post soon!
New York is by far one of the most amazing cities to me. There are millions (literally) of people that live in that one city, yet they somehow all manage to get along for the most part. I definately can't wait to go back and visit again.
So I'll start with Thursday since I've only got a minute or two. We packed up and headed to the airport at 6am. I scheduled a 7:30 flight and there's no way in hell I'll do that again. It's way to early because we had to get up at 5. So we packed and headed out, parked in economy and shuttled in to the airport. We were attempting a curbside check-in and the guy informed us he couldn't check us in at the curb, we'd have to go inside. So we went in and this lady told us she couldn't get us checked in. Some security thing. So I guess they thought we were terrorists, I'm not really sure. Anyone can look at us though and see we're definately NOT terrorists. Anyway, she wound up making a couple of phone calls and got us cleared to board. We took our boarding passes and headed on out to board the plane.
We arrived in NYC around 10:30am. The view of the city from the plane was amazing. Unfortunately, since no electronic devices are allowed during decent, there are no pictures of this view. Once we touched down at LGA we gathered our bags and went in search of food. After a little pizza, we loaded up into a Taxi and headed into the city. Those of you who've been to the city know what a cab ride is like. Those who havent, like me, don't. I was scared out of my mind by the driver. More so the one who took us back on Sunday, but this guy was still quite scary. Seems cabs in NY have two modes. Full throttle and no throttle.
We had him drop us at the hotel and I left our bags there. Check in wasn't until 3 and they didn't have any rooms available when we got there. We dropped our bags and headed to 5th and 27th. The museum was pretty cool, including old porn movies, fake boobies, a internet controlled sex chair, and gay porn. There's no way anything like that would fly in any city except New York. After that we headed up 5th to the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Talk about an amazing view, I've got pictures that I'll share as soon as I can upload them.
After that we headed back to the hotel to clean up and then up to 49th for Dinner. After that we headed to see
It was playing at the Golden Theater, and old and amazing theater, of course, and the show was great. I've had the soundtrack forever and I love it. I had used the soundtrack to put together what I thought happened in the show and for the most part I was right. There are some things that you don't get on the soundtrack that you need to put the show together. I especially liked how the actors really got into the part they were playing, even though they had the puppets. The facial expressions and body language of the characters matched what you'd expect the puppet to do. Anyway, the show was great and the cast was amazing. And this lead guy...hot! (See picture following!)
So after the show we headed back to the hotel. I can certainly understand why miket61's partner was exhausted at the end of each day! So that was Thursday, I've got more to post soon!