My entry into the blogging world comes a little late, but so much has gone on in the past few months that I kept getting derailed. I had hoped to chronicle our adventures as we made our move across the country, but we just had way too much going on. Therefore, my postings for a while will be discombobulated as far as chronological order is concerned. Ill recount things as I remember them. All in all I hope this blog provides bits of information, insight, and humor into what is going on in our lives and our experience living in New York City for the first time.
Tonight was the tree lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Center. The lights were to be turned on at 8:55 and there was two hours of music scheduled before the big moment. We headed out our door at 6:45 thinking we might be able still squeeze into the plaza area . . . and we learned how naïve we are about city events here. A block away from the area where the tree is, police barricades were set up for several blocks north and south. The plaza area was packed wall to wall with people and police were not letting anyone even cross the street. The police said if you wanted to see anything, it would have been best to show up at 6:00.
Well, waiting 3 hours in 20 degree temperatures probably would not have been that fun anyway. Several thousand people were in the same situation and we joined them in just mulling around and checking out some store display windows. The plaza is near 5th Avenue (the shopping district) and the streets have all sorts of cool holiday decorations.
The photo gallery link on this page has a picture of the view from our apartment. Ariel and I purchased a digital camera and Ill be posting more pictures soon.
Hey nice start!! Been watching for new stuff on your site and this is a good start. So, what do you do at the school there?
That is pretty funny about the time thing. I went to a Mummers Parade in Philly once thinking I could get there a little later and get a good spot. Nope, filled up and I had to find some steps to stand on. I imagine it is 10 times that bad in NYC.
Looking forward to hearing more.
I am the Associate Director of Financial Aid and Admission.
One of the issues as far as crowds in NYC I think is that half or more of the people are tourists visiting the city. So, you have your local crowd, and then you have tons of tourists on top of that to deal with as well. Oh well, it was an experience just being part of the mass of humanity trying to enjoy the events.
I am the Associate Director of Financial Aid and Admission.
Yeah, but what do you do?
Well, it’s my job to sweet talk people into coming to my school, and then I proceed to strap them with massive debt burdens. Other than that, I spend my time consuming world resources like most other Americans.
Hi Matt! Great to see you online. Now I can lurk here, too!