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Midwesterner, Northwesterner, now New Yorker
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| Welcome |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|11:55 pm] |
Welcome to New York Odyssey: my meandering journeys through New York City.
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| Mom and Dad Visit |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|05:56 pm] |
This is looong overdue. There just hasn't been a good time to sit down and finally get some of it on paper.
This is going to be a whirlwind tour of my parent's visit in May. They were here for a week. This was their third visit (or fourth?) and yet, visit after visit, we keep finding new and fun and different things to do. And we didn't even do everything I had thought. This is why this place rocks. :) The following hits the highlights but certainly not everything we saw and did.
( Broadway and Tours and Comedy Shows, oh my! ) |
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| Waunita |
[Jun. 13th, 2009|09:48 am] |
This is another non-New York related post, directing any friends and family over to my other journal for a post about the vacation I was on a couple of weeks ago at Waunita Hot Springs Ranch.
Dude Ranchin' |
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| Food Delivery Person |
[Jun. 11th, 2009|09:55 am] |
(this was actually on Tuesday, I think...maybe Monday...some day it wasn't RAINING!). Anyway, I left the office to get a diet Coke (surprise, surprise). It was around lunch. And there was this food delivery person out, well, delivering food.
( Food Delivery ) |
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| Welcome Back, Me |
[Jun. 8th, 2009|10:00 pm] |
So, I just got back from vacation. Well, I got back late late Saturday but that meant Sunday was spent recovering and cleaning up all my email from the week and sweeping up all the cat hair and litter that gets tracked around my apartment when I'm not here to keep a constant vigil on it.
I was lucky enough on my flight back to have the whole row to myself. I spent most of the flight in the isle seat. But as we approach New York LaGuardia airport I thought to myself, "What am I doing?!? It's 10:00 at night and we're approaching New York...there might be a spectacular view of the skyline!"
So I scooted over to the window and plastered my face against it. Alas. Just lights. Tons of them, but not Manhattan. Perhaps the city was viewable from the other side of the plane. *sigh* But I kept looking. And then I saw it...the southern tip of the city came into view. And then more...and then more.
And we flew right past the eastern side, south to north, nice and low, affording just spectacular, just spectacular awesome beautiful amazing views.
I did a lot of just point the camera and press the button without looking at what the camera was seeing because I wanted to soak it in with the naked eye, too.
Because, did I mention it was spectacular? Unfortunately, the camera doesn't nearly do it justice (it was so much more vivid and vibrant and, well, in focus (lol) viewing it with the naked eye), but three pictures are below the cut, anyway.
( Skyline from the Sky ) |
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| Fleet Week |
[May. 27th, 2009|11:17 pm] |
For one week a year, uniformed sailors and marines invade the streets of New York. They're everywhere. You can't walk down the street without seeing uniforms. That week is called Fleet Week. Each year a number of Navy vessels dock in New York and the festivities begin. Demonstrations, Marine Band concerts, ship tours, etc, etc. This is the third year I've been here for Fleet Week, but this is the first year I've actually participated in any activities: a friend was in town this weekend and we decided to tour the Iwo Jima, the largest ship in port this week.
And it was way different than I expected, both more fun and more eye opening. I had expected a guided walk through of the ship. Instead, I found myself among other things holding an M16 rifle, clambering over and into an Abrams tanks, and strapped in in the belly of a transport helicopter. It was…just totally unexpected. And yes, it was fun.
( The Iwo Jima ) |
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| Noontime Dancers and Singers |
[May. 15th, 2009|05:54 pm] |
I worked from home this morning and then headed into the office just after noon for an afternoon of conference calls. I had gotten off the subway, swung by the McDonalds for my diet Coke, and was heading back to the office. As I approached Park Ave I started hearing music. A light jazzy kind of singing with some instrumental accompaniment. I get to the corner and, well, just have one of those little, I don't know, one of those New York moments that I just love so much. Nothing big, but just perfect in it's own way.
( Noontime Dancing ) |
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| Another drive by post... |
[May. 13th, 2009|12:12 pm] |
Another drive by because this just cracked me up when I was walking home last night and saw this; this was on 5th Ave and...somewhere in the lower 50's/upper 40's in terms of street:
Man in a business suit in midtown Manhattan: exceedingly common
Man in a business suit in midtown Manhattan pushing a stroller: not nearly as common
Man in a business suit in midtown Manhattan pushing a stroller that has a PUG (as in the dog) lounging in it: not at all common
Once again, I love this place! :D
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| This was mean. And funny. |
[May. 11th, 2009|04:29 pm] |
Another little drive by tidbit because this was just, well, funny. And mean. And funny. Saturday night my mom and dad and I took the Staten Island Ferry over to Staten Island and back at night so we could see the Statue of Liberty and the lower Manhattan skyline all lit up. Upon our return, we had to go by Starbucks to get some coffee grounds for coffee the next morning.
As we were approaching the store, there was this loud POP! Four young women who had just come out of Starbucks all screamed, lol, others on the side walk (me and my party included) all jumped at the sound. I look for the source of the sound and just spot this man innocently and calmly sitting on the sprinkler outlet valve attached to the side of the Starbucks. Some highly colored thin rubber remains sprinkle the sidewalk around him...like the remnants of a popped balloon. Hm....
We go into the Starbucks. When we come out, we walk past the man and what is he doing? He's blowing up another balloon. A BIG one. Yep, he was just sitting there blowing up and popping balloons...presumably just for the sole purpose of startling/scaring people and seeing their reaction. Too, too, funny!
By the looks of it there were already several popped balloons littering the sidewalk and that looks like an entire bag of yet-to-be-blown-up-and-used-as-a-scare-device next to him.
Of course, I had to take a picture.
This place...I swear, it never ceases to entertain me. :D |
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| The WristStrong Saga Continues! |
[May. 10th, 2009|06:55 pm] |
Right on the heels of my previous WristStrong chapter comes another! Today, Sunday...it's Sunday, right? Well, I'm out walking around and I find myself in the Gramercy area. Now, you must know that Gramercy is a somewhat nice area in the city—it's got this park, Gramercy Park, that is the only private park in Manhattan. It's quiet and has trees and is just a pleasant area. Also, it's just a pleasant day out. The sun was shining (FINALLY) after a week of rain and the temps were in the upper 60's.
And I was out walking.
And I was wearing my WristStrong bracelet again.
( I'm WAY too entertained by this ) |
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