Praise God, the last day! We loaded up the buses with our junk, and entered the big city for the last time. The traffic was the lightest we had seen, apparently New Yorkers actually take off for Good Friday. No line, no waiting at the Lincoln Tunnel!
Burt and I took the boys to Rockefeller center. We saw the outdoor ice rink, the NBC store, and got our 1.5 seconds of fame as we waved behind Al Roker as he did the weather. We were 3 rows back and you wouldn’t have seen us if you were looking. We got tickets for the “Top of the Rock”. Which is the observation deck of 30 Rock. Pretty cool view, I imagine it was almost as good as the Empire State Building. It is on the 76 floor and had an incredible view of the city.
Did the tour at Radio City, which was pretty neat. Got an inside look at how concerts and productions are done. A lot of history in this place, built in 1932and has been an entertainment staple of NYC ever since. Burt and I got our picture taken with a Rockette!
After the tour was over we had free time till our 2:00 reservation at Hard Rock Cafe. We checked out the Ed Sullivan Theater where late Night with David Letterman is filmed. He had to go by "Hello Deli" to see Rupert Jee, I had no idea who this was, but I am sure most of you do. See attached pic. We decided to take a chance and ride the subway. We boarded at 50th Street and rode up to 116th Street at Columbia University. Got off, took a few pics, and got right back on. Had a homeless guy slumped over in the seat across from us! Sad how many homeless “live” in that town.
Shopped our way back to Hard Rock picking up all the usual cheesey tourist stuff: snow globe, New York sweat shirts, knock off Pashmina scarfs, etc.
We are now on the highway in New Jersey beginning our long haul back to Moody-Burg. It is 4:40 EDT, and we are to drive all night and be back at the school by noon Saturday. UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHH. Bummed some Lunesta from Mom before we left home, hope that stuff is really good! Else I will be blogging more tonight!
Burt and I took the boys to Rockefeller center. We saw the outdoor ice rink, the NBC store, and got our 1.5 seconds of fame as we waved behind Al Roker as he did the weather. We were 3 rows back and you wouldn’t have seen us if you were looking. We got tickets for the “Top of the Rock”. Which is the observation deck of 30 Rock. Pretty cool view, I imagine it was almost as good as the Empire State Building. It is on the 76 floor and had an incredible view of the city.
Did the tour at Radio City, which was pretty neat. Got an inside look at how concerts and productions are done. A lot of history in this place, built in 1932and has been an entertainment staple of NYC ever since. Burt and I got our picture taken with a Rockette!
After the tour was over we had free time till our 2:00 reservation at Hard Rock Cafe. We checked out the Ed Sullivan Theater where late Night with David Letterman is filmed. He had to go by "Hello Deli" to see Rupert Jee, I had no idea who this was, but I am sure most of you do. See attached pic. We decided to take a chance and ride the subway. We boarded at 50th Street and rode up to 116th Street at Columbia University. Got off, took a few pics, and got right back on. Had a homeless guy slumped over in the seat across from us! Sad how many homeless “live” in that town.
Shopped our way back to Hard Rock picking up all the usual cheesey tourist stuff: snow globe, New York sweat shirts, knock off Pashmina scarfs, etc.
We are now on the highway in New Jersey beginning our long haul back to Moody-Burg. It is 4:40 EDT, and we are to drive all night and be back at the school by noon Saturday. UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHH. Bummed some Lunesta from Mom before we left home, hope that stuff is really good! Else I will be blogging more tonight!
3 comments:
I did notice Rupert! Those are great pics. I almost asked Burt yesterday if ya'll planned on going to the Today Show! Too funny!
I have thoroughly enjoyed your telling of the trip!
I'm with you ...who is Rupert Jee? No idea...
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