Our trip was mostly a success – we had a few minor issues due to an entire day of rain on our arrival day, the venue for the concert was just too small for what was going on, and the never-ending search to find a DAMN BATHROOM in the city.
Rockefeller Center & The Christmas Tree
We stopped into FAO Schwartz – not for buying anything but both of us wanted to go check out the toys and stuff. We are both still very much kids at heart I guess. BUT we had a human NYC moment that was super random and very much created a sense of “we are humans together”.
The song Sweet Carolina by Neil Diamond was playing and all of us in the store were totally into what we were looking at but when the chorus hit, EVERYONE SANG IT. And everyone did it just once, didn’t do it again on the next chorus….and I wish I could find the words to explain perfectly how it felt in that small space of time – but it was really extraordinary.
Times Square
Central Park
- Bethesda Terrace
- Bow Bridge – one of the first structures built in Central Park, this is an iconic bridge that’s appeared in several TV shows and Movies: Manhattan, The Way We Were, Spiderman 3, Highlander, Keeping the Faith, When in Rome, Made of Honor, Night at the Museum, Autumn in New York, Great Expectations, Uptown Girls, Glee 5. We had the fun experience that this video ALMOST captured, I was so focused on the bridge that I missed what was happening to the right of the bridge, the laugh from Jason on the video is what clued me in that something else was also happening – sometimes I’m just in my own world.
- Alice in Wonderland
- Strawberry Fields
Hoboken, New Jersey
Things to Know for Next Trip
Tips from video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MSL-VdS8e8
FREE NYC tours from locals – Big Apple Greeter
This is interesting: McGraw Hill Waterfall Enter Middle of 49th Street bet. 6th and 7th Ave but reading here see that KISS did a photoshoot here. That’s neat info.
American Folk Art Museum – free with two floors. Near Columbus Circle/Central Park.
This one is neat if you’re a fashionista – The Museum at FIT – also FREE!
Holiday Stuff – located with 10 blocks of each other – lower Manhattan
The Peninsula Hotel on 5th Ave – display in lobby free to take pics.
Hudson Yards – BONUS SCARY escalator ride – prettiest mall decorations
Brookfield Place – also has a lesser known ice skating rink
Zuccotti Park – 1 Liberty Plaza –
The park is home to three sculptures: Joie de Vivre by Mark di Suvero; Double Check, a bronze businessman sitting on a bench, by John Seward Johnson II; and Rose III by Iza Genzken.[11][7][12][13][14] Joie de Vivre, a 70-foot-tall sculpture consisting of bright-red beams, was installed in Zuccotti Park
NYSE Christmas Tree
South Street Seaport – Check out Pier 17
Side note of interest – POPS is Privately Owned Public Spaces in NYC. This may be helpful in finding a DAMN BATHROOM in this city.