Thanksgiving in NYC, How much can you do and see in less than 4 days?

[dolphingirl47]

We checked in and they directed us to this mega long line. Wow!


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That line looks impressive.

We later found out that they have seating times and we all enter at the same time.

That does not sound like a very efficient way of doing things. What a shame that the service was bad as well.

We headed back via Sax 5th Ave so we could see the lights on the side of the building.

That is beautiful.

Claire swore one day she would be moving to New York to live.

You never know.

Those balloons look really neat. I am glad you found them.

Corinna

 

[jenseib]

That line looks impressive.



That does not sound like a very efficient way of doing things. What a shame that the service was bad as well.



That is beautiful.



You never know.

Those balloons look really neat. I am glad you found them.

Corinna

I laugh because I don't know if Claire will ever even be able to move out of our house. She doesn't spend the night at friends house often or even my parents as she misses us too much. I thought she would have gotten over it by now, but in the 6th grade and still is a homebody.

 

[canyoncam]

As always Jen you took awesome pictures.

I'll admit right now I know absolutely nothing about the whole American Girl thing so I skipped over that.

Neat to see the balloons all ready and the lights being moved.

I have to say I am on Claire's side with the glove. But I am a germaphob myself. Wiping everything down with alcohol wipes when I travel. Pretty sure one day I will forget and come down with a deadly disease!

 

[jenseib]

As always Jen you took awesome pictures.

I'll admit right now I know absolutely nothing about the whole American Girl thing so I skipped over that.

Neat to see the balloons all ready and the lights being moved.

I have to say I am on Claire's side with the glove. But I am a germaphob myself. Wiping everything down with alcohol wipes when I travel. Pretty sure one day I will forget and come down with a deadly disease!

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Up until a few years back I really knew nothing about American girl either. My older daughter never had interest in them.

I am not excited about germs, but I have some germaphobes in my family and those are the ones that get sick more often. LOL. I am not intentionally going out to get germs but I think you have to be exposed to some to be healthier.....and I do live on a farm. hahaha.

 

[jenseib]

Day 3, Nov. 26, 2015


Thanksgiving!!!


We woke up to find Thanksgiving cards slid under our doors from Geoff. I don’t think he ever slept this whole trip. The cards were nice and each had a gift card to Starbucks as well.


With Geoff being a high up Marriott member we also got the perk of breakfast in a conference room area for 2 of our 3 days. So we made a quick stop there to fill up for the morning.


I had to meet up with Book pretty early this morning. The rest of the family had a spot in mind to watch the parade. Gail, Alexis and Geoff went to stake out their territory pretty early as well and set up camp. Claire and I took off on foot and were to meet Brook at a Subway station in Times Square….well that is where she was going to get off and then walk us to the location.


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It was another great day and not too cold. Actually it was probably the best weather to watch a parade in if you had to be outdoors for this time of year.


Claire and I started off and we got a message from Brook that they were running late so could we meet them closer to the destination and she gave me directions. With the timing of us walking and them on the subway we should arrive around the same time.


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Ironically the corner we were to wait for them was right at the hotel we used to stay at when we visited New York in my Teen years. The Wellington.


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We stayed there 3 years in a row and always had a suite since there were so many of us that went and shared a room. We had the same room all 3 years.


The Wellington is right across the street from the Carnegie Deli, which has the best Cheesecake EVER!!! And great sandwiches too. However, Geoff had told me a few months ago that the Deli had been closed for mysterious reasons. Actually a homeless guy said it had some kind of gas leak or something and it had to be fixed.


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I was sad to see it still closed….but good news…it did re-open this past spring.


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We waited a few minutes and then saw Brook, Joe and Henry and we said our hellos and moved on towards our destination.


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We went inside the building and our names were on a list and we got nametags and went up to the correct floor. We were really early so we had a good choice of seats. There were a couple rooms open to us and many people had chosen the room on the corner with more windows, so we went in the bigger room with just one side facing the street and it ended up being a great spot.


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Our view.


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While we waited we had Claire take some pictures of us.


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I already look dead tired. That’s what happens when you burn the candle at both ends and then try to sleep in a room with someone snoring.


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I had brought a little goodie bag for Henry and it had some small lego type sets in it and he was keeping himself busy building those.


As it got closer to parade time we perched on the little ledge by the window for better viewing.


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By now the parade had started and we were waiting for it to come to us.


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And here it comes!


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I took a zillion pictures from both my camera and my phone. I won’t post all, but even posting about half is a lot of pictures.


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I just couldn’t believe how lucky we were. We had a fantastic view and were comfy too.


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Big Bird!!!!


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[jenseib]

Continued….


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We thought these people were lucky too to have these fancy gardens to watch from.


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There were a lot of stars on the floats, but honestly I didn’t know the majority of them and I couldn’t tell a star from a regular Joe.


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I think he is someone famous.


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A famous band….


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Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?


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Claire is a fan of Sponge Bob.


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Another famous person.


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[jenseib]

These were cool…Cirque performers jumping up and down and doing acrobats.


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Another famous group.


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As we were watching I was posting pictures to facebook. It was so funny as so many people started messaging me how they wanted to have this special viewing area next year and could I set this up for them. Sorry..I can’t. I just got lucky!


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So while we were watching the parade I had been texting pictures to my family to show them the great view. I also asked if they got a good spot early on, etc. Well right before the parade started they told me there was a bomb scare and they had to be moved. What?????? There was an unattended suitcase left right by my niece and they cleared the whole block while the bomb squad came and looked it over. Once given the all clear they could come back, however they didn’t get their exact same spot back, which would have totally ticked me off. When I started questioning it they told me they would tell me the details later. OK then. Wow!


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It was a long parade and even though we were in the comfort of a building we had to move around and stretch at times. Claire found the perfect spot to sit though and wasn’t giving it up.


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[jenseib]

Continued…


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Another famous person.


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Now I know who Jennifer Nettles is.



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Train.


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Pat Benatar.


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I’m sorry, but I laugh every time I see the Elf on a Shelf. He looks like he really needs to go the bathroom.


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This band was cool…they would play and then break up and mingle with the crowd then run back to their places.


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This candy cane looked like it was falling apart. I swear it had holes in and I am not sure how it stays floating.


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A look across at the people directly across the street from us.


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I thought this was cool…the reflection of Snoopy in the building across the street.


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[jenseib]

And the big star of the parade was Maria Carey…..who I really can’t stand.


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Somewhere along the line I took this video. I know it was towards the end but not sure exactly when.


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And the parade ends with Santa!!!


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What an amazing experience that was. Such a nice view and bathrooms nearby (which we did use), and it was great seeing Brook and family and we also chatted with others in the room and they were all so friendly.


It was now time to move on though. Brook’s family had plans to go out to eat and we had late lunch plans too. We said good byes and thanked Joe for letting us tag along. We would be meeting up with Brook and Henry again tomorrow so we confirmed out time and meeting area and headed off. They did point us the way to Central Park and the Apple store if we wanted to go look but we decided to just head back towards the hotel.


This was where the parade had gone through and it was now so empty.


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We headed back towards the Marriott but there was a huge line for the elevators so we decided to go back to the M & M store and shop around. I texted the family to let them know. We purchased some and as we were leaving Geoff texted that he wanted us to wait as he was coming and he wanted to get some M & M’s too. So we waited outside where it was cooler (the store was a madhouse and HOT).


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Geoff arrived and we went inside and looked around again and he wanted to get M & M’s with each of the girls names on them.


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The process was pretty neat. You pick out the colors you want (unfortunately they were only the plain and not the peanuts, which is our favorite) and then dump them in after programing your name or whatever you want to say in. I think we got the choice of 3 different words we wanted to put on the batch we were doing.


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With our purchases made we headed out.


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Geoff then told me the story of the bomb threat.


They had arrived fairly early and got a decent spot. As they waited a stranger came up to the group area and started talking to everyone. My Uncle Geoff said he was pretty sure this guy, Karl, was a bit slow, but was nice. Everyone waiting was talking to each other as they passed the time. Karl talked with all the people around them and from what they gathered he had taken the train in from Seattle and was going to watch the parade and then move on to Boston to visit family. He was toting his suitcase and carry on type bag. At one point Aunt Mary said she heard him say "who will watch my bag while I go to the M & M store." No one replied and at first my family thought he knew the other family he had been talking to, but he didn’t. So Karl left....and left the suitcase right next to 6 year old Abby (my niece). Then after a bit he hadn't come back and someone reported this suitcase was abandoned! You just can’t leave a suitcase somewhere at an event like this. The dogs were brought in, as were many cops toting heavy guns and the bomb squad and secret service. After a bit they cleared the area of people and they had to wait down in a little plaza area for the all clear. The bag was taken and finally they were allowed back to the viewing area, but sadly lost a little bit of their space, but still were pretty lucky to get most of it back. Then Karl returned and my BIL Rob broke the news to Karl that his bag was taken away. Karl went to find out what happened and was never seen again.


Yeah, this is the kind of stuff that only can happen to me and/or my family.

 

[canyoncam]

You really had a great place to view parade! Nothing like being comfortable for that. BTW not crazy about Mariah myself.

Why have I never gone to the M & M store? Oh probably because I always run out of time. But I'll have to make the time next visit as it looks fun to personalize them.

Yes it is crazy how a simple friendly, albeit maybe slow, person can cause such a stir. But that is the times we live in and a worry at any such large event. Although I have to say things like that don't only happen to your family. Although I can't think of one to top it myself

 

[dolphingirl47]

We woke up to find Thanksgiving cards slid under our doors from Geoff.

What a nice surprise to start the day with.

With Geoff being a high up Marriott member we also got the perk of breakfast in a conference room area for 2 of our 3 days.

That sounds like a nice perk.

There were a couple rooms open to us and many people had chosen the room on the corner with more windows, so we went in the bigger room with just one side facing the street and it ended up being a great spot.

That sounds like a wise decision.

Our view.

The view is amazing. That parade is quite something. I am not normally that bothered about parades, but I would love to see this one day.

The process was pretty neat. You pick out the colors you want (unfortunately they were only the plain and not the peanuts, which is our favorite) and then dump them in after programing your name or whatever you want to say in. I think we got the choice of 3 different words we wanted to put on the batch we were doing.

That sounds really neat.

They had arrived fairly early and got a decent spot. As they waited a stranger came up to the group area and started talking to everyone. My Uncle Geoff said he was pretty sure this guy, Karl, was a bit slow, but was nice. Everyone waiting was talking to each other as they passed the time. Karl talked with all the people around them and from what they gathered he had taken the train in from Seattle and was going to watch the parade and then move on to Boston to visit family. He was toting his suitcase and carry on type bag. At one point Aunt Mary said she heard him say "who will watch my bag while I go to the M & M store." No one replied and at first my family thought he knew the other family he had been talking to, but he didn’t. So Karl left....and left the suitcase right next to 6 year old Abby (my niece). Then after a bit he hadn't come back and someone reported this suitcase was abandoned! You just can’t leave a suitcase somewhere at an event like this. The dogs were brought in, as were many cops toting heavy guns and the bomb squad and secret service. After a bit they cleared the area of people and they had to wait down in a little plaza area for the all clear. The bag was taken and finally they were allowed back to the viewing area, but sadly lost a little bit of their space, but still were pretty lucky to get most of it back. Then Karl returned and my BIL Rob broke the news to Karl that his bag was taken away. Karl went to find out what happened and was never seen again.

What a nightmare. I am glad that they got most of their spot back.

Corinna

 

[Woth2982]

Those parade pictures are amazing! I keep saying one of these days I will get to NYC for the parade. It is definitely on my bucket list! You got very lucky with Brook being able to get you such a great place to watch! I did Times Square for NYE once, and said never again, and if I did, Id spring for a hotel where you could watch the action from the room! I am glad the bomb scare was just that! Must have been pretty nerve wracking though! And I am with you, I would be mad if I lost my great spot!

 

[jenseib]

You really had a great place to view parade! Nothing like being comfortable for that. BTW not crazy about Mariah myself.

It was a great spot.....she is such a whacko. I was really disappointed with Disney when they made her the godmother to the Fantasy.

Why have I never gone to the M & M store? Oh probably because I always run out of time. But I'll have to make the time next visit as it looks fun to personalize them.

LOL.
It's a busy and happening store.

Yes it is crazy how a simple friendly, albeit maybe slow, person can cause such a stir. But that is the times we live in and a worry at any such large event. Although I have to say things like that don't only happen to your family. Although I can't think of one to top it myself

It is scary and I am sure he never thought twice about it, but people can be crazy and you never know.

What a nice surprise to start the day with.

They spoil us a lot.

That sounds like a nice perk.

it was nice to have breakfast included a couple of those days. It saved some money for sure and we didn't have to go looking for it either.

That sounds like a wise decision.

By the time the parade was over, our room was practically empty. I guess the other room might have had a better view? But we had a great one and it was nice to not be crowded.

The view is amazing. That parade is quite something. I am not normally that bothered about parades, but I would love to see this one day.

This is probably one of the most famous parades so I am so glad to have seen it in person.

What a nightmare. I am glad that they got most of their spot back.

It really was. But you can't be too careful these days.

Those parade pictures are amazing! I keep saying one of these days I will get to NYC for the parade. It is definitely on my bucket list! You got very lucky with Brook being able to get you such a great place to watch! I did Times Square for NYE once, and said never again, and if I did, Id spring for a hotel where you could watch the action from the room! I am glad the bomb scare was just that! Must have been pretty nerve wracking though! And I am with you, I would be mad if I lost my great spot!

We did see some reasonable pricing for the Olive Garden on the corner near the M&M store for NYE. I want to say it was like $500 a person...but that was a bargain and included some drinks and meals too. And prime location.

 

[jenseib]

We headed back to the hotel to get ready for our Thanksgiving Brunch. I swear this building was swaying but when I asked others they said they didn’t feel it.


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I wondered if it was because my ears were popping each time I rode the elevator. But each day the sway became more and more.


Once ready we all met in the hallway to head down to the hotel restaurant.


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We then all headed down and waited to be seated. I think we had the first reservation seating of the day so we had to wait for them to open the room up.


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Geoff had yet ANOTHER surprise waiting for us on the table.


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That is a chocolate turkey! He got it from some fancy New York Chocolate place. The girls helped him break it up afterwards and then put the pieces in baggies for all of us. That chocolate was heavenly!!!!!


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We took a zillion pictures of the chocolate turkey some with the kids and adults and some of just him. It was funny as Abby was upset about something and she wouldn’t calm down and I told her that if she settled down she could have the “gobbler” part. She did and when they broke up the pieces Claire said she grabbed it because she said I told her she could have it. LOL. She wasn’t going to forget that at all.


The meal was a buffet. It was pretty good. Not as good as home cooking but it was still good. Amanda has a ton of food allergies and she had talked to the chef yesterday and he also has the same allergies so he really fixed her up. He was bringing her out all sorts of special dishes he made just for her. She loved it as sometimes it is really hard for her to eat out due to her allergies. I was a bit disappointed with the desserts. They weren’t bad, but just not enough selection with things I liked….but then again I was so full I was about to burst so I probably should have skipped dessert anyways.


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And our view.


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And a last look at our turkey.


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I needed some air and the rest of the family were going through some of the shops. I decided instead of the elevator I would take the escalators down to the main floor.


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The Gloria Estefan musicale is held here and I believe this was the floor they entered the theatre and people were lining up.


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The View is at the top and it rotates. We had looked at going up there for desserts one evening but it was a set price and pretty pricey for what we wanted and we passed on it.


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It felt good to get some air. The weather was really just wonderful this trip.


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If I ever felt the need to change religions….Scientology was just across the street.


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I headed back in and tried to take a picture as I was zooming up on the elevator.


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Passing the lobby.


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I headed back to the room and lay down for a bit and Claire came back after they were done smashing up Mr. Turkey. All too soon it was time to get ready to go see the Rockettes. Everyone was going except Mary and Rob who were going to go to a bar to watch football and Dad…who decided last minute to come so he did not have a ticket.


I think Claire and I went down early to get some air and wait to meet the others.


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Juniors is across the street and has really good cheesecake too. I got a piece later that evening.


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[jenseib]

We set out for Radio City.


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Once we got in we had to use the restroom, get some snacks and of course a program. There was actually a good deal with a drink, popcorn and a hat, so we got those for the kids.


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We found our seats and waited for the show to begin. We didn’t tell dad later, but we found out that there were a ton of seats open for this performance. Of course he would have had to have been in a row ahead or behind us and he probably wouldn’t like that.


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Part of the performance was in 3D, which is why Claire has those glasses on her head.


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We knew you could take non-flash pictures but we didn’t think they allowed the nicer/bigger cameras so I just brought in my phone and point and shoot. I started taking pictures with my point and shoot with the flash off, however it would still light up the area for a second or 2 to focus. I could not for the life of me figure out how to turn that off so I gave up and used my phone for most of the pictures I took. They didn’t turn out as nice though.


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I just loved all the costumes and dances the Rockettes did.



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It was AMAZING!!! If you ever get a chance to see this show…do it! This was my 3rd time. The first being in my teens, the second was in my 30’s and that was a traveling show that came to a local theatre. The girls just loved it too. Claire used to dance, Alexis does dance still and is very involved and Abby is all about being beautiful and it was so magical for her. Gail got some great video of Abby enjoying it and really getting into the magic of it all.


After the show we used the restroom and then took a few pictures.


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We then headed out. The Cast was outside signing autographs and we didn’t stop but we saw them as we passed by. Abby wanted to ride a taxi back so Gail, Mom, Abby and Alexis jumped in the taxi. Geoff and Amanda had not gone over by Sax last night with us as they were eating at the steakhouse so they wanted to go see the lights so Claire and I headed that way with them.


After watching the lights we stopped off for some pictures.


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Another fun picture of us in a bulb.


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I took this picture and the guy yelled at me for taking a picture of his chestnuts…That’s odd.


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We decided to look around and see some more lights so we moved on. I believe this is the Empire State Building.


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These might be out of order but we went down the street to see the more upscale shopping areas.


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[jenseib]

These were some colorful windows.


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And there was Trump Tower.


nyc5 by Jenseib, on Flickr


Donny did not invite us in for drinks however.


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And the Apple store, which is the coolest thing. It’s a cube on land and you have to go down underground to the actual store.


nyc11 by Jenseib, on Flickr


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Claire wanted to go in, so we did. I think we may have used the bathroom there too.


thanks179 by Jenseib, on Flickr


By then, Amanda’s feet were killing her and she wanted to take a taxi back. I was fine walking back as was Geoff, but Claire wanted to hop in the taxi too. Amanda wouldn’t ride alone or with just Claire, so Geoff went with them and I said I would be fine walking back myself. It was a beautiful night and the air felt so nice.


I started my walk back and took some pictures along the way.


thanks181 by Jenseib, on Flickr


nyc8 by Jenseib, on Flickr


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As you can see, it was 11:11.


thanks187 by Jenseib, on Flickr


And the temp? 58 degrees!!! It was like a late summer evening.


thanks188 by Jenseib, on Flickr


Walking through Times Square it was like it was daylight.


nyc12 by Jenseib, on Flickr


I went back to my room and Claire was not there, so I headed down to Mary and Geoff’s room and there she was. We sat and talked a bit and Geoff said his niece, Tracey, was texting him and told us to go down to Times Square and stand in front of the camera and she would watch us. Wow, we didn’t realize there was a web cam.

So Claire, Geoff and I went down (I can’t remember if Amanda went or not). Tracey said the camera faced the black and white hot dog stand so we looked and found like 8 cameras in that area. As we looked around we realized there are cameras all over Times Square….who knew? LOL.

We figured out which one it was finally and waved and Geoff called her and they talked. While standing there several people came up to talk to me. People often come up to me to comment on my hair. It’s often liked by many people, and then others were just coming up to ask why we were randomly waving. Tracey was laughing as she saw all these people come up to talk to me.

We finally said good bye to Tracey and headed back to our rooms. At this point it was like I hit a brick wall and I needed to get some sleep.


It was definitely the best Thanksgiving ever. We did so much and it was all fun. I really liked being able to do so many different things instead of laying around the house and eating 12 meals.

 

[jenilynn]

Thanks for the NYC Thanksgiving report Jen! The parade is definitely on my bucket list! How long was the drive from Ohio?

 

[canyoncam]

I forgot how ou said the elevate was super fast in your hotel. Last trip we visited Freedom Tower and that was fast (third fastest in world I think they said) and I can understand getting sick of that.

Nice show at RCMH

You know there are cameras EVERYWHERE, right? Funny people asked you about waving. Maybe crazies attract crazies? Ha ha.

 

[dolphingirl47]

What a busy day you had. I love the look of that chocolate turkey. I am glad it was tasty, too. The show looked nice. The story about the cameras made me smile.

Corinna

 

[jenseib]

Thanks for the NYC Thanksgiving report Jen! The parade is definitely on my bucket list! How long was the drive from Ohio?

I think it was around 9-10 hours. We drove the majority the first day and left just a few hours for our arrival day and then did the same going home, with the longer drive first and the shorter after. We do make a lot of stops though. We told Rob with so many girls, young and old, there would be no complaining about bathroom breaks.

I forgot how ou said the elevate was super fast in your hotel. Last trip we visited Freedom Tower and that was fast (third fastest in world I think they said) and I can understand getting sick of that.

Nice show at RCMH

You know there are cameras EVERYWHERE, right? Funny people asked you about waving. Maybe crazies attract crazies? Ha ha.

Those fast elevators kind of spook me out. LOL.

Really where I live, you never would even think about a webcam being around. It just never crossed my mind and I was shocked to see so many once I looked.

What a busy day you had. I love the look of that chocolate turkey. I am glad it was tasty, too. The show looked nice. The story about the cameras made me smile.

Corinna

I still crave that chocolate. I think Geoff needs to get us one every year now. hahaha