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Several people have emailed me asking how our trip to New York City went. I guess I should've posted before now but here's the thing....I was taught if I didn't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. I know there are a lot of NYC lovers out there, unfortunately I'm not one of them. I'm really disappointed to say that! I really like big cities! At first I thought I'd blame it on the time of year that we went, but I honestly am not sure that I'd like it much any other time either. I know a few people who have been and said they loved it but I have to wonder if they experienced it like we did. I mean, did they actually walk along the streets of NYC?? My first (and BIGGEST!!) mistake was not listening to my friends who told me to take a cab and not the subway. Lesson learned. If you ever go in to NYC DON'T take the subway. Frankly, I'm surprised we made it out alive. We took it once and footed our way the rest of the time. If we would've tried taking a cab back, we would've missed our bus. That traffic was just not moving. I'm not gonna re-live the whole day, we'll just talk about the good stuff. We headed over to Rockafellar Center so Cassie could see the Christmas Tree. We were both really surprised when we got there. They make it look a LOT bigger on TV than it actually is in person. Don't get me wrong, it's big. Just not as big as it looked on TV when they lit it. After that we crossed the way over to the window at Studio 1A where they tape the Today Show. That was REALLY neat! I've been a big fan for a long time and loved gazing in the windows. Too bad it wasn't a week day, then maybe I could've gotten a glimpse of Ann or Matt :). 
After we left there, we crossed back over to get our tickets for the NBC Studio tour. The tour lasted about an hour and was pretty neat. I've been in studios before and mostly went so Cassie could see. We got to go in to the studio where they tape Saturday Night Live and then the studio where they tape Late Night with Conan Obrien. Boy, is that studio small! The stage is tiny...I was really surprised. They seem to make everything look bigger on TV. Honestly, that pretty much sums up our fun for the day. We didn't do any shopping because we couldn't. Most places we tried to go to had a very long wait to get in. I guess we could have bought some souvenirs at those little souvenir stands. We don't love NYC though so we just kept on walking...lol. We did see the Empire State Building, Radio City Music Hall, went in to the Trump Tower, walked down 5th Ave., and back up Broadway. Although we didn't have as great of a time as we had hoped, I'm still glad we went. We got to spend the entire day alone together. Since I was a little girl I've always wondered what New York City is like. Now I know and neither Cassie or I have any desire to go back...lol. There were SO many people there that everyone was smushed together on the sidewalk scurrying along like a pack of penguins. I've never seen anything like it and hope I never do again. You remember all those times I said that one of these days I'm going to Macy's Thanksgiving parade and to the New Year's Eve bash in Times Square? Scratch that.....that's not ever gonna happen...lol. I can definately mark NYC off of my list of places to go. It's just way too much for me.
Several people have emailed me asking how our trip to New York City went. I guess I should've posted before now but here's the thing....I was taught if I didn't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. I know there are a lot of NYC lovers out there, unfortunately I'm not one of them. I'm really disappointed to say that! I really like big cities! At first I thought I'd blame it on the time of year that we went, but I honestly am not sure that I'd like it much any other time either. I know a few people who have been and said they loved it but I have to wonder if they experienced it like we did. I mean, did they actually walk along the streets of NYC?? My first (and BIGGEST!!) mistake was not listening to my friends who told me to take a cab and not the subway. Lesson learned. If you ever go in to NYC DON'T take the subway. Frankly, I'm surprised we made it out alive. We took it once and footed our way the rest of the time. If we would've tried taking a cab back, we would've missed our bus. That traffic was just not moving. I'm not gonna re-live the whole day, we'll just talk about the good stuff. We headed over to Rockafellar Center so Cassie could see the Christmas Tree. We were both really surprised when we got there. They make it look a LOT bigger on TV than it actually is in person. Don't get me wrong, it's big. Just not as big as it looked on TV when they lit it. After that we crossed the way over to the window at Studio 1A where they tape the Today Show. That was REALLY neat! I've been a big fan for a long time and loved gazing in the windows. Too bad it wasn't a week day, then maybe I could've gotten a glimpse of Ann or Matt :). 
After we left there, we crossed back over to get our tickets for the NBC Studio tour. The tour lasted about an hour and was pretty neat. I've been in studios before and mostly went so Cassie could see. We got to go in to the studio where they tape Saturday Night Live and then the studio where they tape Late Night with Conan Obrien. Boy, is that studio small! The stage is tiny...I was really surprised. They seem to make everything look bigger on TV. Honestly, that pretty much sums up our fun for the day. We didn't do any shopping because we couldn't. Most places we tried to go to had a very long wait to get in. I guess we could have bought some souvenirs at those little souvenir stands. We don't love NYC though so we just kept on walking...lol. We did see the Empire State Building, Radio City Music Hall, went in to the Trump Tower, walked down 5th Ave., and back up Broadway. Although we didn't have as great of a time as we had hoped, I'm still glad we went. We got to spend the entire day alone together. Since I was a little girl I've always wondered what New York City is like. Now I know and neither Cassie or I have any desire to go back...lol. There were SO many people there that everyone was smushed together on the sidewalk scurrying along like a pack of penguins. I've never seen anything like it and hope I never do again. You remember all those times I said that one of these days I'm going to Macy's Thanksgiving parade and to the New Year's Eve bash in Times Square? Scratch that.....that's not ever gonna happen...lol. I can definately mark NYC off of my list of places to go. It's just way too much for me.
2 comments:
Aww Jen, I'm so sorry that NYC didn't live up to your expectations. But, at least you gave it a try and aren't wondering what you're missing any more!! LOL
Hey Jen, don't feel bad that NYC was less than desireable for you. I felt the same way when we were there in August. I liked seeing all the sights, but there were waayy too many people and it was always so rush--rush.
We had a great tour director and got to see a lot of things in a short period of time. Had one adventuresome taxi ride. Did not do the subway. Several on our trip did and said they ahd no problems.
Now you can say "been there done that, not sure I want to again".
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