But have yet to do it. Has anyone done this before? This might be the year!
I have many times and it used to be fun. Now, however, the crowds are so big that is more like Times Square at New Year's Eve. You simply cannot move anywhere. I would avoid it it I were you.
Last year I was doing event services for the parade and I was doing VIP assistance at the grandstand at Columbus Circle. I watched the floats go by directly overhead. A once-in-a-lifetime, up close and personal experience. I got great pics - even for my crappy little phone.
Glad I had the opportunity, but I wouldn't do it again.... It was FREEZING COLD out there!
nycad
And all the fancy nonsense is for the birds ....
....hell yeah its fun... the crowds , the people , the girls , new friends ...
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Then thanksgiving sex afterwards , see the pilgrims fucked like rabbits after they ate , true story , charlie brown just left that part out .....
.......like going to Ellis island or top of the empire state building and kissing a girl there .
...or ice skating and falling on your ass , its called HAVING FUN ! And I LOVE IT ! xoxo
Happy Turkey day sin sin xoxox.....
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They do this along central park west and earlier this week and it is crazy to walk on the sidewalk along the park .. they already started setting up seats and such.. it use to be really cool..but as the years go by, the amount of people that come to watch has gotten out of control. they now have barriers set up along with the seating stands.. Its best to watch it from an apt window up above it all..
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Find a soldier and give him a kiss ....
...... get a hot chocolate and some chestnuts roasted on a open fire ....then head on over to rock center put on some skates and go for a whirl ....have a hot toddy at a local pub ..... okay that's it , everyone meet by Snoopy ! And drinks on inicky46 !
....and had I read Max's reply first (and others) I could have saved myself the typing...lol
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Every year I say it time to give thanks. For me it means paying back to those less fortunate. I have always wanted to volunteer and serve at the Bowery Mission. Seeing this gave me cause to make the call. Lets see if it comes to fruition. Thanks for the topic Sophie!
You can also donate food ...go there and see what they need ....also go through your closet any clothes you don't use put in a bag especially jackets ...bring them too and there ward is great.... as Christmas approaches toys for kids are also needed and you can ask to see who is honest in giving them out ...
Have a nice holiday !
shows ??
Big Apple Circus
Pippin
Chicago
Wicked
Radio City Christmas Spectacular, with the Rockettes (2pm, 4:30pm, 8:30pm)
Disney on Ice –
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unfortunately I will be at work all day and since Im not from here I'll be missing my family for both Thanksgiving and Xmas ![]()
I guess that is out of the question...lol
But did enjoy a memorable Thanksgining there a couple years before it closed.
They seated me by the big Christmas tree. Received lots of glances from folk wondering who the dude was at a primo table with that hot blond.
BTW NYers....did anything replace that restaurant? Is the building still there or what?
The building is used as a greeting center for things like the NY Marathon.
I used to work there in the gift shop. I hated the job, but it was a magical building that just oozed history.
Ehhh, Trump will get the contract to run the place one day and he'll make it as schmaltzy as he does with everything else.
Those were the days my friend...
nycad
But did enjoy a memorable Thanksgining there a couple years before it closed.
They seated me by the big Christmas tree. Received lots of glances from folk wondering who the dude was at a primo table with that hot blond.
BTW NYers....did anything replace that restaurant? Is the building still there or what?
Just doesn't have it ....all this fu fu shit , trends that come and go and the classics thrown away...in the late nineties going into 2000 all the ridiculous boutiques in certain neighborhoods that are know closed and the 100 year old businesses that defined these areas gone do to skyrocketing rents..... to many bs apts and transportation that still sucks ! TOG , classic NYC ....and most of the stupid places today serve crap , plates of lettuce with 4 oz..of cheap food on it and a fancy name ...unreal....but some suckers dive in thinking they're hip or uber ...whatever that means ...even a lot of the steak houses serve poor cuts of meat ..best steaks aren't even in the u.s. anymore , Angus became bullshit !
I used to work there in the gift shop. I hated the job, but it was a magical building that just oozed history.
Ehhh, Trump will get the contract to run the place one day and he'll make it as schmaltzy as he does with everything else.
Those were the days my friend...
nycad
But did enjoy a memorable Thanksgining there a couple years before it closed.
They seated me by the big Christmas tree. Received lots of glances from folk wondering who the dude was at a primo table with that hot blond.
BTW NYers....did anything replace that restaurant? Is the building still there or what?
Gone like the water down the depot drain.
Yesh, NYC has become sucky like that. You expect the classics to get destroyed in places like Vegas, but New York, c'mon. Yeah, things have been getting real dumb here in NYC for years.
nycad
I used to work there in the gift shop. I hated the job, but it was a magical building that just oozed history.
Ehhh, Trump will get the contract to run the place one day and he'll make it as schmaltzy as he does with everything else.
Those were the days my friend...
nycad
But did enjoy a memorable Thanksgining there a couple years before it closed.
They seated me by the big Christmas tree. Received lots of glances from folk wondering who the dude was at a primo table with that hot blond.
BTW NYers....did anything replace that restaurant? Is the building still there or what?
Go there all the time...Corporations Destroyed this city and others...all the franchise shit for the newer generations and no traditions ....fast everything , the independent business can't survive. Its boring , no place for upstart music groups , celebrity entertainment , copa too...I was around celebrities as a kid and in my early 20s ..it wasn't a big thing . Nowadays , garbage music , video games , and shit food ! People don't even dress up anymore ...and the "hip" places of today , no ambiance...the tgif , Applebee's, and 1$ drinks killed the businesses for the lunch crowd and weekend scene dead...know we have reality TV shit and they call it entertainment ....I refer to the times a a classless society..and yes there were high end houses with top shelf women , nice massage parlors...card games , to guiliani that moron , it was called fun ! That guy , a fucking hypocrite !!
Yesh, NYC has become sucky like that. You expect the classics to get destroyed in places like Vegas, but New York, c'mon. Yeah, things have been getting real dumb here in NYC for years.
nycad
I used to work there in the gift shop. I hated the job, but it was a magical building that just oozed history.
Ehhh, Trump will get the contract to run the place one day and he'll make it as schmaltzy as he does with everything else.
Those were the days my friend...
nycad
But did enjoy a memorable Thanksgining there a couple years before it closed.
They seated me by the big Christmas tree. Received lots of glances from folk wondering who the dude was at a primo table with that hot blond.
BTW NYers....did anything replace that restaurant? Is the building still there or what?