I've always heard the city is packed to heck during the holidays and this past Saturday I got the opportunity to see for myself.
The streets were loaded with people but most of all Santa's.
Saturday happened to be
SantaCon on the streets of NYC and it was amazing to see the holiday spirit spread in such a way.
I might just have to be a part of it next year. I wish I would have known, I would have dressed up this year and brought a couple cans of food along, oh well!
This was only a tiny moment in my mission alone on the city streets.
I made my way through the billions of glowing billboards in Time Square.
While on the move I ran into some more Santa's. These ones didn't look like they were a part of
SantaCon though, they did some things I'm pretty sure you have to be sober to do!
After the 100 second show and discovering exactly where I was opposed to everything else, I decided to make my way to the Empire State Building.
Unfortunately when I got to the Empire State Building the line to enter the place resembled a line for a ride at Disney World on one of it's busiest days of the year. So I only got the view from the bottom.
I began to walk with no real destination.
When I began to run in to everything I wanted to see. Based on other post's it's a given that I like to watch Late Night so it was friggin' great running into the NBC Studios!
Of course right across the street was the one and only Radio City Music Hall where everyone was waiting in line for whatever the heck they were waiting in line for!
The entire city was decked out in holiday decor but making my way past Radio City I saw what I thought was the best I had seen while I was there, bulbs on top of a fountain-landscape. Looked pretty cool!
While taking photos of these massive red bulbs a familiar character passed by, say what's up to Elmo!
I took a little walking break but I didn't want to waste too much time so I got some lunch from the New Yorkers dollar menu!
Made my way to Central Park and passed 2 sets of carolers.
The park was cool. Instantly reminds you of Christmas movies such as Home Alone or Elf. Horse drawn carriages stroll through allot like the taxis in the traffic but in a much more orderly manner.
One thing I noticed about the park is the squirrels, just like the pigeons in town they are use to people being around all the time and don't move when approached. I swear you could throw a rock at them and they wouldn't flinch, maybe just chase the rock to see if it is food, it's hilarious
!
On the way back to Bryant Park I ran into another Santa passing out flyers for an Art store. It seemed like every Santa was in mid-town but this guy. I felt kinda bad for him cause he was alone on this street where no one was but the guy was hilarious and the art store was pretty cool too.
I don't even know what this represented besides the very word but this looked pretty cool too.
After walking around aimlessly I realized I still had allot of time still left before I head back to meet up with the bus. I walked all the way back to Macy's to see what all the hype was about.
I walked in and immediately wished I hadn't. Thing was, once in, I couldn't just walk right back out, it was like a force was just pushing you through and the only way out of the packed place was making your way through the crowd to the other side of the store. It was CRAZY in that place!
I made it back to Bryant Park with hours left to spare.
Since Bryant Park is right next to Time Square and the sun had dropped I decided to make my way back over there to see all the lights shine even brighter. I wish I could have gotten some pictures of that before my camera batteries deceased but if you haven't seen the city at night I recommend it at least once in your lifetime!
It was one heck of a long and amazing day. I can't wait until next time, I'll have my santa outfit ready!
