Headed towards Top of the Rock and got my entry ticket … little
did I know it would take so long. I got
the 5 pm entry … but be warned it can take up to 1-2 hours to get up there because
they only allow a certain amount of people on the viewing decks at any one
time. While you can stay up there as long as you want there are only so many
people that they allow.
So I wandered around Rockefeller centre with a stop at the ice
skating rink along with a couple of shops since I had a hour to kill. Along with J Crew and Anthropologie which I
just loved… just wasn’t skinny enough.
But I do love how the shop assistants look you up and down and deem you
not good enough to shop in your store. Yes I know I look like a dag but I was a
branded dag at least… sheesh not impressed…
It was exhausting waiting that long with everyone pushing and
shoving trying to get into the elevators first… Somer Certain other nationalities are just rude! Just
saying! They feel they are entitled or
something!
But made it up there eventually… busting for a toilet and glad not
to be squashed in … and just in time for the sunset…
So annoyed that I only got the last few seconds also annoyed
this is the only day that I took my tripod out. My backpack was heavy so I was
trying to be responsible.
But the sunset that I saw was simply amazing… But I wish people who didn’t know how to take
photos with a DSLR would offer to take them.
I had a guy who had a canon and my photo still came blurry even though I
told him to wait for the beep and the green square on the screen.
I prefer to self-portrait thank you very much. I think I spent over an hour up there it was
so much fun and watching the city change as it got darker. I just used the wall to stabilise and the
auto feature with no flash to take the photos and they turned out ok.
Good thing about the top of the rock is the lack of mobile
reception … no messages … but I knew what time I had to be down by and that was
the important thing. But it was nice to have a break from it for a hour or so.
I highly recommend
the Top of the rock but allow at least 2- 4 hours if you are going up during
the day or sunset. But after 9pm the line is not as bad.
I made my way back down around 8pm because I think I had been up
there since 5ish so my feet were starting to feel tired and I was looking
forward to dinner.
So I headed to the
subway and got on the wrong one… soooo annoyed because I ended up at 110th
because I caught the B or A train when I need the C or D… someone was getting impatient for me to get
home… But he was coming back into the
city with his car so luckily he got stuck in traffic.
But finally made it home … quick second change and handbag and
ready for my date… just wish I had time for a shower oh well later. He had arrived with a perfect park right
outside my front door but we just walked down to Amsterdam avenue and headed to
bella luna which was lovely and yummy.
Only drawback about him… the smoking… ewww and the aggression
or as he puts it determination. It is
hard to handle but overall a nice guy but it is what it is … holiday fun….
He headed back to the burbs because he likes to see the sky and
grass under his toes… either that to the girlfriend or wife that he claimed he
didn’t have!
So I headed off to bed but felt like I wasted the day a bit
because of the shopping and then spending so long at Top of the rock… but
overall great day. I had a busy busy day
the following day so I headed to bed feeling exhausted but glad I had my first
real official date in over a year.
While it was good to date again, I still don’t feel I am ready
for a relationship but man I had fun. I laughed, smiled and got kissed… which to me is the perfect ingredients…
While
I don’t think he reads this but thanks gorgeous…I really enjoyed our date and
it still to do this day makes me smile…
While I don’t think we would have ended up together… we would
have fun finding it out.. While I shouldn’t probably be revealing as much this … but I did promise myself complete honesty in
this blog…so thank you mr… for being you and not sacrificing who you are …
One of the most brash, honest, upfront people
I have met with a heart of gold under that tough black exterior. Hopefully we will catch up again on the
weekend…
