As promised, here comes the awesome New-York-City-Cellphone-picture-orama. I know you have all been waiting so patiently for it, so I am happy to oblige yall. So after after a particularly gnarly day of work involving deep puddles and shoes with holes in them. When I got done I hopped on the bus and headed for the big city.
I made these pics extra large to emphasize the low quality pictures my two year old phone. I am no photographer. Anyways, I think this may have been a picture of something important, but the bus was hauling ass so it turned out to be a random blur. Moving on...
Time freaking Square. This place, for those you have never been, is absolutely overwhelming. I visited NYC once before as a child and have frankly some bad memories of it. Reasoning being I was a tiny little child and this is not the place for children. There are so many freaking people, lights, cars and street performers. Saw the "naked cowboy" which was interesting...?
Rockefeller Center, I am pretty sure. So yeah this is where they put up the huge Christmas tree and ice rink. I felt it was photo worthy. If you disagree then I suggest you scroll right on down.
This is the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. It is the hotel that Delta puts their pilots in on layovers. Conveniently some of said Delta pilots have families who live very close by. Which all adds up to a win for ME! The interesting thing about the Roosevelt Hotel is that its owners are Pakistani. I am not getting into the whole Pakistan/USA thing, I just think it is very funny that a hotel in the USA's biggest city, named after a very famous US president, would be owned by Pakistanis. Go Melting Pot Theory!
View from outside the hotel room window. Eleven Floors up, creeping on the people in the office building next to us.
The Roosevelt Hotel....that is all.
Grand Central Station. This thing is a big freaking building. It is an absolute shocker to me that people where able to build such an impressive structure. Looks like a solid block of marble, the size of a city block was dropped there, and carved from the inside out.
Speaking of insanely large marble buildings, here is another one for ya. Now I do not want to argue of the utility or importance of buildings. But this monster is a post office. Yeah the US Postal Service Palace in New York City.
The Obligatory Empire State Building Picture.
Okay, so these posters are absolutely everywhere. I am quite certain that New York law requires them to be displayed. They say Choking Victim on them, and give a detailed description of how to preform the Himelick Maneuver. Now you may ask why this is photo worthy, and I must answer that you should listen to more of my music. Choking Victim is like my favorite ska-ish punk band. The band started in New York City and I always wondered where there name came from and I figured it out. THESE SIGNS ARE THE KEY!!! Anyways, I feel like a more legit Choking Victim fan now that I figures out the mystery of their name. Yeah I am kind of a big deal.
Cool mural on the side of a school in Chelsea area. Gotta feed the hipsters!
So I had some other pictures that did not quite make the cut. Other notable stops where Urban Outfitters #1 and Urban Outfitters #2. I was able to resist my temptations and only bought one tee-shirt. It is pretty snazzy. It rained most of the afternoon and my mom and I were umbrella-less. It made for a rather miserable time, but made due. The most amazing thing about New York had to be the food. I had delicious pizza (obviously), but also satisfied my taste buds with curry and fish tacos. Also found some great coffee and baked goods all for a great price. New York is a wonderful city, a lot cleaner and safer then it used to be. Check it out! and stop by wonderful Brick, New Jersey!
Kind of had to do this...
-Kyle Griffith McChesney
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