My kids are adventurers. Whether it be a four terrain hike at Cattus Island, a 20 hour trip to Florida or a whirlwind trip to NYC for the Fourth, they are always up for the challenge. I wish I was that dynamic when I was a kid.
They had never been to the Macy's fireworks and I had some friends that were going, who invited us. We took the train because Lizzy had never taken one before and after the trip from Matawan to Newark on a crowded train and the Path train to downtown with a bunch of kids swinging like monkeys on the poles, I don't think that she'll want to do it again any time soon.
Once we got to NYC, we walked to the Embassy Suites and made it in time for the Manager's Cocktail Hour. While we were there, my and my friend's kids sat quietly at the table eating corn chips, carrots, etc. while the adults used up their drink coupons. Afterward, we were all hungry, so we decided to go to John's Pizza on Bleeker.
While waiting in line to be seated, the nine of us, five children and four adults, an older psycho woman behind us began complaining we were too loud. Too loud in NY friggin City? Really? While sirens were going off, cars were roaring by, this nosy hag had enough gall to shush us. Of course the flaming pile of old crap, did not realize what she had done. She had forced us to adjust our volume from a fun banter between children and adults to a low roar. Hard to believe, we became obnoxious, talking about the lady who should go home to whatever state she came from and die in solitude and silence. So we get seated and order our pizza. The food was excellent, but the restaurant was the loudest place I have been in a while. The old witch did not seem to mind the noise in there while stuffing the wrinkles in her face with pizza.
After John's we decided to head straight for West Side Highway to see the fireworks, we walked several blocks until we found a good spot to watch from. The fireworks were spectacular and my younger daughter had a birds eye view. My camera was still at the hotel, as sad as I was for not having it, the lack of it did provide me better freedom to enjoy the show.
The walk back to the hotel was a little over a mile, so it wasn't that bad. We got back to the room at 10:30p.m. and as we got ready for bed, we found out there was a movie theater in the hotel. Lizzy has been begging to see “The Last Airbender”, The real “Avatar”, not the stupid waste of celluloid live action Smurf thing that James “I invented 3D” Cameron tried to do (yes, I saw it, Sci Fi Pocahontas and without the 3D, it SUCKED!!!!!!). Anyway, we rushed to the theater to see the Last Airbender, and in New York style paid fifty dollars and had to take 4 long escalators from the ticket counter to the theater. The marquis said it started at 10:50p.m., but after running up 5 floors, the previews were still on at 11:15p.m.. Lizzy through tired eyes sat at the edge of her seat until almost the end of the movie. I have to admit, the 3D was average, but the movie was very good. It was now almost 1a.m., so we walked back to the room and Crashed! This morning we got up at 10a.m. And went down to the breakfast buffet.
When breakfast, was finished we checked out and it was off to 79th St. and the Museum of Natural History (I finally got there). It was a lot of walking, but the kids never complained. We got to see the IMAX, Planetarium, Whale and T Rex, but missed some of the other attractions that they had seen on, “Night At The Museum”. Overall it was a lot of fun.
3p.m. and time to go. Luckily my friends had driven up to the city, so we got a ride home in a nice air conditioned car. Of course, being uptown in the city we had to stop at Two Little Red Hens Bakery and the Carnegie Deli. When we finally got home, the kids and I split a turkey sandwich from the Carnegie, one sandwich was enough for all three of us. Exhausted, we are now relaxing on the couch watching Netflix. The kids look like they were shot with tranquillizers.
Unfortunately I have work scheduled all week, so the kids and I will not have the time to go anywhere else, except for maybe, Wampum Brook. Our one week vacation crammed into 24 hours was quite fun, maybe we will have to do another trip like this again soon. After we are all well rested.
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