New York, New York!
Blow me away! New York City is the best! I’m back from a great time in the Big Apple and I just know I have to go back. We had no where near enough time to see all this great city had to offer. Stepping out onto Times Square took me just to the edge of overwhelming. Concrete, steel and neon giants loomed high above us combining old deco and modern architecture to appear as breathtaking arms reaching into the clouds. Taxis dotted the streets with bright yellow as billboards flashed massive rainbows of animated advertisements, symbols and images. A wonderful bombardment of the senses and a real admiration and awe at the way my daughter showed true amusement and an immediate comfortableness with the busy surroundings.
“Toys R Us, Mom. I want to go to a Toys R Us!” she insisted.
I tried to gently distract her, not sure at all that we would find one. ‘Probably like finding a needle in a haystack’, I said to myself. We turned a corner and another, marveling loudly at the never ending display of buildings while my daughter stayed silently determined.
“Look, Mom! A Toys R Us! Over there!” I scanned the streets quickly and told her I was afraid there wasn’t one around, when she tugged me hard and pointed a good two blocks down and across the street. Sure enough, the largest Toys R Us in the US (at least) stood next to the ABC building.
“Oh my God! I can’t believe it. Leave it to her to find the largest toy store in New York. We have to go now!”
My Aunt, Uncle, daughter and I walked into an incredible maze of toys on five floors with a huge ferris wheel smack dab in the middle of the store. Now it was time for the adults in the group to turn into children, as we grabbed my daughter by the hand and forged right into the line for the ferris wheel. The line was quick and we got to sit in the My Little Pony car, just as we hoped for. Circling the levels of the store we watched a life size Tyrannosaurus Rex break into a real life roar, see Spiderman jump from wall to wall with his web, see a real Candyland (with lots of candy), witness the largest Barbie land ever, and gawk at a replica of the Empire State Building with King Kong hanging off it’s side made completely of Legos! Geeeezzzz, and this was only our first day! A fantasy right in the middle of Times Square! Ahhh, reliving it in memory is almost as wonderful.
Like I said, this was a great trip. Stay tuned for part two.
Dawn
(P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!)
June 7th, 2005 at 7:47 am
I love New York, too and you have done a beautiful job of describing a very exciting place. I watched the Tony Awards the other night and it made me want to go back to Time Square and all the excitement that makes New York so wonderful.
June 7th, 2005 at 3:06 pm
I am anxious to read your book. I was in Borders the other day, they had this book on porn, it had a whole section devoted to the Wonderland murders and John Holmes.. You were in the book a lot.. Only I can’t remember the title of the book… Do you know what book it is????? I loved “Thor” in the movie!
June 13th, 2005 at 3:24 pm
New York sounds like a blast, you paint such a colorful picture of it. It seems like such a huge place, like it’s it’s own universe or something. If I ever go, I will have to check out Toy’s R Us, I wouldn’t mind turning into a kid for a day!