December 3, 2011

They just lit the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center, so I thought that would be tonight’s destination. And just  so you know, this year’s Ho, Ho, Ho is translated into this.

It's only twenty blocks away, but it's kind of cold out tonight, so I thought I'd take the subway. Here we are at the ass end of Penn Station.

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Six minutes till the next train. No worries though...

Time flies when you're on this magical thing I like to call the "internet." All aboard!

And here we are in midtown. Ah, festive piles of garbage, a Christmas miracle in midtown!

Radio City Music Hall is all decked out in Christmas glory.

We're getting close, it's crowded, but people are moving at a decent place and it's not a clusterfuck crowd.

And here we are. Here's someone taking a picture of the tree.

And here's the tree. That's one big tree, huh?

But once you take a picture of it, you realize, there's not much else to do here.

Extreme close up!

I noticed people posing for pictures, so I thought I'd take pictures of them. I think she has to go to the bathroom.

I started off taking a photo of her, because I thought she was cute and then noticed this guy off to the right.

The back of his shirt said, "Bah, Hum Bug..."

And the front made the whole trip worthwhile! His name is Anthony, but I like to call him, "Father Christmas." What a festive fellow! Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.

Further reading: Rockefeller Center, Washington Post and ABC News.

The time is now, the place is here,
And the whole wide world is filled with cheer.

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Bonus Links From Gene!

MAD commenter and frequent guest star, Gene Rubbico sent in some links he shot of Macy's Christmas windows a few years ago. Check them out below, thanks Gene!

Macy's Window One.

Macy's Window Two.

Macy's Window Three.

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Bonus Link From Ruben!

MAD commenter and pal, Ruben Dutch sent in this link to a McRib gallery. Thanks, Ruben, I'm trying to lose weight and this has scared me away from food for the day!

It's McRib Time!

August 25, 2011

These days when most people here the words, “30 Rock” they think of Tina Fey and her TV show. So tonight I thought I’d take you on a real life tour of 30 Rock after dark. So it’s off we go.

I was hoping to get out of work a little early, but a bunch of shit happened towards the end of my shift and now it's around 11:30. I want to go to the observation deck which is called, "The Top of the Rock." It closes at midnight so hopefully we can get there for the last few minutes.

Fuck, a train just pulled off out of the station. That means a long wait, this doesn't look good.

But then about thirty seconds later a train pulls up, maybe our luck is turning around!

But just as the train takes off I realize I've boarded a downtown train. We need to go uptown to 30 Rock. Fuck! I'm a complete idiot! And this guy has his pant leg rolled up and is scratching his scabby leg. This night is not going well.

Shit, here we are at Washington Square. It's a ten minute walk from here to where I live. i'm half tempted just to go home, but I didn't go out last night, so I'll tough it out.

Okay, here's the uptown train. Hopefully this won't take long.

Well, we made it here fairly quickly and it's a little before midnight, maybe we can still make the Top of the Rock.

Fuck, it's closed.

Here's the back area of Thirty Rock. In the winter it's a skating rink.

In the summer it's a courtyard. Hey, there's a bar down there, I sure could use a beer right now, let's go.

Down the stairs...

And this woman told me that they were closing. I told her I was going to take a photo and she started running away. This night appears to be hexed. I think I know what needs to be done.

Taxi!

Obligatory taxi acid flashback shot.

And back home to the beer fridge. It's a little pathetic compared to Britta's fridge from yesterday, but what are you going to do? And look, in addition to the Sol for Britta that Gene and Terry brought by, I've got an orphan can of Modela for Tom when they get here in a couple of weeks. Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.

Top of the Rock
30 Rockefeller Plaza (Between 5th and 6th Ave.)
212-698-2000

Further reading: Rockefeller Center, New York Architecture, Huffington Post and NBC Studio Tour.

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Though we rush ahead to save our time,
We are only what we feel,
And I love you, can you feel it now?

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