I fell in love with New York City :-)

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We happened to find a restaurant in Times Square called Ruby Foo’s

I had always wanted to go to New York City for New Year’s Eve so that I could be out in Times Square when the ball dropped at midnight. My dream was finally coming true in 2007, when I made plans with a group of friends to stay with a college friend in New York at the end of December.

The only problem was that we really didn’t want to stand out in Times Square for hours on end on the 31st just so that we could see the ball drop. We started looking into restaurants or hotels where we could see the ball drop because we thought that would be a better deal in the long run.

We weren’t overly optimistic though, because we starting planning in September, and had heard that if you wanted to find someplace, you had to book by the spring. We struck out a few times, but, by chance (well, by internet search), we happened to find a restaurant in Times Square called Ruby Foo’s that hadn’t even started taking reservations for New Year’s yet when we called them in October. Read more »

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categories Times Square New York | admin | datetime November 26, 2008 7:59 am | comments Comments (0)

I visited New York City for the first time

I visited New York for the first time (well, only time) this past March. I went with my boyfriend who was actually going to participate in the US Open for bowling.

Unfortunately, his very LDS parents, aunt, and uncle came along for the entire trip!! We got to see quite a few sites by taking a tour bus and it gave us a good idea of our surroundings and landmarks, I would recommend this to anyone.

My boyfriend and I did get about four hours to ourselves to walk around the entire city. As we walked into Times Square, the Naked Cowboy stood before us, hundreds of fans waiting to be molested by the sexy cowboy. Read more »

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categories New York City | admin | datetime November 25, 2008 10:31 am | comments Comments (0)