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A beautiful sunset at Jones Beach on the way to see the Christmas lights.
We left off our last post with me about to succumb to the respiratory crud I received as a Christmas present from my job. We headed away from the light show to encounter an even more elaborate display.
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On a quiet residential street somewhere in Long Island we hit the Christmas light display jackpot!
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This house had a display that simulcast on a radio station accompanying music. When we arrived the lights were dancing to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was awesome! Of course, if you’re their neighbor you must also at least put forth some effort.
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I gave them an “A” for effort.
When the show was over we applauded and cried, “Bravo!” out Darren’s car window. We then headed home.
The big tree
I promised my sister I’d include a picture of her ‘main’ Christmas tree. (She did not want you to think all she had was “a bunch of sad little trees”.) Go figure.
The next morning after I realized that I had made it through the night, I actually felt a little better. We had an early train to catch and jumped on the Long Island Rail Road headed to Penn Station. Damian was a fan of the train but not so much the crowds in Penn Station.
Our plan for the day was ambitious, to say the least. Upon arriving at Penn Station, we headed over to Macy’s to take in the cool window displays. We knew we wanted to take pictures in Times Square so we brought along our New Year’s Eve party paraphernalia for props. We also planned to ride the Ferris wheel in Toys R Us then we had lunch reservations at an Irish Pub. Curtain time for Aladdin was 1:00pm then immediately after the show we were high-tailing it back to the train so we could get out of Dodge before the street barricades went up. What? Did you think I was crazy enough to stay in Times Square for the ball drop?? It was freezing and once the barricades go up you have nowhere to go for hours and hours. Not something I would attempt without a Depends.
We did have an interesting interaction with a random person in Times Square. After we staged this photo in front of the tower that the ball drops down from we were approached by a person bearing a cell phone. She indicated by pointing that she wanted us to take her picture with her cellphone. My brother-in-law, being the nice guy he is, offers to oblige her by taking her photo. He is assuming that she wants a photo of her group in Times Square.
When he goes to take her picture she stands with Don, Dawn, Damian & I and puts her arms around us. She then smiles at us and says, “friends!”. We thought that was hysterical and suspect that now our picture has gone viral in Singapore.
We finally arrive in our seats and are awaiting transport via flying carpet. Hey Don, that’s no magic lamp you’re rubbing. . . that’s my leg! Talk about a whole new world.
You ain’t never had friends like these!
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