roy & bec do america: A good Friday

It was Friday all day today and we spent the day at Macy’s, sounds funny that we were there all day but it’s that big, about 8 floors of stuff and at least 2 of them were devoted just to shoes. We didn’t even get through the whole store, but we got to all the bits we wanted and came out with a few hundred bags of stuff. Roy had to make a trip back to the hotel after lunch to drop off all the bags, coz they were too heavy and were making it really hard to shop, so we could keep going.

On the way to Macy’s we passed by Bryant Park which has another skating rink, and big Christmas tree, they also have lots of little stalls there selling local art etc, but most importantly was the hot chocolate stand which was exactly what was needed to warm up the body on a very chilly morning. It warmed up to about 34 today (0C), it’s a little chilly out and about in New York City.

We got home from shopping at around 4.30ish and it was already dark and while I rested my feet in the room Roy went out to pick up the tickets for the Knicks game tonight, luckily its only about 4 blocks away so it wont take him too long.

Tonight we went to the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden, which is so huge. They played the Los Angeles Clippers. We got the best tickets, we were 5 rows from the front and in the middle of the court so we could see everything that was going on. We also had prime viewing for all the celebs that turned up as well. We spotted Matthew Modine (Memphis Belle), Anthony Anderson (The Departed, Transformers 1), Howard Stern (Radio DJ), Spike Lee (Director), Albert Brooks (Arliss), and there were a few others there with sunnies and caps on, obviously famous but not anyone we could tell straight away. We were sitting amongst them all and also some of the players girlfriends etc. We had servers all night as well, so we didn’t have to get up and get anything, they brought it all to us and they were very fast , it was awesome!

The game was great, it was close in the end and the Knicks came from behind in the last quarter to win by 3 points, it was a nail biter, right down to the last few seconds, which was good, we were worried that they were going to lose in the beginning. It was a great atmosphere and the crowd were right into it.

We then walked back through Time Square again, some of shops were still open at like 11.30 at night, that’s not right! Haha but we still took advantage of it. Loading up on snacks again we headed home for the rest of the night. Catching the weather forecast for Saturday tonight, snow is on the way, YAY!!!