A Giant Win

I found a bar in the lower east side to watch the San Francisco Giants playoff and world series games. Finnerty's is home to Bay Area sports fans and shows everything from Stanford to Sharks games. Everyone there is from the Bay Area, so it was interesting to ask people where they were from and how they got to NYC. I was there the night they won the National League title and had to race down there from the upper west side after after class, making it by the 7th inning.

Always a packed house!

Celebrating our NL Champs!

People were standing outside the bar rows deep to watch the game. One family had brought their young daughter, who was giving out high fives.

When the Giants won the World Series, the bartenders started spraying everyone with soda water from the spraying thing. And they passed out champagne that fans were spraying on the crowd.

Remember the Stick!!!

Some fans brought brooms in anticipation for the sweep over the Tigers.

Nails at Nine!

Tonight I got off work and met my friend Abby for a spur of the moment beauty treatment. I pass by Hair & Spa Party on my way to work and have always been curious to go in. It's open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They offer hair, nails, massage, waxing, the whole thing. I needed to cut my nails anyway, and for $21 (including tip) this was a nice treat after a crazy few weeks of final papers. At least I won't bite my nails waiting for my final grades!

We got there at 9:30pm and were seated right away. The woman who did my nails did a great job. I asked her how late she was working until and she said 1am. She said people do come in really late, a lot of them tourists from the neighboring hotels, because she still want something to do late at night.

The color is OPI Linkin Park After Dark. It's a really dark purple that almost looks black.

photo from Flickr

First real celebrity sighting

Today I walked past Jamie Foxx on the street. 25th at Broadway to be exact. I was coming out of the Apple Seeds play center pushing Tyler in the stroller and there Jamie was,  just standing on the street. He was in deep conversation with a woman about something, so I didn't feel like approaching him. There were a few other people standing around him that looked like part of his crew, but most people were walking right by him. But it was pretty cool!

Snow in NYC

The week after Hurricane Sandy swept through the city, it snowed. It was very weird to have such two weather extremes. And the awful part was there were (and are still) people in parts of New York and New Jersey that didn't have power. So to have it snow on top of the issues they were already facing was probably like salt on an open wound. Luckily the snow only lasted like two days. For us on the Upper West Side, where we were not badly affected by the storm, the snow was sort of fun. Well for me it was. I went outside that night to tromp in it for a bit. My roommate, who is from Canada and sees enough snow in one winter to last a lifetime, was pretty amused by my fascination. Below are some pictures from the few days.

Snow falling Wednesday afternoon. I'm standing on the balcony at the apartment complex where I nanny.

The scene coming out of the subway Wednesday evening.

Snow in Central Park

More snow in Central Park

Someone was able to make a snowman.

Fall in NYC

Hi everyone! Here are some pics of Central Park and the lake. I went running last week and it was just a beautiful scenery.

I promise I will get some stuff up about the hurricane and Thanksgiving this weekend!

 

Video from Election Night

Here's a clip of when the final results were announced. There was some excitement, but I thought there would be more cheering and celebration. People cheered and then were kind of over it. There was more excitement celebrating the Giants winning the World Series than presidential election results!

Election Night 2012

It was pretty exciting to experience the presidential election in New York. Rockefeller Plaza was turned into "Democracy Plaza" with lots of interactive things to do besides standing around waiting for results to come in. There were a lot of people there, but it wasn't so packed that you couldn't move. I would say there were more Obama supporters than Romney there. Considering Rockefeller Plaza is a tourist stop, there were also many tourists there to witness the event. Oh, and as we were walking to the event, we passed Bill O'Reilly on the street.

Take a look at some of the happenings!

Rockefeller Center lit up for the event.

On the side of Rockefeller building they had a bar graph and tally going for the electoral college. They would change the numbers when new data came in and raise the carriage higher, which would let out more fabric.

Artists were using touchscreens to draw your picture next to Obama. Not sure if they had a Romney one, as I didn't see anyone getting their picture drawn next to his.

One activity let you sit at the desk and report the election. The monitor would show you with Rockefeller Plaza in the background.

Downstairs in Rockefeller Center you could take your pic in the Oval Office or presidential press conference. It was free, and for every picture taken they would donate $1 to the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

My roommate Julie had previously purchased Obama buttons to send to her dad (FYI people in Canada totally follow our politics and the majority supported Obama). We each wore one on our beanies. A woman from Israel asked to take our picture! The lights in the background are from the TV set ups.

I was able to get close to the NBC news area. There's David Gregory on the left and Brian Williams on the right.