We had a last minute call from the Realtor asking if she could do an open house in 90 minutes, so we quickly cleaned up the apartment and got ready to leave (she was 30 minutes late, which irritated me as I was asleep when she called and I rushed to have the house and myself ready in time). Anyway, we had to find something to do for a few hours and we have been meaning to go back to Grand Central Terminal for some pictures.
It is such a beautiful building. I am not a good enough photographer to capture the wonder of the space. The architectural design is amazing. I did post a few pictures, even though they really don't do the terminal justice:
If you noticed, there are many Santa Clauses in the pictures. Every year, there is a Santa Con, where people dress up as Santa and go on a pub crawl around New York City. They are fun for a while, but the more they drink, obviously, they get feistier they get. There are hundreds (if not thousands of them) around the city and I can guarantee they are being naughty, not nice!
Also, the new Apple store opened in Grand Central Terminal on the 9th. It is the largest Apple Store in the world. I don't think it is as cool as the Apple store on 5th Ave, because the store on 5th Ave is more clean-lined and modern looking like the products. The storefront on 5th Ave. is a giant glass box with the apple logo and downstairs to the actual store. I think the Apple store in Grand Central Terminal, isn't as awesome because it takes away some of the grander of Grand Central Terminal.
After having lunch, at Grand Central (on another note, they have the best food court I've seen--diverse, local and yummy), we walked down 42nd street past Bryant Park to the subway station at Times Square. Then we headed to Soho to check out the Uniqlo's new flag ship store. Uniqlo is a Japanese clothing company that is mid-priced and they have some cool stuff. I think it is a cross between the Gap and Zara. It was fun, but I didn't pick up anything (I was temped by heattech innerwear, which is basically fancy long-underwear, because I'm often cold), Next, we headed back to Union Square and had a coffee and biscotti at Whole Foods before heading home. It was a fun day out in Manhattan and one advantage of getting woken up for the Realtor to do a showing was that we had already cleaned the house first thing in the morning!
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