Our first day together was very light, activity-wise. We were dead tired from traveling and got home pretty late. I was able to introduce Pam to our IHOP restaurant. The one in Harlem was relatively quiet on this Thursday night. Pam got the signature Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘n’ Fruity which is a combo of eggs and meat with a side of buttermilk pancakes topped with sweet a fruit topping and whipped cream...
[Pam talked about that previously, so let me move to the next day:]
Anyways, it was good that our first night together was light, relatively speaking, because the next day was jam-packed! Pam got The Lion King tickets on Broadway for the night, so I had to find ways to entertain Pam during the day. A good friend of mine recommended The Top of the Rock as a good place to see the city. As I have already seen the Empire State Building (and sent pics and postcards to Pam about it), I thought it would be a great place to visit together!
So, we got ready, took the subway downtown and visited Rockefeller Plaza:
Rockefeller Plaza is a building in New York that houses NBC Studios, as well as other shops and restaurants. The Top of the Rock is an observatory on an upper floor of this building that oversees New York City. It's a nice introduction to the epic vastness of this city and some cool landmarks. Though, we had tons of fun visiting the other places of Rockefeller Plaza, as well!
Let's see some of the places we saw that day:
[More after the jump]
Bill's Bar & Burger
One thing Pam and I love, absolutely love, to do is eat some *gooood* food! On this trip to the U.S., Pam was able to enjoy the..."disgustingly good" side of American cuisine. Greasy, tasty goodness, American-style! Our first lunch together in America was Bill's Bar & Burger. A flavorful, juicy burger, it was a good pick-me-up in the middle of the day. I had my burger with avocado and it was delish! I was also able to finally introduce Pam to Framboise, which is a raspberry-flavored beer I've been telling Pam about. It doesn't exist much in Australia and when I mention the idea of raspberry-flavored beer there, they look at me like I'm sort of an un-manly nutter. :-\ Yeah, well, it exists and Pam can tell you...it tastes good!
Lovely burgers!
Lovely Pam!
"Hmm...lovely burgers..."
The Top of the Rock/NBC Studios:
We ended up getting a combo deal for the day: a visit to the Top of the Rock and a tour of NBC Studios! :-) We weren't too sure if we could fit it in, as the tour was a bit late and we had the show at night, but we went with it and it was pretty awesome. :-) Top of the Rock was nice to get a layout of the big city while NBC Studios was a fun tour where we got to see a few studio sets, including the big one: Saturday Night Live. We also got to see a mock newscast and get our pictures taken together at a newsdesk with city backdrop. In between, we stopped by the NBC Universal Store where we got us some nice trinkets to take home and give people (we also got the chance to support our favorite show: Community; gotta love the employee wearing the evil-Abed goatee :-D).
Pam and I at The Top of the Rock.
Pam and I waiting in line for the 5:30pm NBC Studios tour.
Pam's power shot with the Atlas statue.
Oh, yes, we did stop by here in between tours! Bouchon Bakery, NYC.
to be continued...
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