Yesterday was a busy day. Packing in Stillwater, friend’s graduation, fixing my bike, buying a new camera, a family going-away party, and repacking for New York!
After packing all night, I got about half an hour of sleep before waking up and driving to the airport for my 5:45am flight out of OKC. Cassidy, Natalie and Cara were all there on the same flight – a pleasant surprise for someone who’s never flown alone before.
This was the scene at the airport this morning in my half-asleep stupor. Thankfully, upon arrival in New York City, I was swiftly ushered through a terminal full of Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. I love this city – coffee everywhere. But that’s only the beginning.
I was in a rush to get to Yankee Stadium. The only home game they had while I’m in New York was this afternoon at 1pm. My flight arrived at noon. I had to get from my seat on the plane, to baggage claim, to Hotel Wellington in Manhattan, and take the D train to Yankee Stadium – in an hour. All while I’m trying to get there quickly, Whitney is at the stadium already trying to buy us tickets. Miraculously, she runs into a guy who had 2 extra tickets because he got in free as a member of the armed forces for a special promotion. So he just gave us his tickets. For free! 2, $100 tickets. Free. It was awesome. Couldn’t have planned it better if we tried!
Me at the new Yankee Stadium!
So we went to the game and although our beloved Bronx Bombers didn’t pull out a win, they played a good 11 innings and we had a blast.
Check out our pictures from the game here.
After the game, we wandered around the Bronx a while, then took the train back to the hotel. We couldn’t get to our rooms yet, so we did some more exploring in Manhattan and made our way to Times Square to gawk at the spectacular display of advertising and media before us. And above us. And all around us.
Our hotel is a bit old and our room is a bit small. But what a view! I can see the lights of Times Square from my 20th floor window. Pretty awesome.
Tags: adclub, airport, awesome, New York, OSU, times square, yankees
05/25/2009 at 3:11 am |
Just thought you should know, the video quality is stunning. Especially when I know the size of the camera you’re using. Tiny but powerful.
05/29/2009 at 2:42 am |
Looks like a fun day and a sweet stadium. It’s too bad the Yankees play there though. Hopefully I can make a trip to Arlington and watch the Rangers – excuse me -The First Place Rangers play a game or two.