NYC Part II: Times Square Day and Night

I’ve been putting off this post for one reason and one reason only: I took WAY too many photos in New York City.

It’s true.

Something tells me you’re not the least bit surprised.

Whenever I go exploring, I always think about which photos I should post on the blog. Photos of food? Buildings? Landmarks? Cool stuff? Nature? Oh and um…last but not least…people? Well, I took photos of e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g and now I have to pick my favorites for the blog–not an easy task!

I woke up bright and early Monday morning to run around Central Park. Had I known my dad and I would walk from Central Park to Chinatown later that day (see map below), I wouldn’t have gone on a run at all. Good thing I only ran 3 miles.

It was a bit awkward at first running with all the ‘regulars’. I didn’t know the unspoken rules. Did I have to stop at the red lights in the park? Did I have to run in a counter clockwise direction? Was I supposed to stay on the right or the left side of the path?

Of course, 2 minutes into the run I felt right at home and instead of thinking about said rules, I enjoyed the beautiful sights of Central Park. The only down side was the scent of horse dung wafting throughout. I had to hold my breath quite a few times, which made running a little hard . I wonder if the ‘regulars’ ever get used to the smell.

The time and miles flew right by. 3 miles happened in a blink of an eye.

My dad and I basically explored Manhattan by foot. At times it felt like we were backpacking through Europe—walking ’til our legs ached and then stopping for food so we could walk some more…and then repeat.

On Monday, we started our journey at our hotel near Central Park and just. kept. going. and. going. We didn’t plan for it, it just sorta happened.

I’ll explain along the way. Let’s get this journey started…

The line above represents our path. Yep.

First, we walked through Times Square since my dad hadn’t been there in a few years (I had recently visited back in June).

I desperately wanted to see Wicked (since I’ve only seen it twice before) but we didn’t get a chance to go. Next time!

Jerry Springer was giving a talk right in the middle of Times Square.

See him? (He’s under the ‘BUCKS’ of the Starbucks sign)

Now I’m gonna skip over the rest of the day and show you the photos I took of Times Square at night. We’ll backtrack in the next post.

Later that night, we went back to Times Square with my mom (she was in NYC for work so she was busy all day).

I was hoping to quickly publish a blog post since there was free Wi-Fi in Times Square but I could NOT get it to work for some reason.

After awhile I gave up and we continued on our way.

Above Forever 21, there was a screen displaying a live shot of Times Square. You could look up and wave to yourself.

Let’s play where’s the LLE Fam? Can you find us?

We’re in the bottom left hand corner, behind the first potted plant. Now do you see us?

I’m such a tourist…

…good thing you didn’t spot me running across intersections with my camera around my neck and a map in my hand .

NYC Part III coming right up. There will be food involved.

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Tell me: If you could get a free ticket to any Broadway show, which would you choose?

Wicked. Duh.