It was always official, but it really feels official tonight, now that I've paid the other half of our NYC trip!! Now I'm still researching to death to formulate a plan for New Year's Eve. Last year we said that we were spending a fortune for tickets to TGI Friday's New Years party for the awesome location and open bar, because this was a once in a lifetime thing.. being in Times Square for hte ball drop! But we can't bring ourselves to cross Times Square off the list! Being there with all those other people, the energy, the singing, the confetti falling from the sky, the happiness... it's AMAZING! You truly feel like you're witnessing something special.
But I'm still looking at other cheaper options too. I have been researching every day since we booked the trip, I swear! Yes, I realize how obsessed I am. At first I was thinking of making reservations at a bar (I need guaranteed option to warm up!) near Central Park, and then go near the band shell for the countdown and fireworks there. But we have to be back at 33rd & 7th (Pensylvania Hotel) AT 1am for our shuttle back to New Jersey. Central Park could be tricky with the crazy traffic.
I found this party in the Fashion District, about three streets away from the shuttle, at some club called Rebel. But that club got horrible reviews on Yelp.. Does anyone have any advice for NYE plans ? Should I try to find an alternate way to get back to Rochelle, NJ so that we have more options ? (Like a NYE party on a boat, but they dock after 12am.)
I also have to decide if I want to go see a show on Broadway (Has anyone seen Bye Bye Birdie? John Stamos!! hehe), or the Radio City Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes, or both. (Both sounds more do-able if we don't splurge on the NYE venue - aka Times Square.)
So far on the rough draft schedule :
Dec 29 – Have dinner in little Italy and go knock off shopping in chinatown
Dec 30 – Empire State Building, Brooklyn Heights promenade, walk the brooklyn bridge, take the staten island ferry at sunset.
Dec 31 – Guggenheim Museum, NY public library (I want to see it for the amazing architecture), the Frick Collection possibly
Jan 1 – Rock n Roll Hall of Fame annex, Central park, Museum of Modern Art.
The Radio City Christmas show with the Rockettes is AMAZING!!!! GO SEE IT!!! I have seen it a couple times in Chicago and the only thing cooler would be seeing it in NY!!!
I haven't been to the Rockettes Christmas show since I was a kid, but I still remember it, so GO! I also recommend going to a Broadway show while you're there. I can't believe you want to go BACK to Times Square for NYE...indeed you are a braver woman than most of the native Ny'ers I know! And chances are you'll be back in NYC...probably for NYE...sounds like you've got a little tradition going on. So, maybe spread it out, do something else this year and leave the option open for going back to Times Square for the ball drop for another year. And you did it last year, so maybe try something new for this year?? IDK, that's just what I would do!
Good luck to you and I can't believe we'll be missing each other in NYC AGAIN this year...ah well, maybe another year! I'm stuck in TX this year!
I'm with you Heather. My aunt went a couple years ago and she said it was frightening she lost her husband at one point and it was a little scary. Plus that has anxiety attack written all over it for me.
But...if you like that sort of thing, I say GO BALLS TO THE WALL and do it, why not, how often do you get that opportunity.
Although the Rockettes Christmas Show sounds amazing, I know people who have gone and said it's very good.
You're braver than I - I would never want to be anywhere near NY on New Year's. Too much craziness/crowds for me.
MoMA is one of my favorite NY sites! I haven't been there in a while; actually, I think the last time I went was with Kelsie and Anthony. Think I'll need to schedule a trip there soon!
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