I've been informed by some of the people following this blog that I am slacking so I will try and get you caught up with what has been going on. We had a good weekend, with me getting a transfusion on Friday it really gave me a boost of energy, and the fact that the weather was suppose to be nice we decided to get out and see some of the sites that New York City has to offer. Saturday we elected to make our way down to Rockefeller Center being that Jamie had not been there before. We ate lunch at the Heartland Brewery, (don't worry I only had Root Beer). While sitting in the window there eating lunch we had our first star siting. I told Jamie to turn around I think I see Hugh Jackman, and sure enough, Wolverine was standing right outside the restaurant with his family. He chose to eat across the street in a more expensive restaurant.
From there we walked over to the NBC Experience Store and took a tour of the NBC Studios which lasted about an hour, it was very interesting, we got to see two of the actual studios which they use, the NBC nightly news, we were told that when you see Brian Williams and it looks like a full newsroom behind him it is actually green screen technology and is a tape of their old newsroom at the local affiliate in Seacausus. Those people behind Brian Williams haven't been working for years. We also got to see the Saturday Night Live studio and it was our second star siting: Justin Timberlake was scheduled to host SNL that night and we were able to see him preparing for one of his skits. Jamie is in his fan club.
From the Studio tour we purchased tickets to go to the "Top of the Rock" Observation Deck to see the sites and is where the pictures of Jamie and the Empire State Building are from. Unfortunately, it was a bit of an overcast day so it wasn't as clear as we would have liked.
Sunday, we chose to Ride the #7 Purple Line out to the new Citifield, home of the Mets. Jamie and I can now cross this stadium off the list of stadiums we haven't been to. It was a real nice stadium which when you first walk into it, it is more like a mall than a baseball stadium. The entrance behind homeplate is the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and pays tribute to him. We got our tickets on Stubhub for half-price which was pretty cool. Obviously from the picture you can tell we sat upper deck. It was quite windy that day and fortunately we brought our long sleeves and by about the 4th inning the sun was hitting our seats which also warmed us up. You can see the planes landing at the nearby Laguardia Airport, they fly from right field across to left field and out of site. 
As you can see I represented the KC Royals with my hat and I got more than a few comments, like "...there in first place right?" As you can see behind me on the big screen, Keith Hernandez is still a big part of the Mets and "Just for Men" hair products. There is an area in right field you can see over my shoulder which juts out further making it difficult for lefties to hit a home run, it is called "Mo's Corner" not for Mo Vaughn but for Modell's sporting goods.
It was a good weekend which we were able to see some of the sites NYC has to offer.
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