Before I start I want to just say Happy New Years to everyone.
I hope that we all have enough motivation to keep our resolutions for 2011.
Friday- 12/31
My friends and I had decided that we wanted to experience a true New Years Eve celebration this year. What better place to do this than the middle of Time Square! We arrived early at around 2 in the afternoon in hopes of getting a good spot for the ball drop. 42nd street was all a buzz with tourists all trying to do the same thing. We immediately try to find out what were we needed to go, but it was a zoo in time square. Police had no clue what was going on and could not tell us where to even go. we just decided to wait in one place for them to clear the streets but the crowd in Time Square got increasingly more chaotic...
The next thing we know we are all pinned to the side of TGIFridays being squished between thousands of people like sardines. People were screaming in panic and the people inside the restaurants were trapped inside and the door could not be opened. To tell you the truth I was a bit scared because of all the commotion.
We were finally able to get out of the mess and go to one of the designated entry ways, Once we got to this point we were finally able to go to our section for the ball drop. Now it was just a matter of waiting until 11:59...
During the long wait my friends and I ate the snacks we brought and talked most of the time. Surprisingly the hours seemed to go pretty quickly, and luckily the temperature that day was pretty mild.
We met a few people in the section we were in, many of them were tourists. Two guys came from France just for New Years. And two other girls from Japan were only here for three days just to see the ball drop in time square (Two of those days were just spent traveling to and from Japan!!) I thought that it was crazy that people would take such huge trip just for one day!
Here are some pictures of Time Square and friends!
Over all I thought that going to Times Square for NYE was worth it. It was something I have always wanted to do and it was a once in the lifetime chance that I happened to be in New York during the new year.
Immediately after the ball drop we turned around and saw the amazing fire works from Central Park go off!
Surprisingly after being out all day my friends and I were just getting started with our night. We really wanted to ring in the New Years right so we trekked it back to our apartment building to get changed and head back out with everyone to a local bar. We happened upon a random Irish pub around the corner from our apartment. We all ordered and round of Bailey's and laughed and talked the night away...
Saturday - 1/1
The first day of the new year started off with a bang. I did what I did best and went shopping with some friends. We decided to go to this awesome outlet mall called Jersey Gardens. It is an outlet mall that has hundreds of stores all selling discounted items. I got a lot of awesome things and got some good deals! If you ever get the chance to go there DO IT. You won't regret it.
Here is a preview of what I got...
*I'm planning on doing a real haul in the next post
my motivation..
Sunday- 1/2
They say that Brooklyn is the new Manhattan, well I decided to see for myself.
A few friends and I took the L train straight into Bedford Avenue, which is the heart of Williamsburg. Williamsburg is a trendy part of Brooklyn filled with young hipster and the quirky bohemian crowd. We were constantly passing people who had such unique fashion!
We walked all along Bedford Ave. and stopped into the cute clothing boutiques and coffee shops.
We wanted to do a little vintage shopping while we were in town so we went to a place called Beacon's Closet. IT IS AMAZING!! don't walk-- run to this vintage store. The had amazing finds. I got 2 designer jeans and some leather boots that look really expensive.
My friend even scored a Marc Jacobs sweater for 25 dollars, usually those sweaters go for 200+ dollars in a regular department store.
*I will be doing a haul for those clothes tomorrow so stop by again tomorrow night to see what I got.
someone randomly knitted a cozy for their bike
Like I said it has been a very eventful weekend. Now it is back to the grind. :)
Until then,
Michelle
this sounds like too much fun...wishing i was in nyc!
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