Rockefeller Center

24 Jul 2015

Clueless Tourist Complaints : New York City Edition

Last week I was waiting in line for a signing at a bookstore around Turtle Bay and over heard a family of tourists heading to the Central Park Zoo. If you’ve been there, it’s not much but…still kind of fun to see animals you don’t usually see. The mother seemed

Sheilah Villari - Dollar Bin Darling 0
17 Dec 2010

OMG There is a Lego Store at Rockefeller

As a general rule, I avoid Rockefeller Center, especially on the weekends. It’s not as much of a cluster fuck as Times Square, but it’s pretty close. I never regretted this until this past weekend, when I discovered there is a Lego Store right by the ice skating rink. There

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
30 Nov 2010

De-Grinch at Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting

Welcome to New York during Yule season, suckers. It’s a time of great mirth-sucking and merriment-destroying. From the Black Friday stampedes to Christmas Eve traffic, rarely does a city unify so absolutely under the banner of pissy mood. Holiday magic is in short order, despite what Macy’s would have you

Dan Cerruti - 99 Cent Store Cowboy 0
13 Dec 2009

More Festivus Fun: Holiday Markets and Light-Up Brooklyn

As much as I love Christmas sometimes I find it hard to get into the spirit of things. The idea of holiday shopping can be soul crushing, Rockefeller center is like a cage match between tourists and my sense of personal space, and the only tree that will fit inside

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
04 Dec 2009

Tree Lightin' and Figure Skatin'

You thought I was talking about Rockefeller Center, didn’t ya?  Well I wouldn’t do you like that, dear readers.  As someone who grew up within vomiting distance of Rockefeller Center, I spent many a miserable, overcrowded, annoying December 4th being dragged by my parents (along with my sister and any

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