fourfoxesinpa
02-17-2009, 10:04 AM
Had a GREAT weekend in NYC with DH's college friends. 15 of us. Ate a lot, walked a lot, laughed a lot, etc. etc. Won't bore you with details but thought I'd share a fun story.
We were walking from Times Square back to our friend's apartment on the Upper West side. We were walking up Broadway when our friend decided we should cut over and walk alongside Central Park - it was a beautiful, sunny late afternoon.
We came to the park and the Trump hotel was right there. A crowd of young girls was gathered at the hotel steps and I knew immediately why they were there. The Jonas Brothers were in town - they did David Letterman on Friday and Sat. Night Live. And I figured they were staying at the Trump.
There was no way I could have come home to face my daughter, tell her that I knew where the Jonas Brothers were but I didn't stick around for a picture. So, we waited. And waited. About 1 1/4 hour until they finally came out, walked down the steps, did some waving and autograph signing and got into their car.
We were maybe 10 people back in line so got a glimpse of them on the steps but once they were ground level, they were out of view. I planned on taking a picture but couldn't see my view finder to tell if they were in sight. Then I remembered my camera has video and I was able to hold up my camera and shoot some footage of them.
I am going to try to figure out how to put it on YouTube (er...I mean, I'm going to ask my son to show me how to do it) and when I get it up, I'll post the link.
But the best part of the experience is that I've been elevated to some SuperMomStatus in my daughter's eyes. Now THAT is awesome!
P.S. Oh, and we had breakfast in the same little diner Saturday and Sunday and saw Anne Meara both mornings (for us older SRers, that's Jerry Stiller's wife - for the younger ones, that's Ben Stiller's mom).
We were walking from Times Square back to our friend's apartment on the Upper West side. We were walking up Broadway when our friend decided we should cut over and walk alongside Central Park - it was a beautiful, sunny late afternoon.
We came to the park and the Trump hotel was right there. A crowd of young girls was gathered at the hotel steps and I knew immediately why they were there. The Jonas Brothers were in town - they did David Letterman on Friday and Sat. Night Live. And I figured they were staying at the Trump.
There was no way I could have come home to face my daughter, tell her that I knew where the Jonas Brothers were but I didn't stick around for a picture. So, we waited. And waited. About 1 1/4 hour until they finally came out, walked down the steps, did some waving and autograph signing and got into their car.
We were maybe 10 people back in line so got a glimpse of them on the steps but once they were ground level, they were out of view. I planned on taking a picture but couldn't see my view finder to tell if they were in sight. Then I remembered my camera has video and I was able to hold up my camera and shoot some footage of them.
I am going to try to figure out how to put it on YouTube (er...I mean, I'm going to ask my son to show me how to do it) and when I get it up, I'll post the link.
But the best part of the experience is that I've been elevated to some SuperMomStatus in my daughter's eyes. Now THAT is awesome!
P.S. Oh, and we had breakfast in the same little diner Saturday and Sunday and saw Anne Meara both mornings (for us older SRers, that's Jerry Stiller's wife - for the younger ones, that's Ben Stiller's mom).