Lines for Everything

We were out at, what has become, our standard time this morning. A bit before 9:00 we stepped out of the front door of the YMCA. We went back to Times Square right after breakfast. We checked TKTS again as Broadway had two showings today. We didn’t wait in the lines though. It seems as if one wants to visit during the final week of the year, it’d be wise to buy online well before arriving. We’re resigned to the fact we probably won’t be seeing anything this time around.

We went right to an AMC movie theatre on 42nd Street. The first three shows of the day for the IMAX 3-D version of Avatar were sold out too. We hadn’t seen 2012, so we caught the 11:05 showing. Then, on the way out, we bought tickets for tomorrow’s Avatar.

After, we headed down to Union Square. It was time for a late lunch, so we went into a Whole Foods and ate from their deli. At $7.99 per pound it wasn’t as cheap as an ordinary New York deli, but the food was especially nice. The check out lines were huge even at 3:00 pm though.

It’s hard to believe that New Year’s Eve is tomorrow. This week has seemed to go so quickly. We have still not made definite plans about Times Square. I find walking around the city massively annoying because of the crowds. What happens when a million people all head to the same spot? We noted that there is a place on the ‘rocks’ in Central Park that has a line of sight to the ball. Maybe that would be less claustrophobic.

I am enjoying every minute here. There is a little bit of New Yorker in my attitude, I think. I like this city’s unapologetic Darwinism. Rags and riches live cheek and jowl. It just doesn’t quite feel like anywhere else.