Christmas at Macy's, NYC

And you thought Macy's was only good for their Thanksgiving parade! Their windows are fabulous too! (Sorry, the sun was out and the windows were a little glared!)


The first set I came upon were very bright and whimsical. You could push a special star in the windows to make different things happen. This seemed to be a favorite for the kids. As I was standing there, a little elderly lady came up to me and asked me if I had seen Lord & Taylor's windows. "They are especially nice this year." I told her I had and that I had loved them too. It's not too often you get a local to talk to ya! She was so sweet. It really brought the spirit out in me.

The next set were winter street scenes of Macy's past and then several were depicting Miracle on 34th Street. I liked these best. They remind me of the ones in the department stores in DC when I was growing up. I'm sad so many cities no longer have the wonderful Holiday windows. So sad.

Here's a quick view of The Empire State Building. At night, it is done in red and green this time of year. (It changes for the seasons and holidays.)

After a quick run through and finding nothing, I walked through Herald Square and hit a couple of shops there. Let me tell you, after walking from Central Park and 5th Avenue to Herald Square, I was bushed. I taxied back to the hotel to rest my little piggies and pack up to come home.

The hub and I had a wonderful dinner at Bobby Van's and then checked out of the hotel and took a taxi to JFK. We made it through Brooklyn and Queens in record time. I am always amazed at how these taxis keep from killing everyone in their way! After checking our bags, I asked if our flight was on time. Nope. It had been scheduled to leave at 9:30--now delayed to 1 a.m.! It was foggy and you know my momma didn't raise no fool. I wasn't going to sit at JFK for another 6 hours only to hear our flight was cancelled at about 1:30 in the morning. New York is notorious for that domino effect, and after being stuck there one too many times, we weren't about to do that again. We took our bags back, rescheduled for the first flight out in the morning and found the closest hotel (of horrors) to sleep at for the night. We were fortunate to get a room. After we had a couple of cocktails and were going back to our room, the line was out the door of people checking in. It was after 11 p.m.!! Oh, the humanity! I felt for those people. I know how tired they must have been.

One last post of Radio City Music Hall. You can barely see the nutcrackers. But the cannon blows a puff of smoke and all the nutcrackers fall like dominoes. It's a lot of fun to watch. Looks like they are either on their way down or back up! Hope you enjoyed your visit to NYC!