GETTING THERE JANUARY 31, 2002 We finally found some gas and then a
little snow/sleet/rain after Binghamton. Then, it was
time to catch a little NY edge by listening to
Lewis
Black's "White Album". It
was recorded in Madison, WI. Mike, what were the
chances? We pulled into the Beacon
Station of the MTA around
7:30p.m. We almost pulled into space #666. We chose #668,
instead. Parking cost a whopping $3.25. The rest of the
weekend was free. After sorting out a few luggage issues,
we headed up to the platform. Since we had already
purchased our web
tickets, all we had to do was wait for the
7:50
. We arrived at Grand
Central Terminal at 9:16p.m.
Thanks to the many reminders left on the seats by the
MTA, we headed to the south exit. It seems there were a
few protesters in town so the north exit was closed for
"security measures". We took a few minutes to take in the
architecture of the terminal. GCT is indeed a "Grand" way
to enter The City. As we headed for the exit we were
treated to a look at Tournament
of Champions play going on in
the concourse. Outside and a few blocks away from
GCS, we caught a glimpse of the Chrysler
Building. From there we headed
over to Rockefeller
Center to check out the ice
and architecture. From there we skirted the north side
of Times Square and checked into the Ameritania
Hotel. Thanks to Marty Merkley's tip about
The Ameritania and Quikbook.com,
we were heading to room #511 in less than 5min. We
dropped our bags, made a quick pit stop and headed out.
We headed out from 71 Canterbury
at 1:10p.m. after loading up the CD changer. The promised
ice storm had drifted north, so we only had gray skies to
deal with. Pretty much an uneventful trip, except for the
time we wasted looking for gas in Hornell. We decided,
after looking for 15min., that all of the cars in town
were electric. They had to be. There wasn't a single gas
station in town!
(note:
I pinched this image from tocsquash.com). There was quite
a crowd. CSFB was the sponsor, but a Foster's
Beer sign was what caught our attention.