They had a whole tennis court set up, and you could wait your turn to play. Eric said when they first set it up earlier this week, it was actually green grass. I guess too much rain (have I mentioned the rain?) and too many tennis-playing New Yorkers changed that, though.
They also had grand-stand seating set up in front of a huge TV showing live coverage from Wimbledon.
There was also a station with Grand Slam Tennis (video game) set up so people could play.
And for a taste of a traditional Wimbledon treat, they had carts handing out free strawberries and cream. It made a great dessert after our Chipotle lunch!
And of course, no sporting event setup like this would be complete without a photobooth so you could take your picture with the trophy:
Look at that! Eric is the men's champion, and I'm the women's champ. Isn't that funny how that worked out?
Fancy, eh? New York is so random (but fun) sometimes.Also, last night when Eric was walking home from work we had an epic thunderstorm. Torrential rain, loud thunder, crazy zigzag lighting, the works. Eric actually had to stop mid-walk and find shelter under the overhang at "Wicked" for a while. It was crazy! But then when it cleared up, we had a really awesome sky to watch. First we thought it was cool because the sun was out in Jersey, so it was lighting up the buildings while they still had a dark sky behind them:
Then as the sunset wore on, we got some really cool cotton-ball clouds. I've seen lots of pictures posted online of this sky today (some even calling it "Apocolyptic"), so apparently other people thought it was pretty cool too.
Fancy, no?
Hope you all have a nice weekend! We're going to be out and about making preparations for our trip!
1 comment:
I had no idea after reading your beach post, that there would be so much more news in only a couple of days. I love the Wimbledon thing. Didja know that isn't the name of where they play tennis? Trivia time for Mr Waters.
I almost sent you some Florida beach sand, but figured that by the time you got it you would be on your way towards Hungary and then Scottish sand. :o)
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