Dancing Snowflakes

Monday night Eric and I decided to go back out to Bryant Park when he got off work for a little more Christmas shopping. On our way, we stopped by Rockefeller Center to see if the crowds were light enough to enable us to get some pictures of the tree. And they were! (Well, by "light enough" I mean we were at least able to walk into the Plaza. It was still pretty jam-packed with people).

Our camera broke this weekend, which was quite the catastrophe. I'll tell you all about that in an upcoming blog post. Since I carry the camera with me at all times these days and thus feel naked without it, we went right out on Sunday and replaced it with a more up-to-date version of our old camera. So, last night we decided to test out our new camera and see what she can do. We were not disappointed! Although, the pretty subject matter may have something to do with it.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

Holiday flags and lights around the Plaza

Soldiers on either side of the Plaza

Angels line the walkway from the tree and Ice Rink to Saks Fifth Avenue

Eric and the Tree

Me with an angel

Beautiful!

Looking back towards Saks

By the time we finished taking our pictures, it was starting to rain so we decided to postpone our Bryant Park shopping trip. But, we had heard that the snowflakes on the side of the Saks Fifth Avenue building (pictured above) dance to music every half hour. We had about 5-10 minutes to wait until the hour, so we found a spot and waited for the show. It was so cool! See for yourself:

VIDEO: Saks Snowflakes dancing to "Carol of the Bells"

(It's kind of hard to hear the music over the NY noise until about 10 seconds in, so bear with it!)

On our way home, we decided to stop at this little Mexican restaurant near our house that is ALWAYS packed with people. We figured if it's always so busy, it MUST be good. We peeked in and saw that there was one little table for two available in the corner, so we went in. We shared a sangria-rita (combining two of my great loves), shrimp quesadillas and chicken quesadillas. It was really delicious!

So, it was another night that was not what we had planned but was still really fun. I love this city!

Stay tuned for details of a very exciting moment over the weekend....