On the Saturday after New Years a bunch of us, BH, DKNY, Mateo, Coriander, Goose, CB Radio and myself, decided we needed to go ice skating. There are a bunch of rinks around town and how can you go the whole winter without ice skating at least once. We went to Prospect Park since they have a larger rink and we could just take the bus there.
I wasn't sure how well I would do since I hadn't been ice skating in quite some time. I remember not being all that bad at ice skating last time I went. I was pretty sure I would be a little wobbly at first and then pick up on it a little more, but you never know. I was pretty much dead on. I hugged the wall for about the first quarter of a lap and then I got the feel of it again. I must say I think I would have done a little better had the ice skates I got not warped inward. I tried to tie them as tight as possible so that they would be straight on my feet, but there is only so much you can do. All the bad skaters ahead of me wore the skates one way, toward the inside.
I would say we ended up skating for about 45 minutes and then they came on to clean the ice so we decided not to stick around and wait for it. We were all hungry anyway so it was out to lunch. Only lunch didn't happen that quickly because while we were returning our skates, I know I am not going to do a good job at telling this story, a little girl and mom were on the floor right in front of the counter picking up beads. Apparently the little girl broke her anklet while skating or taking off her skates, I don't know which, and the beads were all over. Now mind you there was a massive line of people trying to give back their skates since it was a break for ice cleaning, and these guys were just sitting in front of the counter so no one could get in front of them picking up some tiny tiny beads. The mom even asked for the skate back to get all of the beads from the skate. She told her daughter that they could resting the beads on another "fishing line", yes that is how small all these beads were, when they got home. I am sorry, but it is time for your daughter to learn a lesson; we can buy more crappy beads for $1 and make a new one. You are holding everyone up up for some piece of crap anklet that can be made for $.50; not worth picking up every single little bead in my book.
Ok, so now that I am done with that, and we finally got our shoes back, we headed out to lunch. We ended up in the East Village and just went to a bar/restaurant. Again another weird story when we got there. Since there were so many of us they were going to seat us back in this other room where they had bigger tables, but when we went back there it was like there was a private party going on and there were lots of kids/babies. We all just kind of stood there and were thinking about how we didn't want to sit there. In the end we sat in the other room and fit around a table meant for 6 instead. It worked out fine and was much better than feeling out of place in a private party with a bunch of children.
It was a fun way to spend a Saturday and I wouldn't mind going again. I have a feeling this time it wouldn't be quite as crowded at the rink either. I am sure a lot of people decided to go ice skating since it was the first Saturday after the new year. And next time it may not be as cold either. It can be like my yearly skiing trip when it is warm that I am not going to get to take this year.
I went ice skating in New York for the first time; I didn't have a baby going around the rink with me.
I wasn't sure how well I would do since I hadn't been ice skating in quite some time. I remember not being all that bad at ice skating last time I went. I was pretty sure I would be a little wobbly at first and then pick up on it a little more, but you never know. I was pretty much dead on. I hugged the wall for about the first quarter of a lap and then I got the feel of it again. I must say I think I would have done a little better had the ice skates I got not warped inward. I tried to tie them as tight as possible so that they would be straight on my feet, but there is only so much you can do. All the bad skaters ahead of me wore the skates one way, toward the inside.
I would say we ended up skating for about 45 minutes and then they came on to clean the ice so we decided not to stick around and wait for it. We were all hungry anyway so it was out to lunch. Only lunch didn't happen that quickly because while we were returning our skates, I know I am not going to do a good job at telling this story, a little girl and mom were on the floor right in front of the counter picking up beads. Apparently the little girl broke her anklet while skating or taking off her skates, I don't know which, and the beads were all over. Now mind you there was a massive line of people trying to give back their skates since it was a break for ice cleaning, and these guys were just sitting in front of the counter so no one could get in front of them picking up some tiny tiny beads. The mom even asked for the skate back to get all of the beads from the skate. She told her daughter that they could resting the beads on another "fishing line", yes that is how small all these beads were, when they got home. I am sorry, but it is time for your daughter to learn a lesson; we can buy more crappy beads for $1 and make a new one. You are holding everyone up up for some piece of crap anklet that can be made for $.50; not worth picking up every single little bead in my book.
Ok, so now that I am done with that, and we finally got our shoes back, we headed out to lunch. We ended up in the East Village and just went to a bar/restaurant. Again another weird story when we got there. Since there were so many of us they were going to seat us back in this other room where they had bigger tables, but when we went back there it was like there was a private party going on and there were lots of kids/babies. We all just kind of stood there and were thinking about how we didn't want to sit there. In the end we sat in the other room and fit around a table meant for 6 instead. It worked out fine and was much better than feeling out of place in a private party with a bunch of children.
It was a fun way to spend a Saturday and I wouldn't mind going again. I have a feeling this time it wouldn't be quite as crowded at the rink either. I am sure a lot of people decided to go ice skating since it was the first Saturday after the new year. And next time it may not be as cold either. It can be like my yearly skiing trip when it is warm that I am not going to get to take this year.
I went ice skating in New York for the first time; I didn't have a baby going around the rink with me.
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