Last Day In NYC

Today is my last day here in the big apple. I'm posting a photo I took of Lady Liberty last night to commemorate my fun times here in New York City.

Live from New York, its Saturday Night!

On Friday night, Cindy, Gabe and I waited all night outside NBC studios in the rain for standby tickets to see Saturday Night Live. It was quite an adventure. We got there around 8:30pm and we were 12th in line. I went home and got us camping chairs, sleeping bags, snacks, garbage sacks (to keep us dry), and a giant umbrella. It was wet and cold but we stayed pretty dry and warm with our supplies. At 7 am they gave us standby tickets. We could choose between the dress rehearsal and the live taping. We decided on the dress rehearsal because it is longer and we thought we would have a better chance at actually getting in.

We went back to the studios around 7 pm where we waited to see if there were any standby spots for us. Luckily there were and we got in! It was cool to be there and see all the actors and Lorne Michaels live. All in all it was a fun night. Not their funniest episode, but enjoyable. We watched the live show later and it turns out they take a lot of stuff out from the dress rehearsal. Also a lot of the skits were funnier in the dress rehearsal.

Below are some of our pictures from the night and my favorite clip from Saturday night's show.

my ticket

outside NBC studio right before the show

official wristband

p.s. Happy Birthday Cindy! 25 will be a great year! Thanks for coming to New York.

Lincoln Center

Ever since I moved to New York, I have wanted to see the fountain at the Lincoln Center. This is in the square between where the NY Ballet, NY Philharmonic, and Metropolitan Opera perform. I have gone there several times and unfortunately for me the fountain was under construction all summer. Fortunately for me they finally finished working on it and turned it on Thursday night. My friend Cindy is in town and we saw it from far away and I made her run over and see it because I was so excited.

From afar

Wearing my NY Giants shirt with the fountain behind me.

Super happy!

With the Sputnik inspired chandeliers in the background.

p.s. I am going to try to get into see SNL tonight! Hopefully there will be a fun post about that tomorrow.

3 Years ago.

Three years ago today I was on a plane flying home from Ecuador. I was wearing a black name tag and tapping anxiously on my armrest.

My dad and brother Gabriel came to Ecuador to pick me up so we spent my last week visiting all of my former areas and seeing some of the touristy stuff.

My brother Sam was waiting to get us from the airport with In and Out Burger. When I got home I gave my mom a huge hug and shortly thereafter I went to bed.

What were you doing?

The Daily Show

My friend Cindy is in town for the weekend and she loves The Daily Show with John Stewart. We went online and got reservations to be in the audience today. They always overbook the show, so I hope we can get in. I'll let you know how it goes.

Here is the episode we saw live. Jane Goodall was the guest!

Sing It

My friend Tyler sent me a link to a fun website where you can type in some words and it will find them in popular songs to play for you. Check it out if you got a few minutes to waste. Click HERE.

Taylor Swift on SNL

I am going to wait in line for standby tickets to SNL this weekend. Wish me luck. For now enjoy this clip from last Saturday.