RhymePhile's Rat Race

I get home too late at night during the week to spend time uploading photos, so I have to do it on the weekends. Here are the photos from my birthday weekend last week, where my girlfriend and I went to Rockefeller Plaza in New York City to see the tree. We also went to the Top of the Rock, which is the observation deck at the top of the building.

But before I get to that, I thought I'd show you the Oz-inspired birthday present she gave me, a silver dogtag inscribed with the immortal words of Tobias Beecher on it.



I had a hell of a time taking the photo where it wouldn't reflect right back into the camera.

Now, on to the New York City photos!












Here are a few shots of the window display at Saks Fifth Avenue, which is across the street.





And here's the light display on the Saks building, set in time to music. I couldn't get back any farther to get the whole building, and an MTA bus comes barreling through at one point, but you get the idea.



Way up there is Top of the Rock



On a clear day you can see forever...or into New Jersey, anyway. Taking photos at night is no easy task, especially when it's 20 degrees at the top of the building. You gave to hold really still to try to prevent the photos from being blurry. These were the best I could do.





The bright lights down below there are Times Square.




And here's the Empire State Building.