Well we ended up getting their attention and took some programs. But they didn't look happy about it. Whatever! Now, as awesome as our seats were, check out the phat tickets Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer scored:
Yep, that's right...those seats are literally on the Bulls team bench. His son was wearing a Ben Wallace jersey from when he was with the Detroit Pistons. Come on Steve, you telling me you couldn't afford to buy him an updated jersey?? Perhaps even a nice shiny jersey like Kirk Hinrich was wearing?
Hinrich ended up having a great game. You could just see he was feeling it that night. Final stat line for kirk: 20 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals. More importantly, he did all that while trying to guard Ray Allen. His backcourt co-starter, Ben Gordon, had a quieter night:
Ben would end up saving one of his great performances for another day. But still, it wasn't too bad of a night for him: 12 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 steal. Well, since we're at the halfway point of this post, it's only appropriate to introduce the Sonics' cheerleaders who posed very well for us:
Yeah, sadly I have to say that their cheerleaders blow the Bulls' cheeleaders away. Ok, back to the game...the star of the night for the Bulls was Luol Deng (#9):
Perhaps getting snubbed about going to the All Star game upset him? Check out this "non-All Star" stat line: 27 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal. Yeah, clearly average stuff. As far as the rookies went, we did get to see some of Tyrus Thomas:
He didn't play a whole lot, but there was definitely one play that just had Harold and me shaking our heads. He jumped up from what looked like behind the backboard...contorted his body back around it and tried to lay the ball in. Way too hard to describe but believe me...it was an amazing show of athleticism. And now, on to the best part...the final score:
The game was a nail biter but our boys pulled it out. So I go back to what I stated at the start of the post: What a way to start the weekend!
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My response to Sung...you didn't think you were the only one taking pictures did you? looks like you had a good time ringing in 2007...
oh yeah...while we're at it...glad i didn't get any kisses from sung on New Years...
Your girl may think different, but that might be a little too much tongue dood...
Pretty cool train station...the ceiling is painted with all the famous constellations. The main area is just huge! But the main thing I remembered didn't even have to do with trains...just some really pretty cars that were being raffled off:
yummm! 300 tickets were getting sold per car for $1000 each. Not a bad idea on their part! they still get the $300k for the car and a bunch of people lose a lot of money...
I had high hopes for real New york Cheesecake. So we hit their most famous joint for some quality cheesecake. The verdict? It's cheesecake. Nothing particularly phenomenal that you can't get anywhere. They were charging something ridiculous like $5 a slice. At least the ones at the Cheesecake Factory are bigger. Hmmm...Eli's anyone?
Had to see what all the talk about New York Style pizza was about. We heard this was one of the best places in town. They still use a coal oven to heat up their pizzas. We got a Sausage/Pepperoni/Roasted Red Peppers pizza and it was delicious! I still say Chicago has the best pie in the states, but this pizza is right up there! You'll find it in the Little Italy area.
Did you really think we'd miss it? Yeah, I don't think so. Let me just offer up some advice if you'd like to go. The ferries go to both the statue's island and Ellis Island before returning. We caught the first ferry out too avoid lines. We even avoided Ellis island because we were REALLy short on time. And the whole trip still took us 3 hours. So make sure you have the time!
Well here it is...our last day in the Big Apple and -- more importantly -- the end of the road trip. But we still had a few things to take care of before marking NYC as officially "done"...
