Toys

Yesterday it was a wonderful 68 degrees in the city and we ended up walking around all day. The day was kind of kid-themed so we headed out to our first destination: the Times Square Toys"R"Us. We live pretty much right in the middle of the Garment District and we passed the giant button/needle sculpture at 39th and 8th on the way...

Another giant thing we passed was the huge lobster on the side of the Times Square Red Lobster...

Surprisingly, Times Square wasn't too unbearably crowded...

The front of Toys"R"Us...

The store is kind of hidden among all of the signs and lights, but inside, it is amazing. The first thing you see when you enter is the 60-foot indoor ferris wheel...

My favorite part of the store were the enormous Lego sculptures...

Pat's favorite part was the 20-foot animatronic T-Rex from Jurassic Park...

The giant K'nex pieces on the walls were pretty cool, too...

On the second floor, there's a huge wall of bulk candy, and, in keeping with the kid-themed day, we bought a big bag of candy...

We got 2 pieces of pretty much every gummy candy, including chocolate covered gummy bears and giant gummy coke bottles...

After Toys"R"Us, we headed northeast to FAO Schwartz. On the way, we passed Carnegie Hall, Central Park, the famous Plaza Hotel and the 5th Avenue underground Apple store...

Surprisingly, FAO Schwartz was a bit of a letdown after visiting Toys"R"Us...Most of the toys at FAO Schwartz are "classics" like teddy bears and puzzles...no where near as awesome as a giant T-Rex robot and indoor ferris wheel...Their candy room was pretty neat, though. They have a giant soldier covered in Jelly Bellies...One of FAO Schwartz' other attractions is their giant keyboard...They, too, have giant Lego statues, most of which are Star Wars themed...There was also a Lego Batman...Parked outside of FAO Schwartz was possibly the best marketing idea ever...And, to finish out the day, on the way home, we witnessed the most hilarious impromptu drive-thru ever...