In 2013, we started a tradition of going to New York and walking 5th Ave to see the department store windows. This year marks our 7th annual window walk. As one might guess, we’ve become pros at this. The trip is always combined with a day with our daughter and son-in-law in central NJ.  We wanted to catch a Broadway show while in town, but thought of trying something different from my normal habit of buying tickets on line and paying a $50 service fee per ticket.

 

We headed down early to hit box offices as they opened to see what might be had. Fortune was in our favor as our first stop, “Wicked,” had excellent seats at a price we were wiling to pay.

With tickets in hand, we proceeded down 52nd St. to Rockefeller Center, and then to Saks 5th Ave. As Lord and Taylor is now closed, this makes the walk a little shorter than previous years.

Saks’ displays were tied into Disney’s release of Frozen 2, and were highlighted by decorations on the facade of the building.

Bergdorff Goodman’s windows were true to form with avant garde fashion designs. They’re always interesting, but take some time to figure them out. This year’s displays were created with a view from above.

Barney’s closed this year too, so we headed up 59th St. to Bloomingdale’s. Unlike Bergdorff Goodman, Bloomingdales is hit or miss for us. We’ve seen amazing windows some years, and others not so much. This was a not so much year.

From Bloomingdales, we get on the subway and take the Yellow line back to Herald Square and Macy’s. Macy’s usually has some fun, family friendly windows. This year was no exception.

We mutually agreed that Saks 5th Ave seemed to have our favorite window displays this year. After a very crowded lunch at Shake Shack, we made our way down 6th Ave to Bryant Park where we window shopped at the dozens of kiosks.

Our tickets were for the matinee, and we were delighted to find we were in the 8th row close to the center. For a theatre fan like me, it doesn’t get much better!

We’d told our garage attendant we’d be back close to 6:00, so we ventured back to Saks to see their light show. Along the way we experienced Christmas at night in NYC. It really is a magical place to be during the holidays.

Another successful sightseeing adventure in the books, we headed out of the city for a great day with Autumn and Jim. We shopped with them for a new television, and enjoyed the Mandalorian on a bigger screen.  Life is wicked good here in New England. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!!

 

 

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller