Skating around

November 10th, 2006
Posted by gerrod in: new york, visitors

Skating brothers

Today is Jason’s last (full) day in New York. Unbelievable! It seems like he just arrived yesterday! So in his honour I took the day off work today, and since Kristy is doing night-shift this week, we all got to spend the morning together. And since it’s his last day, we left the activities up to Jason’s discretion; consequently, we went ice-skating in Bryant Park! Well, to be more specific, Jason and I went ice skating whilst Kristy and mysterious guest chickened out and watched from the sidelines.

Just like every other skating rink in the world (well, probably), the hire skates were pretty dodgy, even though they’re only a year old (versus the 50 year old skates at Rockefeller). But overall, Bryant Park is definitely the place to skate, as the only fee you pay is for the skate hire! Once you’ve got the skates (or even better, if you bring your own) everything else is free!

So even though we were both very much out of practice, we came away relatively unscathed, with only a single stack scored against Jason’s name. I’ve no doubt he’ll tell you it was due to all the water on the rink (it was very warm today so the rink was kind-of melting). And to his credit, he was pulling 360′s by the end of our session, so he was definitely more adventurous than I was!

5 comments

#1 Shane November 10th, 2006 at 5:11 am

A suprise and mystery guest ? One and the same I assume ?

#2 gerrod November 10th, 2006 at 1:23 pm

You bet it is, Shane!

#3 Nat November 10th, 2006 at 5:45 pm

I love this picture!! The two of you in matching outfits. Very Cute.

#4 gerrod November 10th, 2006 at 6:12 pm

I assure you that was purely a coincidence!

#5 Dani November 11th, 2006 at 6:33 pm

Since when has cute been capitalized mom? But I must agree, you two look like twins!