The Visitor's Center

Holy crap it is hot in NYC!  It is hot all over the country right now but in most places you aren't expected to walk so much or spend so much time outside so I think it seems worse in NYC.  I actually bought a small package of baby wipes to give myself a whore's bath of sorts when I get to the office so I don't stink to high heaven from the heat. Luckily it is only like this for a few days during the summer here and most of the year is actually a quite comfortable temperature.  But enough of that and onto today's post!

When you come to NYC one of the places you can go in Times Square is the Visitor's Center.  It has some interesting stuff to look at and a ton of information about things you can do for fun in NYC.  One of the things they have there is the ball from the 2000 ball drop on New Year's Eve.

Behind the ball you can see an old Peep Show sign from back when Times Square was kind of gross and dangerous and visiting meant you had a 50/50 chance of walking away with herpes and no wallet.  It is obviously much better now and a fabulous place to visit but for a while there it was a little seedy.

One of the other things they have there is the costumes from various Broadway shows.  Lots of fun stuff to see there!  The costumes below are from Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.  The pictures are sideways because I'm too damn lazy to figure out how to turn them right side up.

But do you want to know the best reason to go there?  It is air conditioned!  Seriously, get your sweaty self off the street and go check it out, if for no other reason than to prevent you from dying of heat stroke and having the crowd around you think it is performance art and throwing quarters at you instead of calling 911.