Today was my last tennis session at US Open. Quy and I got our tickets in June[?]when the packages became available. We got the Opening Week packages. This lets you watch round 1 in Arthur Ashe stadium [3 day sessions and 2 night sessions].
Our seats were located in the Upper Promenade [almost the bleachers]. It was HAWT! I got sooo dark! I didn't burn...just tanned badly.
Food was EXPENSIVE. It was meh. They had restaurants at the USTA Tennis Center, but they were really expensive [an entree was $30]. You can't go wrong with foot-long hotdogs and waffle fries. They had a signature drink, Honey Deuce. It's a Grey Goose drink, with honeydew melon balls. Soooo goood.
We got see Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Venus and Serena Williams, Dinara Safina. They all played in Arthur Ashe Stadium. All really good tennis. It makes me want to play tennis again...competitive tennis. Watching them play is inspiring.
Gaaah! I love tennis!
Awesome tennis. Bad tans. Great 3 days.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
New York Day 3
Quy and I made our practice trek to Flushing Meadows to watch the last open outdoor practice before the US Open tomorrow. It's pretty far...it's the 2nd to the last stop on the 7 subway to Queens. It's almost an hour from Times Square. ... long subway ride.
Anyway, so the US Tennis Center [now called the Billie Jean King Tennis Center] is right next to the Mets Stadium [idk what it's called...I dont watch baseball]. The stadium is really pretty. It's located in a park...lots of green...and ponds. It was a former World's Fair location. [The end of Men in Black 1 was based on that park...with the space ships and junk]. The event is free so that's pretty sweet. We saw Novak Djokovic, Jelena Jankovic and Dinara Safina practicing.
After that, we decided to go to the observation deck of Rockafeller Center [Top of the Rock]. It's at the 67th and 68th floor of the building. It's really nice up there...nice and breezy. Great views of the city. :]
We decided to kill time at Saks & Company [Saks 5th Ave...which is located on 5th Ave] looking at designer shoes. One day, I can afford to buy those shoes...mmmm Louboutin.
We finally got to watch Avenue Q!!! It's sooooooo gooooooooooooood!!! It's really funny, and raunchy! I love it! Gotmy program signed by the entire main cast...YAY!
After the show, Quy and I ate dinner at an Irish Pub called The Perfect Pint. Holy crap, it's like everyone who worked on the floor [servers and hosts] are from IRELAND! They all had Irish accents! I got a pint of cider and bangers and mash. It made me miss England sooooo much, but the food made up for it hahahahaha! Got a lil tipsy from the pint [that's what happens when you start drinking before your food gets to you].
I'm excited! US OPEN TOMORROW!!!
Anyway, so the US Tennis Center [now called the Billie Jean King Tennis Center] is right next to the Mets Stadium [idk what it's called...I dont watch baseball]. The stadium is really pretty. It's located in a park...lots of green...and ponds. It was a former World's Fair location. [The end of Men in Black 1 was based on that park...with the space ships and junk]. The event is free so that's pretty sweet. We saw Novak Djokovic, Jelena Jankovic and Dinara Safina practicing.
After that, we decided to go to the observation deck of Rockafeller Center [Top of the Rock]. It's at the 67th and 68th floor of the building. It's really nice up there...nice and breezy. Great views of the city. :]
We decided to kill time at Saks & Company [Saks 5th Ave...which is located on 5th Ave] looking at designer shoes. One day, I can afford to buy those shoes...mmmm Louboutin.
We finally got to watch Avenue Q!!! It's sooooooo gooooooooooooood!!! It's really funny, and raunchy! I love it! Gotmy program signed by the entire main cast...YAY!
After the show, Quy and I ate dinner at an Irish Pub called The Perfect Pint. Holy crap, it's like everyone who worked on the floor [servers and hosts] are from IRELAND! They all had Irish accents! I got a pint of cider and bangers and mash. It made me miss England sooooo much, but the food made up for it hahahahaha! Got a lil tipsy from the pint [that's what happens when you start drinking before your food gets to you].
I'm excited! US OPEN TOMORROW!!!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Greetings from England! Day 8
I had one of the most amazing days in my life today.
WIMBLEDON!!!!
My friend Margaret and I went to London [Wimbledon Village] to watch The Championships at Wimbledon and it was AMAZING! This was the first time I actually freaked out in UK! hahaha
I was really really excited. It took forever to plan, and I thought things weren't going to follow through...BUT IT DIDNT! We planned on leaving by 7:00 but Margaret didnt wake up in time so we left at 8:30. It took about 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to the Wimbledon Station ...but it didnt seem that way. Once we got out of the station, we weren't exactly sure where to go, but luckily, we found the bus that was going to take us to the Wimbledon grounds. It took FOREVER to find the parking lot to join "the queue" for buying tickets that day...it was probably about 20 minute walk.
One of the "official stewards" told us that we'd be in line ALL DAY [and i started to freak out in my head...]. Thankfully it didn't take all day--it took 2 hours, which again didn't seem like 2 hours. The line was very organized and CLEAN. The staff had people line up and broke them up in different sections and they would move the line section by section. I learned a catching game while waiting in line:
you have a group of people and you throw a spherical object [those people were using a grapefruit]...if you drop it once, you get down on one knee...if you drop it twice, you drop down on both knees...if you drop it 3x, you sit on your knees...etc. it looked kinda fun.
Margaret and I only waited for 2 hours...then we got to the turnstiles and HOLY FREAKIN' SHIT IM IN WIMBLEDON! Grounds tickets cost 20 pounds and you can watch all the games except for Centre Court, Court 1 and 2 [which have reserved seating and cost more].
First thing we did was buy food[and we were craving hot dogs]....we got the closest thing: a "duchee"--it's sausage with onion marmalade on a baguette...it's not as weird as it sounds...it's actually pretty good. the marmalade tastes like denny's syrup...hahaha
we watched several tennis matches...Zheng vs. Szavay, Ancic vs. Verdasco, the beginning of Rederer vs. Hewitt, the beginning of Petrova vs. Kudyavetseva...I got to see Centre Court [evevn if it was just for a minute] and take a few pictures :D
A very nice lady gave me and Margaret her court 1 tickets, so we got to see Nadal vs. Youzhny and Safin vs. Wawrinka [but got really bored and left to watch the Murray vs. Gasquet match...Andy Murray lost].
Souvenirs were EXPENSIVE! I only bought 2 things because I was charging them to my credit card[which my dad is paying for so I dont use it]...I got my dad a wimbledon shirt and i got myself a shot glass. IT'S PRETTY. im not sharing. special occasions only[with expensive alcohol]. All-in-all, I still can't believe that I got to watch a day at Wimbledon. It feels like a dream...BUT IT'S NOT! happiness.
WIMBLEDON!!!!
My friend Margaret and I went to London [Wimbledon Village] to watch The Championships at Wimbledon and it was AMAZING! This was the first time I actually freaked out in UK! hahaha
I was really really excited. It took forever to plan, and I thought things weren't going to follow through...BUT IT DIDNT! We planned on leaving by 7:00 but Margaret didnt wake up in time so we left at 8:30. It took about 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to the Wimbledon Station ...but it didnt seem that way. Once we got out of the station, we weren't exactly sure where to go, but luckily, we found the bus that was going to take us to the Wimbledon grounds. It took FOREVER to find the parking lot to join "the queue" for buying tickets that day...it was probably about 20 minute walk.
One of the "official stewards" told us that we'd be in line ALL DAY [and i started to freak out in my head...]. Thankfully it didn't take all day--it took 2 hours, which again didn't seem like 2 hours. The line was very organized and CLEAN. The staff had people line up and broke them up in different sections and they would move the line section by section. I learned a catching game while waiting in line:
you have a group of people and you throw a spherical object [those people were using a grapefruit]...if you drop it once, you get down on one knee...if you drop it twice, you drop down on both knees...if you drop it 3x, you sit on your knees...etc. it looked kinda fun.
Margaret and I only waited for 2 hours...then we got to the turnstiles and HOLY FREAKIN' SHIT IM IN WIMBLEDON! Grounds tickets cost 20 pounds and you can watch all the games except for Centre Court, Court 1 and 2 [which have reserved seating and cost more].
First thing we did was buy food[and we were craving hot dogs]....we got the closest thing: a "duchee"--it's sausage with onion marmalade on a baguette...it's not as weird as it sounds...it's actually pretty good. the marmalade tastes like denny's syrup...hahaha
we watched several tennis matches...Zheng vs. Szavay, Ancic vs. Verdasco, the beginning of Rederer vs. Hewitt, the beginning of Petrova vs. Kudyavetseva...I got to see Centre Court [evevn if it was just for a minute] and take a few pictures :D
A very nice lady gave me and Margaret her court 1 tickets, so we got to see Nadal vs. Youzhny and Safin vs. Wawrinka [but got really bored and left to watch the Murray vs. Gasquet match...Andy Murray lost].
Souvenirs were EXPENSIVE! I only bought 2 things because I was charging them to my credit card[which my dad is paying for so I dont use it]...I got my dad a wimbledon shirt and i got myself a shot glass. IT'S PRETTY. im not sharing. special occasions only[with expensive alcohol]. All-in-all, I still can't believe that I got to watch a day at Wimbledon. It feels like a dream...BUT IT'S NOT! happiness.
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