FUN FILLED DAY AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK

I've had a full day already, and the wine tasting hasn't started yet. This morning I got up at seven to beat the crowds at Rockefeller Center's ice skating rink. When I arrived I was a bit surprised to find hundreds of people in line to receive a free custom fitted shirt from Pink, a luxurious British dress shirt company.

Those Brits do professional attire very well!   As part of a PR campaign for a new TV show, White Collar, premiering this evening on the USA network, Pink was giving away custom-fitted white shirts.

The expected wait was eight hours, and even at that estimate people were not deterred and were willing to suffer cold temperatures. For an item valued at $150, I couldn't blame them.  

I was not so willing to wait so long in the cold for a shirt, even if it was one of the better giveaways in New York. But as it turns out my opinion didn't matter, because the line had grown so long that it was closed off at 8:30am, which was half an hour after the event started. Welcome to New York. It was a bonanza event, but not for me.

So I continued on my way to the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center. I only fell once on an attempt to twirl.

I took pretty pictures. This is a gilded statue of Prometheus, Greek good who brings fire to man. 

I admired others performing stunts on ice.

When I was done ice skating, I grabbed a complimentary coffee from the White Collar Bar, and was happy to at least receive free coffee. I was fortunate to make that stop because as I passed by the free shirt line, the bouncer just happened to allow a few people in, one of which was me. I felt so lucky!

So there I was in line. Do you know how cold it can get if you're just standing doing nothing? It was uncomforably cold! While I waited in line, I saw the character David Wallace of the comedy show, The Office. I'm a big fan of The Office, so it was rather a big deal. And following four long hours, I got fitted for a white collared Pink shirt, which will be Fed Ex'd to me in two weeks. This will be one of my more memorable 'only in New York' experiences.

Updated: My shirt arrived, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience!

And the shirt...