Atlantic City In December

My friend wanted a trip to Atlantic City for her birthday, so I got some pictures to share!

In December, the boardwalk is quite a bit less crowded. I think the term is "Ghost Town?"

The Casinos were plenty busy, click on the "Read more" to check out some more pictures!

Jets!

These type of Jets don't really fly you anywhere, it's an NFL game! Monday Night Football! I went with my friends and got some pictures!

Went to see the New York Jets, they were playing the Miami Dolphins. Here's a cute picture I took in the gift shop to show I'm a Lil' Jets fan!

Click on the "Read more" to check out the pictures!

Random Fall 2014 #2?

More random pictures grabbed while out shopping in Manhattan.

The Toys R Us in Times Square always has these GIANT ads in the windows, it's always fun to walk by and see what's big enough to put up there. Here's the new Disney Infinity game, did they know there's a Disney Store a few doors down to the left of this picture?

Click on the "Read more" to wander through some photos?

Pics From The Past?

BONUS? I found this collection of pictures from last year and I guess I neglected to put it on the blog? So anyway, have a bonus post?

Often we try to make text messages to our friend more interesting by including me in the pictures. Here's a collection of pictures we um, took as text messages to let somepony know something.

This one shows a finished embroidery design we planned on putting on a couple of dog shirts and jacket for a friend. Why? Our furry friend's name is He-Man! He is a Master of the Universe! And by "Universe" we mean "couch."

Click on the "Read more" for some more very random messages?

Random Stuff Fall 2014 #1

Just putting up some pics we took while out-n-about. No particular theme or order just pictures we took that might have some kind of entertaiment value.

If you are frustrated by Xmas shopping you probably want to stay away from "Arget" because... argh. It's great that malfunctioning sign letters can be so much fun.

Click on the "read more" hope you will be entertained a bit.

Golden Pony Corral

Hi Little Ponies! Who doesn't like going to a buffet restaurant? All the food you can eat?! Yeah, living like ancient royalty! One night my friends "dragged" me to a Golden Coral and I thought it would be fun to take pictures of all the stuff I ate?

Here's the entrance. Don't click on the "Read more" if you are hungry right now.

More Lego Pics?

Okay so I guess I post a lot about Lego?, This time, we visited the newest Lego store in Manhattan, which they are calling their "Flagship" store. So this is the Starship Enterprise of Lego Stores? Anyway, we took some pictures of course!

The store is bigger than their Rockefeller Center store, but still not as big as you are probably imagining. Here's a Statue of Liberty torch with giant minifigs waving down. This is just the arm and not a whole Statue of Liberty!

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Brickfair NJ 2014

We're big fans of Lego so when they were having a convention nearby, of course we went to get some pictures! It's kind of like an art show? I'm posting tons of pictures because there was so much stuff to look at. All in one post this time I hope it's no too much.

Haha awesome t-shirt. It's funny that they chose a classic 80's spaceship as his choice but I don't really think he'd build a spaceship?

Click on the "Read more" there are a lot more pictures here!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everypony! Here's a quick one-pic-post, we were at the Jekyll & Hyde Club in Manhattan, and this casket behind the bar had a robot, er... zombie, in it who would peek out and tell a funny story every once-in-a-while. Lots of other animatronic creepy things in that restaurant/haunted house place.

So go get dressed up and score some candy already!

Miku Expo!

They were doing a promotional tour for our favorite computer program/pop star Hatsune Miku which came through Manhattan recently. Including stuff at the NY Comic Con and a couple of concerts, they had an Expo-shop which we just HAD to check out.

Here's the corner outside. The line was around the block! Turns out the line was only to buy the limited-edition art posters. The figures and T-Shirts we came to get were already sold out (sad pony.)

We still took lots of pictures click on the "Read more" to check em out!

Central Perk?

Have you heard about a TV show called Friends? Of course you have! To celebrate the 20th year of the premiere, they opened up a re-creation of the coffee shop from the show, Central Perk. Only open for a short time, my um,... friends... wanted to go and brought me with them for some obvious photo-ops!.

Here it is! We went on the last day, but better late than never! Or so we thought. Click on the "Read more" for less-exciting-than-you-expect pictures...

Early House Haunting

We went on a trip to the New York Renaissance Fair but in October it's the Forest of Fear! All dressed up for Halloween time, it's actually across the street from the forest usually used for the medieval stuff. Took a bunch of pictures don't be scared!

Here's the entrance. A lot of these pictures are in the dark so excuse the blurriness of some of them, maybe we need to invest in a new camera if we survive the night?

Dare you click on the "Read more?" Nothing too scary I think...

Minty on Broadway for a Flea Market

Broadway Flea Market! I need me some fleas! We ventured into Manhattan to check it out. We weren't planning on taking any pictures since we've been to this thing before, but sure enough there was some interesting stuff to share!

Here's the Map where you can find your favorite show's table of goodies. If you look close, you'll see where John's Pizza is. So now you know where to find it! If you get a chance to visit, their calzones are awesome.

Click on the "read more" to check out some more pics of our day in the big city?

Murder for Dinner?

We went to a fun dinner which was a pretend wedding reception, where the actors put on a show about a murder. We had to figure out who we thought commited the crime. It was a lot of fun and I grabbed a few pictures so I thought I'd share them.

The show was in a hotel banquet hall, much like a real wedding would use. Sometimes simple titles are the best titles.

The "stage" behind me looked like it could have been an actual wedding reception. We did not have to bring gifts.

Can we call this a Playbill? The meal tickets had funny names.

The actors also served the meals, in-character. After the show they lined up to say goodbye to their "wedding guests."

OBX Zoo!

Zoo Time again! On vacation in the Outer Banks we went to the North Carolina Aquariums and made a bunch of new friends!

Here I am posing at the entrance. What sign? Behind me?

Click on the "Read more" to see our new pals!

Sailing into the Sunset

We chartered a sailboat for a relaxing afternoon sunset ride! So of course I'm going to take some pictures of THAT! Hope you find this relaxing.

Here we are in the cabin below, looking out the window before we go. I'm so excited! click on the "Read more" already!

Truck Monster!

Sunday Sunday SUNDAY! That's the announcer-yelled lead-in to any Monster Truck Rally commercial. On the road going down to the Outer Banks there is a tourist destination we stopped to check out. Digger's Dungeon; the "home" of the most famous monster truck Grave Digger.

Anypony who's been to a Monster Truck show will smile when they see this legend. Click on the "Read more" to see what else they got going on around here?

OBX'14

We went down to the Outer Banks, or OBX for short, in North Carolina again for a bit of a vacation. So of course I took a bunch of pictures!

At the Wal-Mart, somepony really knows how to stack soda boxes! Click on the "Read more" to see some more random tourist pictures?

Takin Pictures

Hi Little Ponies! Here's another collection of pictures I had to take, to make entertaining comments on. At least I hope you find it entertaining a little bit...

Here's a message board at a Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant. Minty advertising is somewhere up there? I wonder if anybody checked out this site because of that?

Click on the "Read more" if you're that one pony who saw that ad and want to see some more pictures?

More Manhattan Stuff

Here's a collection of random pics we took while out-n-about in Manhattan a while ago.

 I thought this guy lived in a pineapple under the sea. Now you can cram mail in him?

Click the "Read more" for some more fun pictures.

Down and Out

It was a coincidence that we took a bunch of pictures recently that had a kind of "Apocalypse" theme, so we thought we'd post them together. Um, this is going to sound wrong but.. hope you enjoy them?

Is this a parking garage sign or a funny photo-op? Looks like Minty is down and out on her luck today.

Click the "Read more" for more creepy pictures?

Back to AC so soon?

A few weekends later and we went back to Atlantic City! There was too much to do in one day and we couldn't wait to get back! So of course We took more pictures!

Here's a view from the walkway between Harrahs and Golden Nugget. Those hotels are away from the main boardwalk but they are just as much fun. So says my new seagul friend here.

Click on the "Read more" to see some other fun stuff?

AC!

What do you get when you mix Las Vegas and a Beach? Atlantic City! On the New Jersey shore you can play some casino games and surf at the same time! Well not the exact same time. Anyway... we went and took pictures to share!

We went on a day that had a triathalon going on so the traffic getting there was a lot worse than normal. But once we were there it was a normal summer crowd. Here's a picture of some sand sculpture event that was going on, too.

Roll the dice and click "Read more" to see some more!

Plastic Factory

We got a chance to visit a plastic factory so I took some pictures!

Here it is! This is the machine that makes plastic stuff. I may or may not have seen one of these before? Click on the "Read more" to see some more pictures!

Happy Birthday USA

Got to go see some 4th of July Celebration fireworks and took some pictures!

We have to wait until it gets dark before the show starts, but here is the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan where the show is centered.

Click on the "Read more" to see some fireworks!

Smithsonian Zoo bonus post - Pandas!

The "main event" of the Zoo in Washington D.C. is the Panda Bears so here's some pictures!

They don't have THIS MANY Pandas, silly. These are in the gift shop! Of course we took one home with us! Click on the "Read more" below to see our Panda Pics!

Smithsonian Zoo part 2

We took a lot of pictures of our new friends at the zoo in Washington D.C. so here's part 2 of my sharing of pictures!

Wow I'm close to this giant snake. Lets all give a big "yay" for GLASS!

Click on the "Read more" to quickly move on from the snake!

Smithsonian Zoo part 1

While traveling up the East Coast we were driving through Washington, D.C. We didn't have too much time to stop and see a lot of stuff, but got a few hours to go to the Zoo! It says Smithsonian but it's a different kind of museum full of cool animals!

Parking cost $22 but entrance to the zoo is free! They do charge $3 for the park map if you want to carry it with you... or you could print out this picture? Then in a way, Minty can go with YOU to the zoo?!

Click on the "Read more" below to check out all my new friends!

John's Pizza

In Manhattan, across the street from the theatre for Phantom of The Opera, is a restaurant that I HAD to post about it. The place is John's Pizza and the food was so good we didn't want to stop to take pictures but I got some anyway to share!

Apparently this was an old church so the inside looks very "churchy" complete with stained glass windows. This is the ceiling.

 The wall had pictures drawn all over it, can you see Obi-Wan and Darth Vader fighting over the last slice?

Magic is the only way this calzone could have tasted so good. It was filled with magical cheese.

Mrs. Met!

Yay Met's Game! Took some pictures as usual enjoy!

They recently re-added a mascot, Mrs. Met! Here she is on the Popcorn box cheering on the team.

Click on the "Read more" to check out more fun stuff we saw at the game!

Silverball Museum!

You probably know that I like museums, based on all of the trips I've taken and posted about. Our recent trip to a museum was extra fun because it was full of Pinball Machines! Hundreds of them, and once you pay to get in, you can play as much as you want for free! Okay technically not "free" since you paid to get in, but... you know what I mean?

This "museum" is right on the beach at Asbury Park in New Jersey. So it's all sorts of fun before or after pinballin'

Click on the "Read more" to check out some old-time fun?!

GAGA

We're here at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Home of the Flyers Hockey team, the 76ers Basketball team, and tonight, Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga! And we've got tickets to go inside to see the show!

I would have gotten more pictures of the crowd, but the costumes they were wearing were a little too extreme to post... Gaga inspires people to express themselves by not wearing much?

Click on the "Read more" to see more pictures we took!

Statue of Liberty part 3

Last part of my posting about the Statue of Liberty. This was a really fun thing to do, thanks to my friend for the tickets!

The tickets to the top were sold-out so the highest we got was the pedestal. Still lots of stairs and a great view, click on the "Read more" to check it out!

Statue of Liberty part 2

More pictures from our Statue of Liberty visit!

 

Here's a tiny model of the island. I want a torch to hold!

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Statue of Liberty part 1

We had a friend visiting on vacation, and he got us tickets to go see the Statue of Liberty! So we took lots of pictures of this historic symbol of freedom.

Here's the view from the ferry boat! The nearby Ellis Island greeted immigrants from all over the world into America, we got lots of pictures over there, too. Click on the "Read more" already!

Rain Flood

We went for a bike ride the day after a massive rainstorm, and took a bunch of pictures of the flooded trail. Later that week, we went again to try to get the same pictures without the flooding for comparison.

That's a lot of water! Click on the "Read more" to see some more! Wear some boots?

May the 4th be with you!

They released this picture of the new Star Wars Episode 7 movie cast a few days ago, but I was waiting until the "Star Wars Holiday" Day (May 4th) to post my exciting news! It seems the media has missed someone in this picture... Who is that standing between Director J.J. Abrams and Harrison Ford, below R2-D2? It's me, Minty!

Thanks to some special-effects of my own, a pony can dream, can't she? Now who do I see about getting my own light saber?

Happy May the 4th be with you, and go do something "Star Wars" today?

Cronut!

It's neither a Donut nor a Croissant, it's the crazy tasty combination that is called The Cronut. Only available at an exclusive bakery in Manhattan, they are a rare and tasty treat. And we got some!

If you are reading this, you are probably on the internet? So you can look up the origins and what-not of this treat and why it's so enticing. We had to order ours online weeks in advance, and here's the package!

 My friends got two of them, one for each of them, but they let me take a few bites so I could blog about it? The frosting on top kinda stuck to the package during transit.

 

MUNCHED! It's hard to describe that it's exactly what you'd expect the combo of donut and croissant would taste like? If I need to mention how awesome it tasted, um, yeah it was pretty awesome.

They Sell What?

Sorry for the long delay since the last post, thanks for still checking up on me! Yep I'm still grabbing random pictures while out shopping so I can share with everypony! This batch of pictures will obviously be a sharing of wondering what's going on?

 Let's start out the ridiculousness with something that sounds pretty ridiculous? Air. In a can. That's it.

Click on the "Read more" to see what other funny things we found?

Random part 2

Two "random" posts in a row? Just a coincidence, really! Just grabbing some funny pictures and sharing them, hope you enjoy!

We have some friends that love this commercial reference. It wasn't my size so I couldn't get it.

Click on the "Read more" for you know...?

Random Winter Pics

I've been posting a lot of series lately and in those many weeks we took a few "random" pictures. So I thought I'd take a moment to share some stuff.

We were at a Barnes and Noble bookstore, in the Starbucks area. This guy was carefully placing cups and stirring sticks in some kind of pattern on the table. Was he creating art? Solving the secrets of the universe? or maybe... both?!

Anyway... click on the "Read more" to check out some maybe-less-profound pictures?

Waiting for Minty

Theatre night! It was a belated Christmas present, to be taken to see one of the two shows currently being shown at the Cort Theatre. The big exciting reason was to see live performances by the two main stars, of course! It was a Sunday so the play we went to see was Waiting for Godot.

Here's the Playbill, recognize the two guys on the left? Magneto and Professor X you say? Click on the "Read more" to see some more pictures we took!