I had to make a run into Manhattan yesterday, and got to see the NFL's Super
Bowl "experience" first-hand. There really isn't much to the setup besides the
toboggan run ride in Times Square, which looks pretty unexciting (if they had a
zipline like the one they set up last year in New Orleans I would have waited on
line to try it). The most noteworthy thing to notice was that there are actually
more tourists in the midtown area than usual, which is saying something. And
while you can normally pick out tourists in the city from their slow walking
pace and fixation on the tops of buildings, this crowd took it to a whole other
level, as the ones not wearing Broncos and Seahawks gear were wandering around
with their plastic credential badges hanging around their necks. It's a good
thing the crime rate in NYC has been addressed so strongly over the past couple
of decades, as I can remember a time when a situation like this would have been
bringing muggers out of retirement for one last big score.
R.I.P.:
Arthur Rankin Jr, 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' co-producer dies, age 89.
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