Brown Bear has been having some big adventures since arriving in New York! With a trip to the city planned, he’s getting to see some pretty cool sites…and it seems like there’s no telling where Brown Bear will end up if you’re not keeping an eye on him.
Brown Bear lives year round in Bay, Arkansas and is a part of Mrs. Margaret Gunter’s kindergarten class. He’s single and a Gemini. He likes bubble baths, long walks on the beach and reading. But he really likes to travel!
When he found out we were going to New York City for a couple of days, he wedged him self in the middle of the front seat of the Prius so he wouldn’t miss a moment. We made sure he wore his seat belt and didn’t talk or text on his cell phone while he was in the car though. In New York, you can’t use your cell phone while driving in a car!
One big difference about New York City and Arkansas is transportation. In Arkansas, nearly everyone has cars and drives to where they have to go. New Yorkers ride subway trains, ferry boats and use busses and cabs to travel around the city. There’s less area to cover, but it seems like it takes longer to get places because everyone wants to go where you’re going! While Brown Bear was in NYC, he got to ride the subway, take a bus and even go on the Staten Island Ferry!
Brown Bear likes riding the 7 train.
Brown Bear on a New York bus!
Brown Bear insisted we do a walking tour of Midtown Manhattan (he says that his favorite part of NYC) while we were visiting. He brought his fur coat to keep him warm, but temperatures were unseasonaly high and right around 55 degrees! Here are some of the things Brown Bear got to see on his two hour, one mile walking tour:
Brown Bear was in an Empire State of Mind…
Brown Bear trying to buy a ticket a Grand Central Station
Reading at the New York Public Library
Brown Bear made us clean our rooms so they shined like the top of
the Chrysler Building.
Brown Bear stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria. (not really)
Brown Bear likes street vendor shopping!
Brown Bear hearts the holiday decorations in front of the Plaza Hotel!
Brown Bear in Rockefeller Center!
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Brown Bear also tagged along when we got to go to Good Morning America. He wasn’t really awake at 6:45 a.m. when we had to be there, but perked up when he got to check out the cool GMA studios and meet some of the people who work there. He was pretty impressed! He got away from us at one point and when we found him, he was running the camera during the interview of Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney!
Good Morning Brown Bear!
Brown Bear could be a Wimpy Kid
Brown Bear ran the camera during GMA!
Brown Bear was totally infatuated with JuJu Chang!
Brown Bear said his favorite thing to do in New York was ice skate at Rockefeller Center. He was surprisingly good for someone that walks on all fours. All the people watching the skaters kept applauding when Brown Bear did his triple toe jumps!
Brown Bear loves gold statues!
Toe Pick!
Brown Bear took the ice and the gold this season at Rockefeller!
Brown Bear really enjoyed his trip to New York but says it went by way too fast! He says the Natural State and the Empire State maybe apples and oranges, but he’s sure glad he’s had the chance to see them both!
