Building the Big Apple

Roar! Today was the grand opening of a brand new Lego store at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. This is the first Lego store in New York City so they're making a point to celebrate the opening with all sorts of Lego-related fanfare. Or should I say brick-fare? One of the things they're doing is building a giant Lego apple to celebrate New York. Any Lego fans could come by and help put it together so I went on over to Rockefeller Center to have fun playing with some Legos. 

Here is one of the big bins of red bricks they had to help build the big apple! Roar!

Everyone took the little bricks and made big bricks which were then used to put the apple together.

Here I am with the brick I built. 

Here is a pile of completed bricks waiting to be added to the apple.

Finally here is the under-construction apple! Woah it's so big! I'd love to take a big bite out it when it's done! I bet it tastes super plasticy! Roar!

They also had this cool sculpture garden people could contribute to. I decided to try my claws at building something.

Here is the sculpture of me that I built. I think it's a pretty good likeness! Roar!

Here I am in front of the sculpture I built. It sure looks good!

Inside the Lego store they also had some great sulptures built specifcally for the store. Here is an awesome sculpture of Atlas! Look at him hold up that brick globe! 

Here is a great looking Lego Prometheus! That means there are now two Prometheuses in Rockefeller Center! They sure love this guy here!

There is also this great mosaic. It reads, "Creativity and Imagination shall be the Stability of the Times." Those are words to live by if I've ever heard them! Next time you're in this part of the city be sure to stop by the Lego store and play with some bricks! Roar!

At the Big Apple BBQ!

Roar! Today was the annual Big Apple BBQ! That's the day when top pit masters from all over the country descend upon Madison Square Park to serve some of the best BBQ you'll ever have. I tried to win a fast pass through a contest which required me to write a BBQ themed haiku.  My haiku of

The fourth little pig

did not have any roast beef

for he was roast beast! 

was pretty clever but unfortunately it didn't win. Of course I still went to the Big Apple BBQ to have some delicious meat, but I wasn't able to have as much as I would have liked. 

Here I am down at Madison Square Park. There are tons of vendors here from all over, there is even live entertainment, but I'm just here for the meat! Roar! 

 Oh man! Look at all the delicious sausage! I think I'll order all of it!

Here I am at Black Jacks Pulled Pork stand. All of this pulled pork is for me? Why, thank you Mr. Black Jack! You certainly are a fine South Carolina gentleman, not to mention your pork is delicious! Roar! 

Here I am enjoying all the delicious pulled pork! Ug... after all that sausage and pork I'm feeling a little full. Maybe next year I should learn to pace myself a little better... roar...

As I headed home I passed by the Flatiron building on the corner of the park. It's crazy to think that not only was this once the tallest building in New York City but also the world. Nowadays we don't really think of it as a skyscraper (like the ones in the Skyscraper Museum) but this building was a marvel when it was built! It sure was fun visiting the BBQ and scarfing down meat in its shadow. Roar!