Tom Seaver
This morning I went to Reuters in Times Square for a Satellite Media Tour (SMT) with Tom Seaver. He was talking about MasterCard's new PayPass program which he will demonstrate tonight at Shea Stadium. It was great being in the room and seeing how all the equipment made the programs come together as Mr. Seaver spoke with sports casters from all over the nation where the PayPass program has already been implemented into 11 baseball stadiums. You can see the pictures of the studio where we were at and the view from the control room where Melissa and I watched all the action. From the window, we could see Good Morning America being taped in the studio across the street and watched as people gathered around the 1st floor windows of the building as it was being taped.
During one of our SMT breaks, Andrew, the Reuters technician, took us into the filming studio to show us the view of Times Square behind the curtains (sometimes they'll shoot with the curtains open and show Times Square and sometimes they won't--for this particular SMT the studio was used with the curtains closed). You can also see pictures of that below.
Afterwards, Melissa and I stopped at a local McDonald's in Times Square to get some breakfast since we had gotten in so early for the SMT. It's proclaimed in all the tourist guides as the "Must See" McDonald's. And for good reason. The building was huge and was so high tech you would never even believe it was a McDonald's! There were flat screens, multiple stories, neon lights, flashing food items and some type of lazer light system that spun the McDonald's logo around on the ground where you walked. It was crazy! Melissa and I decided it must also be where they test the new foods for McDonald's because they served donuts...plain and powdered. Who ever heard of McDonald's selling donuts??? It was pretty cool though.
We walked from Times Square (42nd) back to our office on 34th street and walked through the fashion district where we found a giant pin and needle (see below).
Work the rest of the day went pretty fast as I finished up the project I had been working on all week. Melissa and I got off early since we had finished up for the day and had started earlier anyway. We came back to the house where I did some laundry so I'll have clothes to wear for tomorrow. I took a nap, read some more in the DaVinci code and just relaxed. I also received my memory card in the mail so I'll be able to take plenty of pictures now (yeah!). It's just a matter of actually remembering to take them... :o)
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures!
-mk
During one of our SMT breaks, Andrew, the Reuters technician, took us into the filming studio to show us the view of Times Square behind the curtains (sometimes they'll shoot with the curtains open and show Times Square and sometimes they won't--for this particular SMT the studio was used with the curtains closed). You can also see pictures of that below.
Afterwards, Melissa and I stopped at a local McDonald's in Times Square to get some breakfast since we had gotten in so early for the SMT. It's proclaimed in all the tourist guides as the "Must See" McDonald's. And for good reason. The building was huge and was so high tech you would never even believe it was a McDonald's! There were flat screens, multiple stories, neon lights, flashing food items and some type of lazer light system that spun the McDonald's logo around on the ground where you walked. It was crazy! Melissa and I decided it must also be where they test the new foods for McDonald's because they served donuts...plain and powdered. Who ever heard of McDonald's selling donuts??? It was pretty cool though.
We walked from Times Square (42nd) back to our office on 34th street and walked through the fashion district where we found a giant pin and needle (see below).
Work the rest of the day went pretty fast as I finished up the project I had been working on all week. Melissa and I got off early since we had finished up for the day and had started earlier anyway. We came back to the house where I did some laundry so I'll have clothes to wear for tomorrow. I took a nap, read some more in the DaVinci code and just relaxed. I also received my memory card in the mail so I'll be able to take plenty of pictures now (yeah!). It's just a matter of actually remembering to take them... :o)
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures!
-mk
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