A Fountain's Acrobatics.. and an Awesome Surprise!

Last night, I babysat at a family in Lincoln Center (the same family who has the amazing view from their window).

On my walk over to their apartment, I passed the Revson Fountain, a very beautiful and creative fountain in the center of Lincoln Center. It was designed as a traditional fountain, and at set times to be a fountain show. Whenever I am in the neighborhood and I pass by the fountain, it is always in its "relaxed" form.

But as I passed the fountain last night, it was far from relaxed. The fountain was doing some serious acrobatics. I finally saw the fountain show!

A very impressive fountain :-).

Later that night, as I sat and studiously worked on a final paper for one of my classes, I was suddenly interrupted by some strange noises... 

"Boom!" 

"Crack!" 

"Crackle!"

"Bang!"

I honestly thought there was a massive gun fight going on in Lincoln Center down below.

I looked out the window, and realized immediately that it was FAR from a gun fight...

There were FIREWORKS over the Hudson River! 

(Remember how I said the apartment has an amazing view? Shout out the E family for allowing me to feature your apartment's amazing view in my blog).

I haven't confirmed this, but I believe the fireworks were in celebration of Fleet Week which is going on right now.

Check out this video I captured of the awesome fireworks show:

The entire night sky literally lit up. It was so beautiful. What a nice treat! How often do you get to see fireworks when it isn't July 4th?

Fireworks!

I just had a quintessential New York experience: A private viewing of the Macy's 4th of July fireworks on a rooftop in Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Credit: nycgo.com

It was fantastic! Someone brought up a radio and played the 1010 WINS official Macy's Fireworks broadcast which really set the mood.

The show ended off with a spectacular display of fireworks that lit up the night sky with the National Anthem playing on the radio. From the rooftop where I stood, I could hear the people down by the river and on nearby buildings clapping and cheering. Oh, and the boats on the river all tooted their horns at once! It was really cool!

The only downside was that the mosquitoes were out in full force.

Next year, I plan on facing the crowds and going to the best viewing spots by the Hudson River. I really want to see how the crowds turn out for this amazing event, and I also want to experience the fireworks literally above my head. Anyone care to join me?