ESPNZone at Times Square

Tonight I met up with one of my cousins who works in the city. We met up at the ESPNZone to watch the LSU vs. Duke game. We got there about 6:30 p.m. and the place was packed.

ESPNZone at Times Square is huge. There are levels to the restaurant that all look out to three 15-foot projection screens and are surrounded by additional televisions. On top of that, there is a television at each booth/table.

I know the New York experience is about trying different food. True, ESPNZone doesn't really qualify because there's one in every major city, but the experience was definitely worth it. The crowd was fun and we met some random people.

There were a lot of Duke fans in the crowd, so naturally I decided to cheer for LSU, as much as I dislike them. I was kind of getting annoyed by this dude at the bar who was a constant clapper--you know the ones. They do that annoying fast clap at everything. Rebound? Clap. Foul? Clap. Commercial? Clap. Stop it already dude.

So, in the last minute or so even though I couldn't care less about LSU beating Duke (I had Duke losing in Round 2) the good part about the outcome was it stopped the annoying clapper.

I did a walk around the city after dinner. I walked over from the square to 7th and down to 53rd to meet up with a cousin who was there for dinner with his in-laws. It was great to walk around and see even though the city is so built-up, there is still lots of construction going on everywhere. It keeps the city agile and changing, so NY of today is not the same as NY of yesterday, and the NY of tomorrow will be different, too. Very exciting.