Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Day Twenty Eight

In FAO Schwarz they have a Muppet Workshop, where they make REAL MUPPETS. Not the characters, but the extras. These are called Whatnots - technical term. You can design your own muppet, and they will make it for you, for a very very REASONABLE FEE.

So, because we're big fans, we decide that we both need muppets. Thus we head down to FAO to buy muppets. The whole process is brilliant - you get to design your muppet, and they have all the different elements as sticker, so you can build up the muppet, trying different looks. You then have to fill out an order form with a big feathery pen.

30 minutes later - MUPPET.

We went to a diner for these 30 mins, and when we came back our muppets were waiting for us.

Kenny and Griff.

In all honesty the majority of today was spent with the muppets. They are brilliant. Especially when you make them sing, we've discovered.

Left the Muppets for a bit, and did some SHOPPING. One of the items we bought was a suitcase, to hold (among other things) the muppets.

Packing took up quite a bit of the evening. 4 suitcases, lots of new clothes, loads of books, 1 tent, 2 sleeping bags, 1 bobble head, 2 muppets, 5 NYC posters....it was a challenge.

But when this was finished we headed back to the lovely Italian from our first night, and toasted the holiday with that glorious red wine.





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