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Check out this article from Lynne Robinson's "new" Jersey Girl blog: On Wednesday Rick took some time off work and we drove in to the city a little earlier than our dinner reservation to view the tree in Rockefeller Plaza. A few months back I had purchased vouchers on Rue NYC to the restaurant Butter. (Rue La La is an online discounted designer site. They recently added Rue NYC and about four times per week or so I get discounted offers to restaurants, spas, etc. in New York City.) The executive chef at Butter is one that Rick and I both are acquainted with from both our private screening of Chopped being filmed, and from watching the Food Network: Alex Guarnaschelli. The vouchers were for a prix-fixe three course menu with wine pairings: Cured Wild Salmon, Meyer Lemon Confit, Red Thumb Potatoes and Caviar : Foxglove Chardonnay, 2010 Coq au Vin with All Natural Chicken or Seared Filet of Beef with Baby Carrots, Pancetta and truffled Sherry Dressing : Slingshot Cabernet Sauvignon Dark Chocolate Cake, Creme Fraiche Ice Cream and Spiced Almond Brittle : Eilo Perrone Moscato D’Asti I was so excited to tell you about the food that I am getting ahead of myself! First on to what we did before we ate. We drove in to the city, leaving our house at around 2:30 p.m. The traffic was heavy and we finally arrived at the parking garage across the street from Butter at close to 4:00 p.m. We found the Subway and got on the B train uptown to Rockefeller Center, a ride of about 15 minutes. We walked out from all the subterranean shopping right next to the tree. To us it looked smaller than the previous time we’ve seen it. It was very crowded in the plaza! Here are some scenes. The ice skating rink (which had a line a mile long waiting to skate). Sorry for the blurry skaters but it’s hard taking photos at night when people are in motion. A toy soldier. Angels you have heard on high and the Rockefeller building. Everyone was watching the ticking down of this clock projected on this building. No one seemed to know what was going to happen. When time ran out a little movie began to play on the side of the building with bubbles floating up to pop against snowflakes. Okay, it was fun to watch but what was the point? We soon found out. That building happened to be Saks Fifth Avenue and the little movie tied in with their window displays. A very odd little story played out window by window about different people and methods of making bubbles. The bubbles once made were routed up and out to the side of the building and let loose. Here are a few of the windows.