Lub tswv yim ntawm cov pib, chaw pw, khoom noj khoom haus, kev thauj mus los, thiab ntxiv rau US Open
Muaj ntau txoj hauv kev pom cov Open Tennis Tourney hauv New York. Thaum twg koj puas tuaj koom ob lub lis piam xwm-pib, nruab nrab los sis thaum kawg? Koj nyob qhov twg - nyob ze ntawm Billie Jean King King National Tennis Center nyob rau hauv koog chaw ntawm Queens los yog hauv Manhattan? Koj xav siv ntau npaum li cas thiab yuav ua li cas yuav tsum nyob ze rau qhov kev nqis tes ua?
Ntawm no yog ib qho thiab ib qho kev paub xwb. Nws yog kev lom zem, tsis tshua muaj txiaj ntsim, thiab muaj kev tsim txiaj los ntawm New York cov qauv, thiab cia kom nyob ze rau cov players.
Tennis nkag
Peb muas tau 2009 US Open Mini-Plan rau $ 206 tauj ib tus neeg. Cov neeg lees txais kev pom zoo rau lub sijhawm thawj peb hnub ntawm kev sib tw - Hnub Monday (hnub thiab hmo ntuj), Tuesday (hnub thiab hmo ntuj) thiab Wednesday (hnub). Muaj cov kev txwv qhov twg koj tuaj yeem zaum hauv ob lub chaw ntau tshaj, tab sis tsuas yog txhua qhov chaw muaj nyob rau thawj-tuaj, thawj-tau txais kev pab.
Peb tuaj txog 9:45 sawv ntxov txhua txhua hnub los xyuas kom meej tias qhov chaw peb nyiam. Kev nkag mus rau hauv lub chaw pib thaum 10 teev sawv ntxov thiab ntaus pob tesniv thaum 11 teev sawv ntxov Muaj ob txoj kab - ib qho rau cov nqa khoom thiab ib qho tsis muaj hnab. Txawm tias tus qub tau ntev - txhua lub hnab kuaj xyuas los ntawm kev ruaj ntseg thiab yuav tsum tsis pub dhau 12 x 12 x 16 ntiv tes - peb tos tsis pub ntev tshaj li 15 feeb los nkag mus rau hauv lub ntaus kis las nrog lub hnab. Txwv: ib lub hnab ib tus neeg twg.
Tswv yim: Thaum nkag tuaj, taug kev tuaj yeem mus rau koj lub venue uas nyiam koj lub rooj! Ntxiv rau venues tom qab.
Los ntawm txoj kev, yog tias nws los nag, koj poob.
Tsis muaj cov tshev los ntawm rain - tsis nrog peb daim pib, rau txhua qhov. Zoo hmoo, peb tau lucked nrog huab cua zoo nkauj.
Chaw pw: Manhattan kev sib txuas
Peb xav nyob twj ywm hauv Manhattan rau cov qauv qee lub nroog kev ua ub ua ntej US Open. Piv Txwv: Peb siv ntau hnub Sunday hloov ntawm Van Gogh paintings thiab ancient artifacts ntawm Metropolitan Museum of Art , yog ib lub ntiaj teb zoo tshaj.
Tom qab ntawd, peb taug kev ncig lub hnub ci Chaw Nruab Nrab, saib cov phav phav phav phav, cov neeg khiav dejnum, thiab cov menyuam yaus, cov naiskhu ntawm thaj chaw Strawberry memorial rau tua Beatle John Lennon, thiab mloog cov nquag suab paj nruas ntau thaum munching gelato thiab mos pretzels garnished nrog mustard.
Peb tsis muaj lub siab xav nyob hauv lub suab nrov, tuab lub sij hawm Times Square koog tsev kawm ntawv, thiaj li tau xaiv ib thaj chaw nyab xeeb hu ua Murray Hill nyob Manhattan lub Midtown East sab. Muaj 12-zaj dab neeg, nyuam qhuav kho Ramada Inn ntawm cib kev siv ntawm Lexington thiab 30th St. Lub tsev so huv si thiab cov chav nicely decorated, cozy thiab xis, kws ntsiag to, nrog rau ib qho av continental tshais ntawm cereal, bagels, toast, kas fes, yogurt, thiab txiv hmab txiv ntoo tshiab. Tus nqi yog kwv yees li $ 150 ib hmo rau lig-Lub Kaum Hli hmo tab sis nce mus rau $ 200 raws li cov caij hloov pauv rau thawj lub Cuaj Hli.
Muaj ntau lub tsev, cov lag luam me, cov neeg ua haujlwm txhua hnub, cov menyuam kawm ntawv, thiab cov khw nojmov zoo hauv Murray Hill. Ntau qhov qhob cij Indian, qhov chaw barbecue, chaw noj mov ua zaub mov, Suav, thiab qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws nrog lub khw me me - Murray Hill Market ntawm 34 thiab Lexington. Thiab koj tseem nyob deb li taug kev los yog luv luv tsheb los yog subway caij ntawm cov nroog loj ncig xyuas.
Los ntawm LaGuardia tshav dav hlau mus rau lub tsev so ntawm lub tsheb yog txog 20 feeb tsav thiab raug nqi $ 30 rau hnub Saturday.
Peb txhua Hnub Cuam Tshuam
Ntawm no yog peb cov phiajxwm tennis txhua hnub:
- Noj tshais ntawm tsev so noj tshais txog 7:30 sawv ntxov
- Siv lub koos pij tawj ntawm tsev lag luam chaw ua lag luam mus luam Tebchaws Asmesliskas Qhib thiab chaw ua si rau hnub ntawd.
- Sau dej fwj. Tsis txhob ua qhov yuam kev ntawm yuav ib lub raj mis dej ntawm lub chaw ntaus pob tws-uas yog kwv yees li $ 3.50! Txhua tus neeg raug tso cai coj ib lub raj mis dej. Ntxiv ntawm cov dej ntws.
- Npaj cov tshuaj pleev thaiv hnub thiab lub kaus mom-dav hlau. Kub yog nyob rau hauv lub 80s qee hnub (txawm tom qab nyob rau hauv lub kev sib tw, ntev tom qab peb tau ncaim, nruab hnub nruab nrab yog qee zaum nyob rau hauv 60s nrog cua thiab nag.). Tsis muaj qhov ntxoov ntxoo nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov chaw ntaus pob tesniv, tsuas yog ib qho nuj nqi nruab nrab. Ntxiv rau qhov no.
- Tawm tsev so ntawm ko taw thaum 8:45 am
- Nres ntawm lub deli mus yuav noj qab haus huv panini qhaub cij, txiv hmab txiv ntoo, khoom noj txom ncauj, lwm yam zoo li, rau pluas su. Ceeb toom: Tsuas pub zaub mov txaus rau US Open.
- Taug kev mus li 20 feeb (lossis nqa cab) mus rau Penn Chaw Nres Teeb los ntawm Tsheb nqaj hlau Long Island Railroad ntawm Manhattan mus rau Flushing Meadows . Lub tsheb ciav hlau tawm ntawm txhua txhua ib nrab teev thiab caij tsheb yog 20 feeb. Siv koj daim pib lub tsheb npav tuaj yeem ua ntej kom txo tus nqi tsawg dua rau kev mus ncig ua si thiab kom tsis txhob ncua sij hawm ntawm kev tawm mus. Cov pib thiab cov tsheb ciav hlau tau txais neeg coob coob! Ceebtoom: Ntau tus neeg pom zoo # 7 thau moo los ntawm lub Tuam Tsev Zaj Xov Tooj mus rau lub chaw ntaus kis las, tab sis los ntawm Murray Hill cheeb tsam, lub tsheb ciav hlau yuav sai dua thiab yooj yim dua thiab tsuas yog li ntawm $ 8 ib tug neeg, ncig mus ncig.
- Tawm tsheb ciav hlau thiab taug kev ntawm 100 yards mus rau kev ntaus pob tesniv. Yog xav tau kev tshawb nrhiav poj niam los yog lwm qhov chaw thaum tawm hauv lub chaw ntaus tennis, nco ntsoov tias txoj kev ho nyob hauv tsheb nqaj hlau yog nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb.
- Saib cov ntaus pob tesniv txhua hnub thiab mus rau yav hmo ntuj kom txog thaum lub qhov muag zoo li cov daj loj thiab lub caj dab tsis tig.
Lub Chaw Uas Twg, Lub Tsev Hais Plaub?
Thaum tos kom nkag mus rau Billie Jean King King National Tennis Center, peb tau kawm txog cov khub thiab cov chaw thiab cov nyiam xaiv. Dab tsi yog qhov peb nyiam? Kom tau ze li sai tau rau cov players zoo tshaj hauv qhov sib tw match tshaj plaws. Qhov no yog qhov zoo rau ntawm qhov chaw xaiv venue:
- Cov Chaw Sib Cav Arthur Ashe: Muaj peev xwm ntawm 23,700 thiab tau xaiv nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw nosebleed nrog peb daim phiaj pib, qhov no yog qhov chaw vacuous uas peb cia siab tias muaj kev txav ntawm cov players thiab excitement. Ntau loj, deb heev, rau ib qho qhib kev sib tw, txhua yam. Thaum ntxov Ashe qhov khoom siv feem ntau ua rau lub hnub qub tiv thaiv ib tug neeg ntaus neeg tsis muaj npe thiab tsis muaj npe, zoo li # 1 Roger Federer tiv thaiv tsis tau paub txog kev tsim nyog. Tshwj tsis yog tias koj muaj rooj zaum kom ze lossis tsuas yog yuav tsum pom koj cov neeg nyiam tshaj plaws, xav txog qhov chaw me me.
- Cov chaw ua si Louis Armstrong: Tuav txog 10,000 thiab tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua qhov chaw kom pom ntau tus neeg lub npe, tsis muaj tus cwj pwm. Peb qhov kev npaj pib muaj feem ntau ntawm cov rooj, tab sis tsis yog qhov ze tshaj plaws (cov uas raug tshwj tseg). Tus dlej zoo ntawm cov ntais thaum ntxov muaj # 17 Tomas Berdych ntawm Czech koom pheej vs. Wayne Odesnik, teb chaws Asmeskas, thiab thaum kawg US Open Champ Kim Clijsters ntawm Belgium thiab # 14 Marion Bartoli ntawm Fabkis. Armstrong kuj yog qhov chaw ntawm Marat Safin lub xeem qhib match ua ntej retirement-thumped by Austrian Jurgen Melzer.
- Lub Chaw Nres Nkag Grandstand: Peb nyiam! Nrog 5,800 rooj, Grandstand ua rau nws ua tau rau intimately kev mob siab ua. Yuav luag txhua rooj zaum tau rau peb nrog peb lub Mini-Plan pob, nrog rau qee qhov uas yog thawj zaug hauv tsev hais plaub. Lwm qhov ntxiv: SHADE! Peb kwv yees tias 20 feem pua ntawm cov rooj zaum ntawm lub rooj sab laj hauv Weststand muaj nqi heev, tsis tshua muaj ntxoov ntxoo - suab qhov ntxoov ntxoo hauv tag nrho cov ntaus kis las. Peb feem ntau opted rau sab sab hnub tuaj ntawm lub chaw ntau pob, uas zoo heev rau visibility thiab kev nplij siab nyob rau hauv uas muaj ib tug neeg tapered rooj. Hauv qee thaj chaw ntawm Grandstand, muaj cov taub qab tsuas yog sib tw nrog cov tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa.
Peb tau saib Gael Monfils, 13th Fab ntawm Fabkis, thiab lwm tus neeg tho kev Jeremy Chardy ntawm thawj kab, thiaj li kaw 125-mph ua haujlwm rau tej lub sijhawm luv luv thiab hawv yuav ua rau lub lens ntev ntawm kuv lub koob yees duab. Peb pom # 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ntawm Fabkis dismantle Chase Buchanan, USA. Watched # 16 noob Marin Cilic ntawm Croatia yeej ib qho kev sib tw ceev nrig tiv thaiv qees American Ryan Sweeting. Cilic xav mus rau lub pob tw # 2 Andy Murray los ntawm kev sib tw. Nyob rau ntawm cov poj niam sab ntawm Grandstand, muaj # 4 Elena Dementieva ntawm Russia, US upstart Melanie Oudin, thiab # 7 Vera Zvonareva ntawm Russia thiab lwm tus, lwm tus neeg, lwm tus Lavxias - Anna Chakvetadze, thiab ntau dua. Peb tuaj yeem yooj yim pom thiab hnov lub plhom, lub siab, thiab kev xav ntawm lub rooj zaum Grandstand. Peb pib hu nws "peb chaw ua si."
- Qhov Thaj Plaws 16 Lub Rooj Sib Tham: Ntxiv nrog rau peb qhov chaw loj tshaj, muaj 16 "sab nraud" tsev hais plaub, qhov chaw zov me nyuam muaj peev xwm pib ntawm 100 txog 1500. Cov no, dhau los, yog qhov chaw sib txawv thiab peb pom lawv tshwj xeeb tshaj yog caw cov sijhawm thaum tsaus ntuj tshee tshav tau muaj faded. Ntxiv dua thiab, ua ntej koj tuaj txog, zoo dua qhov koj yuav tau txais lub rooj zoo. Peb nyob hauv thawj zaug ntawm Tsev Hais Plaub 4, tsuas yog ob peb taw ntawm Croatia # 27 Ivo Karlovic - qhov loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv qhov kev ua si - raws li Spaniard Ivan Navarro rub tawm ob-tiebreak, ncaj-poob chim siab. Nyob rau hauv qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov txawv txawv (rau hnub no) kev pab-thiab-volley fest, peb pom muaj kev kub ntxhov hauv kev sib tw nrog nrov nrov Latin chants ob peb yards tawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub 6, qhov Nicolas Lapenti ntawm Ecuador raug nplua nyiaj tawm ob los mus tua Federer tus twv ob sib tw tus khub, # 19 noob Stan Wawrinka ntawm Switzerland. SAT txog plaub kab tuaj rau qhov ntawd. Tab sis, qee kis, peb tsis pom zoo nkag mus rau qhov yuam kev vim peb tuaj txog lig. Ib txoj kev tsis muaj txoj kab kawg nkaus yog qhov tseeb uas peb yuav ploj Yelemes # 20 Tommy Haas plaub-teem tua Alejandro Falla ntawm Colombia. Ntau qhov sib tw ua ke nyob rau sab nraud.
Xyaum cov tsev hais plaub muaj kev yoojyim txhua lub sijhawm, tiamsis peb nrhiav pom ntau qhov chaw ua haujlwm thiab tsis tuaj yeem koom ua haujlwm.
Txhawb Koj Lub Rooj
Ok, koj tuaj txog thaum ntxov ntawm qhov chaw koj xaiv thiab lav koj cov rooj zaum. Tab sis ua li cas thaum koj xav tau chav dej, khoom noj txom ncauj lossis taug kev? Tiv thaiv koj lub peev! Muaj ib tus neeg txuag koj lub rooj yog tias koj qhov kev qhaj yuav luv.
Tsis tas li ntawd yuav tsum tau qhia tias cov neeg ua haujlwm pab kom zoo saib xyuas ntawm lub rooj sib txoos ntawm kev ua si thiab yuav thov kom koj zaum tam sim ntawd kom tsis txhob cuam tshuam cov neeg uas ua ntawv. Thaum kev ua si nres, pib taug kev tab sis paub tseeb tias koj tuaj yeem tsis tuaj yeem rov ua dua thaj chaw ua si mus txog thaum NEXT ua txhaum hauv kev ua si. Ushers thaiv txoj kev nkag thaum cov neeg saib kab tawm mus rau reenter thaj chaw ua si ntawm txhua qhov kev ua si thib peb, tom qab txhua lub teeb, thiab thaum xaus ntawm qhov yuam kev.
Khoom Noj & Dej Haus
Peb tsis txaus siab rau cov khoom noj khoom haus lossis cov khoom noj ceev, uas yog qhov peb pom nyob ntawm sab nraum zoov "zaub mov noj" - khoom noj khoom haus kim kim. Xam li 10 bucks thiab rau tus kheej pizza, sandwich los yog lwm yam xaiv los ntawm ib ntawm txog 14 qhov kev txiav txim siab sib txawv. Ib qho pretzel muag yog $ 3.50. Npias yog $ 7.50 ib khob (tsev los yog Heineken). Peb tau ua li cas peb thiaj li tau noj su thiab noj txom ncauj thiab ua noj ua haus ntawm dinnertime.
Tseem muaj kev txhawb nqa hauv tsev nyob sab hauv tsev tiam sis peb tsis coj cov qauv.
Ib tav su peb txiav txim siab taug kev rau khoom noj tam sim ntawd sab nraum lub chaw ntaus pob tesniv. Tus phooj ywg hauv zos tus thawj coj qhia peb tias ib tug laug tig mus rau Roosevelt Ave. yuav ua rau ib lub nroog ntawm "trucker food" thiab txoj cai tig mus rau East Asian Fare hauv Flushing . Peb tau tawg ib lub txiaj thiab tau tawm mus sab laug rau ib nrab-mais los yog li ntawd thiab pom tias yog me me Hispanic-dominated zos ntawm Corona thiab nws cov khw nojmov Mexican coob. Peb tau pom zoo qhov chaw ntawd yog "trucker."
Yog tias koj yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm lub chaw ntaus pob tesnum, tswv yim zoo yog ua rau kev tshawb fawb me ntsis, plhaw rau lub subway thiab lub taub hau ob peb nres ntawm ob tog los mus nrhiav ib lub tsev noj mov uas koj nyiam .
Autograph-Seekers
Ntau ntau cov neeg tuaj yeem nyob rau qhov kawg ntawm txhua qhov kev sib tw kom tau tus Victor's kos npe. Muaj ntau tus menyuam nqa pob cwjmem thiab cov npas uas ntaus pob tesnum ntau tshaj plaws thiab feem ntau ntawm cov players tuaj yeem pabcuam. Tej zaum tej lub sijhawm zoo hauv cov tsev hais plaub kuj dhau lawm.
Diam duab ntsej muag
Yog tias koj nyiam thaij duab thiab muaj kev txaus siab, koj tuaj yeem muaj kev lom zem rau cov duab ntawm cov players. Peb siv Nikon D90 digital SLR lub koob yees duab nrog 70-300mm telephoto lens, uas yog heev serviceable nyob ze ntawm lub tsev hais plaub, txawm tsawg me ntsis nyob rau hauv cov chaw siab dua.
Raws li novices rau tennis photography, peb experimented me ntsis.
Rau feem ntau cov kev txhaj tshuaj, peb siv ceev tshaj plaws ceev ceev muaj, nrog dav apertures los pab muag muag tom qab thiab qhia cov players hauv lub foreground. Peb tau yees ntau cov duab los ntawm 1/00th txog 1/4000th ntawm ib pliag, nyob ntawm lub sijhawm hnub thiab teeb pom kev zoo, thiab siv hom tua kabmob ntev txog plaub koob ib zaug. Tsis tas li ntawd ob peb kis ntawm qhov qis shutter qis rau kev muaj suab muaj npe nrov.
Tab sis txawm tias koj tsuas muaj lub koob yees duab xovtooj ntawm tes, koj tuaj yeem tau txais kev txaus siab los tua cov duab ntxim nyiam ntawm cov neeg ua si hauv qhov chaw ntawm Grandstand thiab cov tsev hais plaub.
Lwm qhov chaw cog lus rau cov duab neeg uas tuaj yeem yog qhov chaw uas koj pom hauv kev sib tham hauv TV nyob ze nkag ntawm Arthur Ashe Stadium, qhov chaw hordes ntawm tus neeg tau txais kev pab yog tom qab cov neeg tshaj tawm zoo li cov McEnroe cov kwv tij. Kuv tau txais kev sib tw ntawm Federer waving rau pawg neeg nyob rau ntawd, nrog rau ntau tus thwj tim ntawm commentator Brad Gilbert.
Tsis-Txhaum
Peb zoo siab rau peb tus kheej kom muaj kev sib txig thawj zaug mus rau US Open thiab xaus lus tias txhua tus ntaus pob tesniv kev ntaus kis las yuav tsum sim mus koom tsawg kawg ib. Koj tuaj yeem siv lub cev, xws li peb, los yog li extravagantly raws li koj nyiam. Koj tuaj yeem tuaj koom tau raws li thaum ntxov-nce nyiaj, ib yam li peb tau ua, los yog mus nocturnal.
Thaum kawg, New York City nws tus kheej yog ib tus neeg ntxim nyiam heev. Tsis yog ib zaug, ib hnub lossis ib hmos, puas yog peb xav tau raug kev tsimtxom lossis tsis yoojyim thaum taug kev lossis siv cov tsheb thauj mus los ntawm cov chaw peb mus xyuas. Txhua tus muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab huv. Thiab tsis tooj rau yam uas peb tau hnov - lub zos ib ncig yog cov phooj ywg thiab pab tau peb txhua qhov chaw uas peb mus. Tiag, peb yuav pom tsis muaj kev txhaum nrog peb qhib kev hauv US.