FAO Schwarz

This is the toy shop where they filmed Big.  Well, at least the part with the piano.

You've seen me mucking about on that already though.  Would you believe that while you wait to have a go on the piano, they take a photo of you and greenscreen you onto the piano so they can sell you a keyfob of you pretending to be on the piano?

Or you can just take a photo of yourSELF ACTUALLY on the piano.  Which was the route I took.

Partly because they made me do jazz hands.

Here's the sweet little ritual they go through every morning to welcome the punters.  Once you get inside, all the employees are lined up like the "downstairs folk" at an English mansion, clapping and saying welcome.

It was beautiful.

Here's a man made of jellybeans

Here's a stand inside FAO Schwarz where you can make your own muppet!  It was really sweet, but at $99 I didn't really fancy lugging a muppet round Manhattan for the rest of my stay.

More to follow.