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Alongside the pink tulips are an equal amount of light yellow tulips. This variety of tulips is very tall, the cups are very large and the overall sense of this tulip grove is very very robust. The tulips of New York City have only about an 8-10 day shelf life. Once the leaves begin to fall to the ground, they are gone quickly, usually between just another 2-3 days.
So if you are a tulip lover, you have to come and see them within a short window of time. But it is sure worth it if you can manage to time your visit just at the right time! If you are going to come to visit NYC at tulip time, get over to Park Avenue, just east of the park. The flower beds in the center of Park Avenue are loaded with tulips in the median gardens in the Spring. The median tulips extend from 44th Street all the way up through 96th Street. Stunning!
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Did you know that New York City is home to several top class American universities? You bet! Most tourists come looking for shopping, the Diamond District, Broadway shows, museums, opera, ballet and a couple of our world famous restaurants and cocktails. Families with college age students know that NYC is home to a top-class education as well. Take southern Manhattan's NYU or northern Manhattan's Columbia University!
Of course, NYC is home to many fine institutions of learning, and the arts are not left out! Ever hear of a little school called Julliard? Well, it is among the most prestigious performance schools in all of the world. Actors, composers and musicians all call it home. During the summer, many musicians can be found performing for free all over the streets of Manhattan. Drop a dollar or a euro in their instrument case and help out a young performer! |
The easiest way around the city of New York is by public transportation. We have both trains and busses. In NYC, the trains are called the subway. In Manhattan the subway is a series of tracks buried below the sidewalks and streets. As the subway leaves the island of Manhattan, the subway rises from the ground in a lot of places. While it is still called the "subway", the tracks are called the "El", which is a nickname for "elevated tracks". |
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Did you know the minimum age to drink alcohol in New York is 21 years old? Tourists to NYC often don't realize their teenage children will not be served alcoholic drinks at restaurants and bars. Even if you wear a pair of our really fun cocktail theme sunglasses, the proprietors won't take the chance! But you'll get a good laugh from everyone in the place! |
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Cherry Hill |
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Children’s Gate |
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Children's Zoo |
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Cleopatra's Needle |
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Conservatory Garden |
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Conservatory Water |
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Continental Army |
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Dave Matthews |
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Delacorte Theater |
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Delacorte Theatre |
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Denesmouth Arch |
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Diana Ross |
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Discovery Center |
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East Green |
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East Side |
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Elton John |
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Fifth Avenue |
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Fort War of 1812 |
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Frederick Law Olmstead |
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Free Shakespeare |
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Glade Arch Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Grand Army Plaza |
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Great Lawn |
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Greywacke Arch |
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Thanks for visiting Shades of Fun! We hope you enjoyed our little tour of the Spring Blooms of Central Park. We will be adding more as the Spring seasons unfold and we documet further the heavenly wonders of the spring season in New York City's beautiful Central Park. |
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Having a birthday? Need great birthday gift ideas? Or perhaps you are throwing a a beach theme party and are shopping for some unusual beach party favors. Planning a trip to New York City? Take a tour ahead of time of our Central Park. We've also visited Huntington Beach in California. Did you know that it's official nickname is Surf City USA. It's named after the Jan & Dean song from the 1960s. Speaking of the 1960s, that decade is now thought of with nostalgia. If you are looking for some retro vintage style cat's eye glasses, we have them in a lot of different colors.
Here at Shades of Fun, we have a lot of special occasions covered with low cost fun ideas. What's our gig? Sunglasses, of course! Let's start off with Quinceañera Gifts. Yes, that is the Hispanic name for the coming of age ceremony, generally celebrated for 15-year-old girls. We love the tiaras, dresses, rhinestones and sparkle!
Then we get right into sort of birthday gift ideas for any age. Birthday cake sunglasses are ours exclusively, we add extra glitter and sparkle to them for the extra WOW effect! But if you are shopping for someone who is turning 40, then our 40th birthday ideas are a fantastic low cost way to celebrate with our 40th birthday present ideas. You will be the biggest hit at the 40th birthday party. And we love our 50 year olds, too! We sprinkle the same magic on our 50th birthday gift ideas, so absolutely perfect for the party guests when you are looking for some great 50th birthday present ideas or need some 50th birthday party ideas. Of course, no one has to tell you the obvious: that 50 is the new 30! Did you honestly think that we were going to stop at 50? No way! Not with 60 being the new 40! Imagine how much fun you will have at the 60th birthday party when you bring along our 60th birthday party ideas for the guest of honor. Everyone will want to have their photograph taken with the guest of honor wearing our really great 60th birthday presents.
A lot of women have joined in with the Red Hat Society for the wonderful dual purpose of having fun and doing charitable work. These are the ladies who like to dress outrageously with feather boas and large wild hat and glittery red and purple outfits. We love them and are delighted every time a club or club member finds us and tells us how much they love our Red Hat Sunglasses! Go Girls!
We also love being part of high school, college and university graduations. Yes, indeed, we certainly do! We have been offering our unique graduation gifts since like the year 1999 and we are so delighted that parents and fellow student graduates love shopping with us year after year. We put theme charms on our glasses and then everyone goes crazy. And we love that, that's why folks come back year after year for our funky graduation gifts. Yes, that's right, funky! And we love our young lawyers, nurses and doctors, that's why we offer Law School
Graduation Gifts, Nursing School Graduation Gifts and Medical School Graduation Gifts. They are all so cute! We take our white sunglasses and decorate them and then on top of all that good stuff, we throw it free gift wrapping. That's insane. Best value for a graduation gift idea on the internet. We also think that there is some interesting pop culture taking place on the podiums of the stages of the USA's graduation ceremonies. Ken Burns, the documentarian, is a very hot ticket as a graduation speaker. And of course, the grand daddy of them all is Bill Cosby. Over the years, wearing his trademark college sweat shirt, Cosby is the United States most prolific graduation speaker.
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We have cocktail party ideas like no one else. That's quite a claim but it is true. If you have a sense of humor, then you will also love giving our hangover cure to someone you really love. Or if you are someone who has to come up with champagne toast ideas or other wedding toast ideas, then a sense of humor in the shape of our champagne sunglasses is a great value for the price. Speaking of weddings, pick up some of our bridal sunglasses, which are white sunglasses, of course, and then the bride will be dressed perfectly indoors and outdoors. Along the same line, well, by now you know that we love weddings, so it will not come as any surprise that we also offer engagement gifts -- our style. That's right, we offer newly engaged couples, well girls, really, these fun wedding ring sunglasses complete with the engagement ring diamond. How cute is that? What a great engagement gift idea.
We are located in New York City, and though it is a very expensive place to live and sell cheap sunglasses, we love it and would be hard pressed to work or do business anywhere else. So if you can't come and visit here, we have put together a Central Park Tour for you to peruse free of charge. We based our photographs and descriptions on the the spring blooms of the month of May, so even if it is the dead of winter where you are, you can feel great and enjoy the Spring blooms of the trees and flowers in New York City's Central Park.
If New York is not your bag but horses and the Kentucky Derby is, then don't even think about going to all of those fabulous Kentucky Derby parties without our Kentucky Derby Party Supplies. That's right, it's your Run for the Roses party sunglasses, complete with roses and in those fabulous red colors. For an extra horse kick in the head, we offer horseshoe shaped sunglasses. We offer them bulk priced for parties.
Many people enjoy a little cocktail from time to time. Witness an entire country like Germany, which celebrates Oktoberfest for a month (see our beer mug sunglasses), or the Irish who are prolific for their culture's love of life in the pub (see our Shamrock Sunglasses), a tip of the cocktail is loved all over the world. Celebrate the next cocktail party that you are invited to with our own version of cocktail recipes.
Speaking of celebrities, today everyone of the stars in Hollywood love those big oversized sunglasses. Some people like them, some don't. But the original celebrities are the ones we like most: Elvis Glasses, Elton John Glasses and Buddy Holly Glasses. Then, of course, there are fictional celebrities who become real celebrities from the popularity of American movies. Take John Belushi and Dan Akroyd who popularized cheap Blues Brothers Glasses. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones were terrific in the Men in Black series of films and the sunglasses they made popular, the Men in Black sunglasses, remain popular today. On the other side of the spectrum is that female iconoclast of style, Jackie Onassis, who once was Jackie Kennedy, of course. She loved big oversized sunglasses and in her honor, Jackie O Sunglasses remain popular today as well.
Many company meetings use sunglasses as an incentives, often using the phrase from the song, "The future is so bright, I gotta wear shades." For these event planners, we offer imprinted sunglasses in a wide range of styles, all of them good and cheap. They are also great for Class Reunion Ideas, Family Reunion Ideas or just plain old personalized sunglasses. |
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Of course, our main product line is funny sunglasses, you would have certainly known that by now. But we also offer some wonderful values in Rhinestone Sunglasses. We use genuine Swarovski crystals for our crystal sunglasses and have created some original designs. We are also very proud to offer Jimmy Crystal Sunglasses at some of the best prices on the internet. Some of our favorite styles are leopard print sunglasses and zebra stripe sunglasses. With our fabulous Swarovski crystal sunglasses, you too can feel like you're wearing rock star sunglasses.
Did you think we were going to leave baseball, football or soccer alone from our wacky grasp? Forget it! Yes, it is true, we offer football shaped sunglasses which are actually different than soccer ball shaped sunglasses and our love of American baseball is showcased in our baseball shaped sunglasses. Yes, the match is very much a natural. Outdoor sports, outdoor sunglasses, you bet! You can bring them for Superbowl Party Ideas or Tailgate Party Ideas. Since Major League Baseball's World Series and Playoff Games are played largely at night and the tickets are so tough to get, the baseball sunglasses, not so much.
In March, the world goes to Louisiana and New Orleans for Mardi Gras Parties. Mardi Gras began as a quasi religious holiday with ties to the French royalty love of pomp and circumstance back in the King Louis days. Today, Mardi Gras Parties are held all over world. Folks in the colder climates celebrate the coming out of winter and since we are in the sunglasses business, we are happy about that. We offer some fun styles of sunglasses just exactly perfect for your Mardi Gras Party Supplies. If you would like to see more ideas, we do offer other styles. See our cheap Mardi Gras Favors.
And of course, we couldn't leave our white sunglasses alone without dressing them up for Christmas. We love our holiday charms, they are not religious in tone (we think that would be disrespectful), and we use them to create our version of Christmas gifts, Secret Santa Ideas and Christmas Gift Ideas. They are perfect for people at the office you may not know very well and don't want to spend a lot of money on them. Perfect stocking stuffer idea. |
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Having a birthday? Need great birthday gift ideas? Or perhaps you are throwing a a beach theme party and are shopping for some unusual beach party favors. Planning a trip to New York City? Take a tour ahead of time of our Central Park. We've also visited Huntington Beach in California. Did you know that it's official nickname is Surf City USA. It's named after the Jan & Dean song from the 1960s. Speaking of the 1960s, that decade is now thought of with nostalgia. If you are looking for some retro vintage style cat's eye glasses, we have them in a lot of different colors.
Here at Shades of Fun, we have a lot of special occasions covered with low cost fun ideas. What's our gig? Sunglasses, of course! Let's start off with Quinceañera Gifts. Yes, that is the Hispanic name for the coming of age ceremony, generally celebrated for 15-year-old girls. We love the tiaras, dresses, rhinestones and sparkle!
Then we get right into sort of birthday gift ideas for any age. Birthday cake sunglasses are ours exclusively, we add extra glitter and sparkle to them for the extra WOW effect! But if you are shopping for someone who is turning 40, then our 40th birthday ideas are a fantastic low cost way to celebrate with our 40th birthday present ideas. You will be the biggest hit at the 40th birthday party. And we love our 50 year olds, too! We sprinkle the same magic on our 50th birthday gift ideas, so absolutely perfect for the party guests when you are looking for some great 50th birthday present ideas or need some 50th birthday party ideas. Of course, no one has to tell you the obvious: that 50 is the new 30! Did you honestly think that we were going to stop at 50? No way! Not with 60 being the new 40! Imagine how much fun you will have at the 60th birthday party when you bring along our 60th birthday party ideas for the guest of honor. Everyone will want to have their photograph taken with the guest of honor wearing our really great 60th birthday presents.
Many people enjoy a little cocktail from time to time. Witness an entire country like Germany, which celebrates Oktoberfest for a month (see our beer mug sunglasses), or the Irish who are prolific for their culture's love of life in the pub (see our Shamrock Sunglasses), a tip of the cocktail is loved all over the world. Celebrate the next cocktail party that you are invited to with our own version of cocktail recipes.
We are located in New York City, and though it is a very expensive place to live and sell cheap sunglasses, we love it and would be hard pressed to work or do business anywhere else. So if you can't come and visit here, we have put together a Central Park Tour for you to peruse free of charge. We based our photographs and descriptions on the the spring blooms of the month of May, so even if it is the dead of winter where you are, you can feel great and enjoy the Spring blooms of the trees and flowers in New York City's Central Park.
If New York is not your bag but horses and the Kentucky Derby is, then don't even think about going to all of those fabulous Kentucky Derby parties without our Kentucky Derby Party Supplies. That's right, it's your Run for the Roses party sunglasses, complete with roses and in those fabulous red colors. For an extra horse kick in the head, we offer horseshoe shaped sunglasses. We offer them bulk priced for parties. |
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A lot of women have joined in with the Red Hat Society for the wonderful dual purpose of having fun and doing charitable work. These are the ladies who like to dress outrageously with feather boas and large wild hat and glittery red and purple outfits. We love them and are delighted every time a club or club member finds us and tells us how much they love our Red Hat Sunglasses! Go Girls!
We have cocktail party ideas like no one else. That's quite a claim but it is true. If you have a sense of humor, then you will also love giving our hangover cure to someone you really love. Or if you are someone who has to come up with champagne toast ideas or other wedding toast ideas, then a sense of humor in the shape of our champagne sunglasses is a great value for the price. Speaking of weddings, pick up some of our bridal sunglasses, which are white sunglasses, of course, and then the bride will be dressed perfectly indoors and outdoors. Along the same line, well, by now you know that we love weddings, so it will not come as any surprise that we also offer engagement gifts -- our style. That's right, we offer newly engaged couples, well girls, really, these fun wedding ring sunglasses complete with the engagement ring diamond. How cute is that? What a great engagement gift idea.
We also love being part of high school, college and university graduations. Yes, indeed, we certainly do! We have been offering our unique graduation gifts since like the year 1999 and we are so delighted that parents and fellow student graduates love shopping with us year after year. We put theme charms on our glasses and then everyone goes crazy. And we love that, that's why folks come back year after year for our funky graduation gifts. Yes, that's right, funky! And we love our young lawyers, nurses and doctors, that's why we offer Law School
Graduation Gifts, Nursing School Graduation Gifts and Medical School Graduation Gifts. They are all so cute! We take our white sunglasses and decorate them and then on top of all that good stuff, we throw it free gift wrapping. That's insane. Best value for a graduation gift idea on the internet. We also think that there is some interesting pop culture taking place on the podiums of the stages of the USA's graduation ceremonies. Ken Burns, the documentarian, is a very hot ticket as a graduation speaker. And of course, the grand daddy of them all is Bill Cosby. Over the years, wearing his trademark college sweat shirt, Cosby is the United States most prolific graduation speaker.
Speaking of celebrities, today everyone of the stars in Hollywood love those big oversized sunglasses. Some people like them, some don't. But the original celebrities are the ones we like most: Elvis Glasses, Elton John Glasses and Buddy Holly Glasses. Then, of course, there are fictional celebrities who become real celebrities from the popularity of American movies. Take John Belushi and Dan Akroyd who popularized cheap Blues Brothers Glasses. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones were terrific in the Men in Black series of films and the sunglasses they made popular, the Men in Black sunglasses, remain popular today. On the other side of the spectrum is that female iconoclast of style, Jackie Onassis, who once was Jackie Kennedy, of course. She loved big oversized sunglasses and in her honor, Jackie O Sunglasses remain popular today as well.
Many company meetings use sunglasses as an incentives, often using the phrase from the song, "The future is so bright, I gotta wear shades." For these event planners, we offer imprinted sunglasses in a wide range of styles, all of them good and cheap. They are also great for Class Reunion Ideas, Family Reunion Ideas or just plain old personalized sunglasses. |
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Of course, our main product line is funny sunglasses, you would have certainly known that by now. But we also offer some wonderful values in Rhinestone Sunglasses. We use genuine Swarovski crystals for our crystal sunglasses and have created some original designs. We are also very proud to offer Jimmy Crystal Sunglasses at some of the best prices on the internet. Some of our favorite styles are leopard print sunglasses and zebra stripe sunglasses. With our fabulous Swarovski crystal sunglasses, you too can feel like you're wearing rock star sunglasses.
Did you think we were going to leave baseball, football or soccer alone from our wacky grasp? Forget it! Yes, it is true, we offer football shaped sunglasses which are actually different than soccer ball shaped sunglasses and our love of American baseball is showcased in our baseball shaped sunglasses. Yes, the match is very much a natural. Outdoor sports, outdoor sunglasses, you bet! You can bring them for Superbowl Party Ideas or Tailgate Party Ideas. Since Major League Baseball's World Series and Playoff Games are played largely at night and the tickets are so tough to get, the baseball sunglasses, not so much.
In March, the world goes to Louisiana and New Orleans for Mardi Gras Parties. Mardi Gras began as a quasi religious holiday with ties to the French royalty love of pomp and circumstance back in the King Louis days. Today, Mardi Gras Parties are held all over world. Folks in the colder climates celebrate the coming out of winter and since we are in the sunglasses business, we are happy about that. We offer some fun styles of sunglasses just exactly perfect for your Mardi Gras Party Supplies. If you would like to see more ideas, we do offer other styles. See our cheap Mardi Gras Favors.
And of course, we couldn't leave our white sunglasses alone without dressing them up for Christmas. We love our holiday charms, they are not religious in tone (we think that would be disrespectful), and we use them to create our version of Christmas gifts, Secret Santa Ideas and Christmas Gift Ideas. They are perfect for people at the office you may not know very well and don't want to spend a lot of money on them. Perfect stocking stuffer idea. |
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Did you know that digital cameras are now being built right into the sidearms of sunglasses? Yes, a company has now released an Oakley wrap style pair of sunglasses with digital camera built right into the sidearm. It takes photos by pressing on a button on the side or -- get this -- the camera has its very own remote control that is the size of am American quarter coin and fits right into your pocket. As it that is not enough to ask of a pair of glasses, the other arm is an mp3 player. Stay tuned here for more on this breaking sunglasses news . . .
Did you know there are now Bluetooth Sunglasses? Yes! Released by a company named Inter Brands, they have 100 minutes of standby time, talk time up to 5 hours. The receiver would combine with the sunglasses and if you don't want to wear the sunglasses then you could take it out as the decoration. The Bluetooth receiver could be used for MP3, laptop, desktop computer, cell phone and the skype.
One Hit Wonder or Mogul in Training? Soulja Boy may have rapped about getting F's in school, but since he's become a celeb, the young'un has obviously acquired knowledge in economics. He has a full blitz tied into his new album. In addition to the CD he is about to release, comes "Soulja Boy Sunglasses", his own signature shoes called Yums, as well as a cartoon titled "Bad Little Homies" about him and his friends. "Crank That" started this young man's wheels crankin!
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