YoYoNation’s Pat Cuartero interviews yoyo demonstrator and New York YoYo Club organizer Peter Berlinghof at the 2010 YoYoNation Toy Fair After Party. They discuss Pete’s time as a demonstrator, his favorite yoyos, and of course the New York YoYo Club.
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When: Saturday, July 7, 12-4pm
Where: Union Square Park in Manhattan, south side, across from Whole Foods
Why: We know there’ve been Union Square Yo-Yo Throwdowns occurring pretty much weekly thanks to an awesome few — well, this week YoYoNation makes an official appearance. uh … rock on!
Who: All you people warming up for New York States / IYYO! Rock! (p.s., get on that mailing list for frequent updates!)
Weather on Saturday is supposed to be fantastic. Come on out!
Images from this past weekend’s yo-yo festivities in New York:
June 2 — YoYoNation at Governor’s Island Family Festival
Impromptu Freestyles!:
(Thanks Howie, Sebastian, Jovanni, Pat, and Weber for putting themselves on the spot!)
June 3 — New York Yo-Yo Club — June Meet in Union Square Park
A big thanks to all who came out to the Governor’s Island Family Festival and Union Square Park NYC Yo-Yo Club meet this weekend! We had a blast and hope you did too. Pictures and videos to come as soon as we get our sorry act together. We’re out of breath at the moment from packing all your K-OS orders. Again, thanks tons!
Extra! Extra!
YoYonation.com will be hosting an ALL DAY yoyo event on June 2nd on Governor’s Island in NYC!
Yep – this is the same event which we hosted last year! We had a great turnout and everyone had a blast freestyling, showing off, trading yo-yos and even buying yo-yos!
There will also be other entertainers and presentations so that your whole family can enjoy the day!
What: Family Fun Festival on Governor’s Island, NYC
Where: Governor’s Island, NYC (Visit http://www.govisland.com for details and directions)
When: June 2nd, 2006 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm, rain or shine. (You can spend the rest of your day in Manhattan!)
For the official flier of the event, please visit:
http://www.yoyonation.com/events/govisland/GI_fun_family_festival_07.pdf
(You’ll need Adobe Acrobat reader to read the .pdf file).
Also — as we mentioned earlier — we also have a YoYoNation.com yo-yo meet the following day, June 3, at Union Square Park! See the post below for all the details.
Hope to see you in a couple weeks!
That’s right folks…another official YoYoNation.com yo-yo meet is coming up in New York!!
We’ll be doing it WEATHER PERMITTING ONLY, so keep your eye out for the weather.
The details:
Date: Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Location: Outdoors – Union Square Park, New York, NY
Time: 12:00 pm Eastern – 4:00 pm Eastern (approximately)
Directions:
Via Subway:
4, 5, 6, N, R, Q, W, L train to 14th St, Union Square.
1, 2, 3 trains to 14th St. and 6th Avenue. Walk EAST on 14th St. and you’ll run into Union Square Park.
A, C, E to 14th St. Walk EAST on 14th St. and you’ll run into Union Square Park, or transfer to the L train and get off at Union Square.
F, V to 14th St. Walk East on 14th St. and you’ll run into Union Square Park.
From Port Authority:
Follow the A,C,E, directions above.
From Penn Station:
Follow the A,C,E, or 1,2,3 directions above.
Parents, friends, or relatives that will be coming, but NOT attending the meet…or for anyone that needs a break from yoyoing (but psh, who needs that?! haha):
* Cafes and Patisseries in the Union Square Area: Tisserie (17th and Broadway), Joe’s Coffee: The Art of Coffee (13th St. between 5th Avenue and University Place), Starbucks (17th St. and Union Square East)
* A huge Barnes and Noble is located on the North Side of Union Square…I think it’s 4-6 stories of books, periodicals, and anything else you can imagine haha
* Clothing and apparel shopping all along 5th Avenue, starting from 14th St. to 23rd St…
* Furniture and housewares shopping all along Broadway, starting from Union Square North to 23rd St…
* Lowes Movie Theater at B’way and 19th. Regal Cinemas at 13th St and Broadway.
* East and West / Greenwich Villages not too far from Union Square (Union Square is literally right in between the two, on the north side of both Villages…short walk in either direction, and you’re there!)
Brunch / Lunch Places:
$$$: Blue Water Grill (Seafood), Union Square Cafe (American) both on 16th St. between 5th Avenue and University Place
$$: Steak Frites (French Brasserie), Chat n’ Chew (American Comfort), (both on 16th St. between 5th Avenue and University Place), Heartland Brewery (Steaks & Beer), Republic (Pan-Asian) (both of these are on Union Square West between 16th and 17th Streets, Coffee Shop (despite the name, this is a restaurant on 16th and Union Square West), Havana Central (Cuban, 17th St, between 5th Ave. and University Place)
$ McDonald’s (I’m lovin it, Union Square West and 17th St.), Toasty’s (Delicatessen, great sandwiches, Union Square West between 15th and 16th), Chipotle (Burritos, Broadway between 17th and 18th)
Vegetarian: Zen Palate ($$) – Union Square EAST and 16th St
There’s also Whole Foods which is right on the South Side of Union Square…and plenty more. Walk around and check out the scene!
Special Guests: Not sure yet…but we’ll do our best to bring someone in!
NOTE: We will NOT be bringing merchandise to sell.
If you’d like something, please make an order BEFORE the event, and choose PICKUP as your shipping option. Additionally, please indicate that you’ll be picking up the order at the 6/3/07 YoYoNation Meet in your customer notes.
YoYoNation looks forward to seeing you there!
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