Back In July, we gave our Ben Sherman fans the chance to win a weekend trip away to the Big Apple, by signing up for our fountain of all Sherman knowledge newsletter, INBOX.
With the chance to receive up to date information about our brand, and the added incentive of a trip to New York- we were obviously flooded with names. However, the lucky winner was Toby Oliver.
Toby wrote us a little blog about his time in New York, courtesy of Ben Sherman:I was thrilled when I found out I had won a break to New York. I jetted off to the Big Apple last Friday with my friend, Karim. The hotel we stayed in, The Strand, was located in the Garment district in Midtown Manhattan, right near the Empire State Building. It had an amazing rooftop bar - in the evening you can go up and have a drink with the famous skyscraper looming right over you. After settling in, we went to explore some of the surrounding area including a walk through Central Park and dinner at a diner.
Saturday was very hot and sunny – we decided to take the subway to downtown, the financial district. Walking past Ground Zero we saw the progress they’re making on the Freedom Tower, the replacement for the Twin Towers. We went through Wall Street and past the Stock Exchange, and paid a visit to Trinity Church – an English-style church located in the heart of Downtown – it was once the tallest building in Manhattan, but now dwarfed by vast skyscrapers. We then walked through Mulberry Street in Little Italy, near the Lower East Side, where many immigrants in the early 20th Century settled on arriving in the USA, and happened to catch an Italian-American parade. After that we checked out the shops on Broadway.
On Sunday we visited Times Square and Macy’s - the famous department store including the Ben Sherman section. We then climbed to the top of the Empire State building and saw spectacular panoramic views of New York from every direction, from Brooklyn and Queens in the East to New Jersey in the West. After relaxing in Bryant park for a while we caught the plane back to the UK from Newark Airport. Thanks to Ben Sherman for a fantastic weekend!
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