As many of you know, muh wife and I really enjoy going to the city to see Broadway shows. We get to do it a few times a year on a good year and twice in a bad year.
We dragged ourselves out of bed early on Saturday morning as we had a black tie affair the night prior, put on some decent clothes, packed up the dog for a night at Pet Pals and drove into the city.
When we go to see shows we don't know what show we are going to see. We get on the TKTS line and await to see what show we can see at 50% off. This time around we were fortunate to arrive 1 hour and 15 minutes early to get on line. We were pretty close to the front of the line. What always cracks me up is that if we were to arrive just 15 minutes later, the line had tripled in length and 15 minutes after that, the tripled length line would triple again! It's an exercise in logarithms.
We had some interesting choices and opted for The Light in the Piazza -- last year's top Tony winning musical although it didn't win Best Musical. It was up about 20 blocks in Lincoln Center... It being 10:00 a.m. at this point and with the show starting at 2:00 p.m., we had to kill some time. We normally just walk around and kill time window shopping or whatever, but for some reason, Tangent Woman actually agreed to my suggestion to be a tourist and go up the Empire State Building. Neither of us remember ever going up the ESB so... what the heck.
When we arrived, we were told that it was a short wait to get to the top. We were told this at EACH of the intervals in the building so the total time that it took to the top totalled an hour and 15 minutes. It's amazing... because once we got to the top, it made the whole wait and cattle herding experience worth it. We could see for about 5 miles and it is amazing that even in New York City, the air was crisp and clear.
With improper walking shoes and a 32 block walk ahead of us... (It was almost noon at this point), I suggested that we grab the Subway... to search for a restaurant up near Lincoln Center. Once again, my suggestion was accepted and we arrived in our spot about 10 minutes later.
Lunch was eaten at Cafe Fiorello where we shared a fancy pizza and ate some fantastic sweet bread before hand. The place was packed so we opted to sit at the bar. With the way the bar was shaped, the corners were dramatic so we were essentially facing each other even though we were sitting on either side of a corner. It was a nice little meal. Not the best, but still pretty darn good!
Muh wife and I liked the show a lot. We both recognize that it wasn't the best show ever made, but the show was still one of the better ones produced (Our hearts are still with Avenue Q... you must see that show... you simply must... ) When we walked out, we didn't hear too many positive things. It was a light show without much depth. My favorite line was by a woman who judgmentally said -- "It just goes to show you that people like simple things..." I hated the way she said it and I hated her condescending face. I almost dropped her.
We then walked the 30 blocks to our car, and made our way over to Brooklyn where we went to a birthday party for our friend. She was turning 35 and returned home to her parent's house for a party. It was fun and the coolest bit of knowledge we gathered was why there were construction vehicles and markers all around the nearest intersection. It was the location of that huge sinkhole where the SUV dropped straight into it from a couple of weeks ago. That story dominated the news for two days... it was cool...
We made it home around midnight and were sad to remember that Tucker was in the resort. When we awoke the next day, we headed over to muh parents to celebrate another birfday... delaying our pick up of Tucker and making us sad in the process. We eventually picked him up around 7:00 and headed home to relax before the next busy weekend started.
Not a bad weekend...it wasn't relaxing, but at least it was fun and eventful.
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