New York Day 2.
I woke up today to the sounds of soccer on the TV. When i awoke to the sound of the announcer going crazy as Portugal scored in the 5th minute of there match against mexico, I grinned with exitment because i knew what the day had in store. We took our time waking up watching the entire mexico game, which was beautiful soccer. Portugal playing 5 starters down, were still playing a great game, spreading out the field and making world cup quality passes. Mexico hung with them and it should have been a tie but they shanked the equilazing penalty kick.
When the game was over we got dressed and headed out to walk the streets. My mom had wanted to go to the only quilting shop in NYC, which doesnt sound exiting at all seeing that its 30 blocks away uphill both ways :) . maybe not up hill but its still along way for a quilt shop but she was soo giddy and happy that i enjoyed every second of it and the shopping. I picked out a couple different patterns that i liked and i will even get a quilt out of it. She is amazing to so that in itself was worth the trip 5 times.
On the way there we stoped and shopped but i didnt buy anything. My mom bought some stuff for everyone she knew and there friends. We stoped at a local diner and I had a sandwich that was cheap and filling. My parents had a salad that was prepared in the coolest way. You walk in and they have just various sizes of containers full of letuce. You pick what size you like and then you hand it to a man behind a wall of glass and in front of him are 30 different things full of salad goodies. He snares at you for standing in awe because he is from NY and that what locals do. Once you get over the fact that there are four kinds of feta cheese to choose from you start pointing and he loads up your salad. Then it goes to another guy who has 30 different salad dressings in front of him and again...the stares and the nervousness of picking fast and then the HURRY IT UP ALREADY! from the local on lunch break. Point and pay. In the end its not that much for what you get and its goood.
After the quilt shop and lunch me and my dad have to find some Ice tea that doesnt have the work Brisk anywhere in the definition. We just happend to find a chipotle and hop in and get us the best and cheapest tea in all of NY. Brewed to the bitterly dark perfection that I like in my tea. We sat in there and watched the NY life walk past the window and talked of old times when my dad used to come to NY often for work. My mom was taking her time in the quilt shop and we just sat and drank tea. It was a great break from all the walking.
When my mom finished what she called "an early Christmas" with one very full and large bag, which i got to so graciously lug all the way back to the hotel. It was no big deal though because i was walking on clowds the whole day. We were off to the hotel and the to Wicked.
WICKED
Way better then the book. Not even a close call. The singing was amazing the acting was amazing. We had seets in the top of the theater but its wasnt a big theater so it was not a big deal. I heard and saw everything with a retaredly big grin on my face. Elphaba and Glinda both had the most amazing voices. Thats all i can think to write about it. I could write an entire blog about how the book is so much different from the play but the play was so much better its just not worth the effort. Go see the Musical its amazing. The end of the first act was my favorite (the defying gravity song).
The show we went and saw was just a matinee so we still had over half the day left for us to run around. We stoped at various delies for these wierd crasaunt things that were covered in chocolate and powedered sugar but it was dry and not very good. My dad got a pound cake that had to have weighed at least a pound and since my food wasnt any good i ate some of that. When we came of the the deli we heard a guy yelling at us. At first when i heard what he was saying I thought that he was joking or it was a hoax because i had tried for the last month to get David Letterman tickets. But to my exitement i was wrong. My mom rushed over and answered the questions and got it right and we now have tickets tomorrow to the tonight show. That was pretty cool to. Tomorrow we have to go and pick up our tickets and since my mom was so happy to get tickets the guy who filled out our form to let us get tickets put an extra star by my moms name and told her to smile and we should get front row seats.
After that we headed over to see what we could get tickets to for the evening show. We went the the TKTS place that sells half price tickets that didnt sell over the internet and found 3 orch. seat to Beauty and the beast. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!!! So we got the tickets and walked around for a bit and into different touristy type shop and i found some cool gifts for friends at home. I didnt buy any yet but i found what i was looking for. Also Ipod nanos that normally sell for 150 are selling for 125 and thats before you even start the haggling, so i will def walk away with one of those before i come home.
After walking around for awhile and we went to see the evening show. Our seats were amazing. The theater was smaller then the last one and it was full of familys with there kids. Beauty and the beast was everything i expected. Gaston and his little dork buddy were the funniest guys. He played the part perfectly. Belle i have determined is perfect. She can sing, she loved to read, her dad is an inventor so you know if they had computers she would love those and to top it all off she is beautiful, hence her name. To bad she is fictional.
When the show ends its about 1030 and i am starting to really get hungry again. So we stick with the them for the day and head to a little deli. This deli happened to be a little more famous then all the others, Carnegie deli. We got what can only be described as a side of cow in the flavor of roast beef and corn steak or something like that. I dont remember what we orderd i wasnt in charge of that...i was incharge of eating and boy did i have a big task ahead of me. I ended up finished half of my dads and some of my moms and then a strawberry cheesecake. It was the best cheesecake i will ever eat. I had the perfect consistancy and melted in my mouth. The strawberrys were huge and very flavorful. The size of the cheesecake as well was stagering, at least the size of my hand and about 3 inches tall. I ate ever last bit of it.
The walk back to the hotel was a long walk and i was happy and full, so i needed a good walk before i got back to the hotle and started writing. I hope i got everything but even as i write there is more that comes to my head, but my fingers are getting tired and i have another long day ahead of me tomorrow (USA plays, David letterman, Lion king and of course all of our meals). So i will say goodnight and ill type more tomorrow.
When the game was over we got dressed and headed out to walk the streets. My mom had wanted to go to the only quilting shop in NYC, which doesnt sound exiting at all seeing that its 30 blocks away uphill both ways :) . maybe not up hill but its still along way for a quilt shop but she was soo giddy and happy that i enjoyed every second of it and the shopping. I picked out a couple different patterns that i liked and i will even get a quilt out of it. She is amazing to so that in itself was worth the trip 5 times.
On the way there we stoped and shopped but i didnt buy anything. My mom bought some stuff for everyone she knew and there friends. We stoped at a local diner and I had a sandwich that was cheap and filling. My parents had a salad that was prepared in the coolest way. You walk in and they have just various sizes of containers full of letuce. You pick what size you like and then you hand it to a man behind a wall of glass and in front of him are 30 different things full of salad goodies. He snares at you for standing in awe because he is from NY and that what locals do. Once you get over the fact that there are four kinds of feta cheese to choose from you start pointing and he loads up your salad. Then it goes to another guy who has 30 different salad dressings in front of him and again...the stares and the nervousness of picking fast and then the HURRY IT UP ALREADY! from the local on lunch break. Point and pay. In the end its not that much for what you get and its goood.
After the quilt shop and lunch me and my dad have to find some Ice tea that doesnt have the work Brisk anywhere in the definition. We just happend to find a chipotle and hop in and get us the best and cheapest tea in all of NY. Brewed to the bitterly dark perfection that I like in my tea. We sat in there and watched the NY life walk past the window and talked of old times when my dad used to come to NY often for work. My mom was taking her time in the quilt shop and we just sat and drank tea. It was a great break from all the walking.
When my mom finished what she called "an early Christmas" with one very full and large bag, which i got to so graciously lug all the way back to the hotel. It was no big deal though because i was walking on clowds the whole day. We were off to the hotel and the to Wicked.
WICKED
Way better then the book. Not even a close call. The singing was amazing the acting was amazing. We had seets in the top of the theater but its wasnt a big theater so it was not a big deal. I heard and saw everything with a retaredly big grin on my face. Elphaba and Glinda both had the most amazing voices. Thats all i can think to write about it. I could write an entire blog about how the book is so much different from the play but the play was so much better its just not worth the effort. Go see the Musical its amazing. The end of the first act was my favorite (the defying gravity song).
The show we went and saw was just a matinee so we still had over half the day left for us to run around. We stoped at various delies for these wierd crasaunt things that were covered in chocolate and powedered sugar but it was dry and not very good. My dad got a pound cake that had to have weighed at least a pound and since my food wasnt any good i ate some of that. When we came of the the deli we heard a guy yelling at us. At first when i heard what he was saying I thought that he was joking or it was a hoax because i had tried for the last month to get David Letterman tickets. But to my exitement i was wrong. My mom rushed over and answered the questions and got it right and we now have tickets tomorrow to the tonight show. That was pretty cool to. Tomorrow we have to go and pick up our tickets and since my mom was so happy to get tickets the guy who filled out our form to let us get tickets put an extra star by my moms name and told her to smile and we should get front row seats.
After that we headed over to see what we could get tickets to for the evening show. We went the the TKTS place that sells half price tickets that didnt sell over the internet and found 3 orch. seat to Beauty and the beast. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!!! So we got the tickets and walked around for a bit and into different touristy type shop and i found some cool gifts for friends at home. I didnt buy any yet but i found what i was looking for. Also Ipod nanos that normally sell for 150 are selling for 125 and thats before you even start the haggling, so i will def walk away with one of those before i come home.
After walking around for awhile and we went to see the evening show. Our seats were amazing. The theater was smaller then the last one and it was full of familys with there kids. Beauty and the beast was everything i expected. Gaston and his little dork buddy were the funniest guys. He played the part perfectly. Belle i have determined is perfect. She can sing, she loved to read, her dad is an inventor so you know if they had computers she would love those and to top it all off she is beautiful, hence her name. To bad she is fictional.
When the show ends its about 1030 and i am starting to really get hungry again. So we stick with the them for the day and head to a little deli. This deli happened to be a little more famous then all the others, Carnegie deli. We got what can only be described as a side of cow in the flavor of roast beef and corn steak or something like that. I dont remember what we orderd i wasnt in charge of that...i was incharge of eating and boy did i have a big task ahead of me. I ended up finished half of my dads and some of my moms and then a strawberry cheesecake. It was the best cheesecake i will ever eat. I had the perfect consistancy and melted in my mouth. The strawberrys were huge and very flavorful. The size of the cheesecake as well was stagering, at least the size of my hand and about 3 inches tall. I ate ever last bit of it.
The walk back to the hotel was a long walk and i was happy and full, so i needed a good walk before i got back to the hotle and started writing. I hope i got everything but even as i write there is more that comes to my head, but my fingers are getting tired and i have another long day ahead of me tomorrow (USA plays, David letterman, Lion king and of course all of our meals). So i will say goodnight and ill type more tomorrow.
posted by tshirtguy | 10:56 PM
3 Comments:
Hope you're enjoying it. I'm nervous about the US game. Lion King is supposed to be amazing though. Have fun.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAW WICKED! I am almost done reading the book. (Only 1 summer after you...) It's weird... I can see how the musical would be a lot better.
Yes Wicked is amazing! I cant describe it. The book was ok at best. The musical is just flat out marvelous.
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