On the road
Jul. 31st, 2007 01:18 pmIn mid-July, I joined Rich on a business trip to NYC, staying in a posh hotel (where his conference was) in the middle of the theater district. It was a bizarre place (Marriott Marquis): the lobby was on the eighth floor, and the elevators were quite challenging. When you stepped into an elevator, the first thing you notice is there are no buttons to press to indicate the floor you are going to. Instead, you are supposed to go to a kiosk outside the elevators, type in the floor you are going to, and then the kiosk tells you which elevator (named A-P) you need to take.
We saw a matinee of “A Chorus Line” (I had seen it 30 years ago, from the very last row in the balcony – cheapest seats possible). We ate dinner at a French restaurant in Soho where I think we were the only people who spoke English (we were surrounded by tourists from other countries), and then wandered to the Village to see the midnight showing of Buffy the Musical – singalong.
That was a blast. There were trivia questions to start and some additional clips. Everyone got a goody bag and we were supposed to do specific things at certain moments (blow bubbles, play the kazoo). There were people dressed as the characters acting out the action on the screen. Basically, a toned-down Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s on tour (Atlanta, San Francisco, San Diego): for information go here (it’s coming to DC in November …. Hmmm.)
Sunday, while Rich worked, I went to a street fair and walked a lot. At night I got half-price seats to see “The 25th Annual Putnam Valley Spelling Bee” – which I enjoyed immensely.
Monday I met![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
yav_14 and managed to find things in NYC she hasn’t seen yet. We walked to Belvedere Castle and the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park, which are two of my favorite places, and the Guggenheim, my favorite museum (which unfortunately is totally hidden under scaffolding). We walked down Madison Ave., and noted all the stores hollywdliz would want to shop in. In her honor, we went into a Prada store and touched shoes. After some more wanderings and dinner in a Spanish restaurant whose menu had an inordinate number of Italian entrees we parted ways at the bus terminal. The next day I flew back to Vermont.
This past weekend on Sunday we drove to Boston and saw the Edward Hopper exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts. I had no idea that he had vacationed in Truro for years (where we go every summer) – it was neat to see all those paintings of Truro. We then went to Ikea and did some dorm shopping for Caroline.
And thus ends a really boring entry. Except for the Buffy stuff.
We saw a matinee of “A Chorus Line” (I had seen it 30 years ago, from the very last row in the balcony – cheapest seats possible). We ate dinner at a French restaurant in Soho where I think we were the only people who spoke English (we were surrounded by tourists from other countries), and then wandered to the Village to see the midnight showing of Buffy the Musical – singalong.
That was a blast. There were trivia questions to start and some additional clips. Everyone got a goody bag and we were supposed to do specific things at certain moments (blow bubbles, play the kazoo). There were people dressed as the characters acting out the action on the screen. Basically, a toned-down Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s on tour (Atlanta, San Francisco, San Diego): for information go here (it’s coming to DC in November …. Hmmm.)
Sunday, while Rich worked, I went to a street fair and walked a lot. At night I got half-price seats to see “The 25th Annual Putnam Valley Spelling Bee” – which I enjoyed immensely.
Monday I met
yav_14 and managed to find things in NYC she hasn’t seen yet. We walked to Belvedere Castle and the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park, which are two of my favorite places, and the Guggenheim, my favorite museum (which unfortunately is totally hidden under scaffolding). We walked down Madison Ave., and noted all the stores hollywdliz would want to shop in. In her honor, we went into a Prada store and touched shoes. After some more wanderings and dinner in a Spanish restaurant whose menu had an inordinate number of Italian entrees we parted ways at the bus terminal. The next day I flew back to Vermont.This past weekend on Sunday we drove to Boston and saw the Edward Hopper exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts. I had no idea that he had vacationed in Truro for years (where we go every summer) – it was neat to see all those paintings of Truro. We then went to Ikea and did some dorm shopping for Caroline.
And thus ends a really boring entry. Except for the Buffy stuff.
