Thursday, we decide we will go to Broadway tonight. As I have the time, and I am all about saving money, I head off to the TKTS booth. This is the half price ticket centre. You never really know what shows will be available until you get there. Apparently "The Lion King" and "Wicked" are NEVER available at half price. Again, because I have the time I decide to walk. On the way I find a few interesting things.
This is a plaque that I see on the wall as I walk along 55th Street. Who knew that the Glasgow School of Art had friends here in Manhattan. I am impressed.
I had to photograph this ad in the window of a shoe repair store at 55th between Lexington and Park for Hannah. For those of you who do not know "Christian Louboutin" is the designer who has red soles on his shoes. Hannah Phang has 2 pairs (one pair was given to her by Heather Jones) They are very expensive otherwise her closet would be full of them. What a good idea for someone to come up with red rubber soles to protect or repair them.
Now isn't this the way to cover your doorway while you are renovating? I guess this is the city of design. Thank you to Christian Dior on 57th and Madison. It is truly amazing what you will see in this city on any given day.
The traffic is crazy at the moment thanks to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Roads are closed and the police presence is way up. President Obama is in town.
Another little bit of information on the Catholic Church quest, I was googling one specific church and managed to stumble upon another blog. http://www.catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com
This is a blog that a young man (30) started. Kind of what I wanted to do but so much more. He decided to attend Mass at every Catholic church in Manhattan. He has great photos and details about each church and links to other relevant websites. It has taken him almost 3 years (seeing as I only have 3 months I don't feel too bad at not coming up to his standards). It also sounds like he was on his own spiritual journey.
For Bill Knutson - he says there are 96 catholic churches here.
So - I get to the TKTS booth about 2.15 pm. It does not open until 3 pm. I have a very nice chat with 4 other women waiting in line. We chat about our time in New York, where we are from, where we are staying. 2 of them go home with web sites I gave them - www.homeaway.com and www.vrbo.com
These are web sites to find apartments to rent instead of hotels. I get my tickets to "Next to Normal" and I am on my way home at 3.15 pm.
Why, I don't know, but I walk home. Realizing I have been on my feet for 4 hours - no wonder my feet hurt. I rest up at home before we head out to the theatre - by subway this time - at 7pm.
I should point out that Terry has just spent an hour booking up a couple of weekends in December for Whistler !!!!! That snowboard is calling out to him.
We meet Hannah at the theatre. We love "Next to Normal" It is so good. It won the Pulitzer Prize this year. There have only been 8 musicals to win this award, the last one was "Rent" which was our all time favorite until we saw "Wicked". Rent is still number 2 on my list.
While at the theatre - by the way we had great seats - 7th row in the orchestra aisle seat - I see a fellow I recognize - of course I don't know from where, so I ask Hannah. She gets very excited she says it's "Chad Michael Murray" I have to say, at this point, this means absolutely nothing to me. She tells me he is one of the stars of "The Hills" a show she watches and I guess I have seen him - I think it is one of those semi reality shows. He is sitting 2 rows in front of us. She "facebooks"and BBM's this info on her Blackberry and gets 8 comments back before the end of the show - technology.
We send Hannah home in a cab and Terry and I go home via subway. Times Square is amazing at 11 pm. We arrange to meet for lunch tomorrow in Little Italy. I will meet Hannah after school at 1.30pm
Till tomorrow.
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