My daughter and I set out by car to Virginia to the Army base where my brother lives. We took our sweet time, stopping often to stretch, eat, and even shop. We did the 8 hour trip in 12 hours. We crashed at my brothers house and when his wife, who had just gotten of of 24 hour duty was available, dragged her into the car and headed out for NY.
At this point, it there was a small chance that any traffic issues could risk our Wicked tickets. So my very tired sister-in-law did the bulk of the driving because I am a notorious slow driver. Everything was going great until we got to the Lincoln Tunnel. It was CRAZY. Bumper to bumper traffic at its finest... but we got to the hotel in time to drop our bags, change our clothes and run 12 city blocks to the Gershwin theater! So. Worth. It. Wicked was great.
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| Photo taken in lobby of Wicked (Gershwin Theatre) |
Then the adventure really began. I hoped to get into one or two more shows while we were there, but we couldn't find anything we felt was worth paying the expensive prices for- for last minute tickets. Next time, we will need to plan ahead. Instead, we did a ton of walking and exploring. A bit of restaurant eating... including having "breakfast" at Cake Boss two days in a row. Yum!
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| Photo taken in restaurant/ bakery, while watching the show on the big screen |
We had a bit of a surprise in our hotel room which I had chosen because it was one of the few NY hotels that did not have a bed bug report... (high standards, right). Well, there were no bugs, thankfully, but someone had stashed a large amount of clothing, and seemingly stolen goods under the bed. In the end, we were only charged half prices, after arguing the the idiot clerks who instead of refunding a night as their manager said, they charged me an additional night.... and acted like I was inconveniencing them!
We also went to MOMA (museum). Thanks to my SIL who is active military, we got in free and viewed the modern art and photography exhibits. We also kind of bumped into Chris Rock, the comedian/actor and SIL forgot she wasn't in her military gear. She tried to get his attention and he was not feeling it. Normally she can get ANYONE to take a photo with her, but no-go with him. She even got two police officers to take a photo with her, and entertained us with her forceful, but fun personality the whole trip.
We crashed at my brothers house on the way back and decided to stay an extra day. I was just too tired to do the drive home. We got home late yesterday after visiting with my son at college a couple of hours.
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2 comments:
WOW, no good deed goes unpunished. It looks like an awesome trip, though. You had to have been saving for years for something like that. New York is not cheap! :)
It was fun Happy. Not too expensive though. The a good amount of her "senior class" with her homeschool group went on a European tour. This was a consolation prize. Interestingly enough, I got a refund from something I was overcharged for and it paid for the trip! Yay! Plus, I'm from there, so I know how to avoid the tourist traps.
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