Sunday, May 2, 2010

One Short Day in NYC

What would you do with less than 24 hours in NYC?  I've been a few times in the last year, so I've tried to do something different during each visit.  This is what I did this time around.

My bus arrived around 9:30 am. Angela, Ace, and I met for brunch.  Then we got sweets from Magnolia Bakery and sat outside to enjoy the weather. 

Around 2:00 pm, I fell in love with Bert  in Mary PoppinsChristian Borle's portrayal of Bert is just adorable.  The 7-year-old girls sitting around me were giddy about him too.

In between shows, Angela and I walked around Central Park, through the Time Warner building, ate gelato and dinner (dessert should always come first).

At about 8:00 pm, I fell in love with Emile de Becque in South Pacific.  Oh my hotness.  Paulo Szot plays the self-exiled 44-year-old Frenchman.   And since I have a thing for French-speaking men who are almost twice my age...Emile de Becque is such a dream.  I could listen to him sing "Some Enchanted Evening," "Dites-moi" and "This Nearly was Mine" until the stars turn cold.  Paulo Szot is debuting at the Metropolitan Opera this season in The Nose.

After the show, since Times Square was being evacuated, Angela and I walked from Lincoln Center to Penn Station.  We lingered in the station for about an hour next to the Police Desk.  During this time we got an offer from a guy to get f***ed up with drinks and pot.  We declined.  Then I caught my bus back to DC. 

The good thing about taking a trip to NYC is that there is always someone else who wants to go.  Thank you for planning a trip, Angela! Or if no one else can go, I have the good excuse to visit a few friends who are now living there.  I can't ever leave without wondering when I will come back...always hoping it will be soon. 

I snapped this quick pic in Georgetown upon arriving home in DC Sunday morning.  It's rare that I'm awake at such an early hour in the district (it was about 6:30 am). I'm not a photographer, but I had to try to capture the brilliance of the new day.


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