NYC Part 2

Hi Again,
Well, my Saturday tourist in NYC day didn't go at all as expected, which is just fine.  I took the subway over to Anita and Paul's and dropped of my stuff, got assaulted by Nemo (their cat who coudn't decide if he loved me or hated me) and visited for a while.  I then just decided the heck with it, I was going to see the "Lion King."  I have always wanted to see it so I decided I would just go.  Yikes!  It was expensive!  The ticket was $135 but was totally worth it.  I had a great seat, about 8 rows back in the orchestra level so I had a great view of all the "animals" as they went by in the opening scene.  Spectacular!  I had watched the movie so many times that I knew a lot of the show word for word.  :-)

After the play I walked across the street to the Toys-R-Us store. HOLY CRAP!  It was major sensory overload!  I walked around pretty fast, took a couple photos, got some candy and got the heck out of there. And, walked right into the middle of Times Square on a Saturday.  Again, HOLY CRAP!  What a see of people!  I just can't even imagine what it would be like on New Year's Eve.  I walked up to the Hershey store but again did a quick pass through and had to get out of there before I left in a straight jacket. After living in Alaska for almost 20 years it's pretty hard for me to be packed in with a bunch of people.  (which reminds me, I really need to get my blog up to date and write about my Asia trip!)

After a nice walk back to Anita and Paul's apartment, we got ready to head to their friends sing-along night.  They have a party once a year where everyone gets a song to sing from the year before.  It was pretty darn fun!  I was not put on the spot and did not have to do anything but sit there and enjoy the performances which was really nice. There was some serious talent in that room!

Wow - bed time was about 1am, up at 7am so I could get the 8:15 bus to Newark Airport. Anita was kind enough to walk me over to the bus station so I could avoid the "getting lost" time factor in my calculations.  :-)  The bus ride was fine.  The plane left a little late so I got back home about an hour later than planned.  It sure was nice to be home!  What a quick and hectic trip!  A good one though, customer was very happy, met more of Rachel's family, got to see "Lion King", good stuff.