New York City - Aug 11

another Empire State Building

Partly Cloudy and 27 degrees



Miraculously we woke up at a decent time and didn't sleep the day away. I certainly could have, as the time didn't mean a thing to my jet lagged body, but we were up and out by 10.

Because we changed our travel plans and arrived here yesterday rather than today as we had originally planned, we had to stay in a different room last night. It certainly was small, but really didn’t matter a bit considering how tired we were (or as Chris put it I was.)


Our hotel has a continental breakfast which is great, considering Chris isn't remotely interested and I’m not exactly up for bacon and eggs – perfect for solo cereal and juice. After whatever packing we had to do since being here for the last 12 hours we wandered around a bit before having to be back to ‘check out’ of our ‘cozy’ room at noon.

duh

Once

Once checked out (after making ourselves an iced coffee and scarfing down a couple of pastries from the hotel’s hospitality room), we head to the theatre that we have matinee tickets for today to pick up our tickets. In the afternoon we got tickets to see Once - a musical set in Dublin. This is very close to our hotel. As we have chosen our hotel based on the fact hat we are seeing a show so this means a short walk to pick up the tickets.

Because we decided on a show at the last minute we weren't left with much choice on shows, but Once was a great decision. The theatre was relatively small; the bar was on stage before and at intermission while performers played and the show was great.

The evening began with a glass of bubbly at our hotel’s evening wine and cheese reception before we headed out for dinner. Chris found a tiny wine bar about a 15 min walk from our hotel. This meant we were out of the fray that is Times Square – great for seeing shows, but a bit frantic at all times. The evening was balmy and we are able to wander around jacket-less.

Empire State Building after dark

Oh…and on a programming note…I watched The Guilt Trip and 42 on the plane last night. Both were pretty great in my opinion. Not exactly the same – both made my cry – one with laughter, do I need to say which.