ETA: In which we get to New York, see friends, see a show, meet not-really-family, and accidentally meet Martha Kent and Perry White.
-- Up at 5:15 AM (stupid someone's-pants calling our home phone), to South Station by 6:30, on 7:15 train.
-- Got to Penn Station around 11:00 (train was delayed 15 minutes due to track work)
-- Went to
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chaos_wrangler's work to get keys, as we stayed with her and G. for the weekend. From there, went and dropped off luggage at their place, then went back to Manhattan.
-- Friend with whom we were going to have lunch had to cancel due to family obligation, so we went to first of many fleishig (meat) meals, this one in midtown.
-- After lunch, went to see our broker. During the time we were there (about an hour total), the market went up over 400 points. Broker requests we drop by more often. :-)
( Our Broker, Ian Rowan )-- From the broker's office, we wandered over to office of
popfiend for a brief visit. Hugs were exchanged, conversation was lively, and visit was quite fun.
( Popfiend Behind Here )-- Went uptown to Lincoln Center to pick up our tickets for the show that evening (Lincoln Center is under large quantities of construction, and we didn't want to be delayed closer to show time getting our tickets). Afterwards, hung out briefly in a Starbucks and then headed in the general direction of dinner.
-- Had dinner uptown near Lincoln Center rather than schlepping back to midtown for food. Limited restaurant choices, but food was *excellent*. Did not eat Bambi. Second fleishig meal of the day (*very* rare for me to have meat twice in a day; we did it three times this weekend).
-- Went to show. Show was *wonderful*. Absolutely magnificent. Words cannot describe the experience. Had eighth-row orchestra seats. Only downside? Clove cigarettes used in production (which we were warned about by signs in the lobby) made
mabfan's and my eyes water.
--
mabfan and I had been invited to come to the stage door to meet
Danny Burstein (the actor, not the brother) after the show, so we headed that way. On the way, we encountered a bunch of the male choristers
heading off to go bowling, and then when we got to the stage door, Danny was already out of costume and waiting to meet us. We had a wonderful conversation with him and (after a bit, since he wasn't going bowling due to having other plans)
his lovely wife. They were sweet and gracious, and Danny signed everything we asked him to. As we were leaving, I got hugs and kisses from both of them.
( Danny Burstein and Mabfan )-- While we were talking to them, another couple walked up to compliment Danny on his performance. The husband of the couple introduced himself to Danny as
Michael McKean, and Danny subsequently introduced
mabfan as "my cousin Michael." The wife of the couple was not introduced, but I later identified her as
Annette O'Toole.
-- Took cab back to home of
chaos_wrangler and G., and then crashed out around 1 AM or so, having been up for close to 20 hours.
