We did a lot on this trip, so I'm doing the best I can to recount it. Trips up to NYC always wind up operating at really weird hours (for me, at least). It started with a fairly late arrival into town Thursday night / Friday morning. Couple that with the non-trivial hour jet-lag from the Central Time Zone, and it can be well past 10am before you make it out the door. You just have to roll with it, and be prepared for a couple of lousy days at work when you get back. Now, on to the day:
TKTS Booth - Brooklyn Location
Taking in a Broadway show was on the must-do list. The TKTS booth tries to minimize losses for plays by offering day-of and next-day tickets for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions at huge discounts. It can range from 30-40% for new shows to 50% or better for older plays. We decided on Memphis. And no, that's not ironic.
Lunch? The tacky McDonald's in Times Square. It was cheap, we were hungry, and it was right next to the next stop on our New York adventure...
Madame Tussauds - Times Square
I had never been, Jennifer had visited the one London (I think). We had a coupon from the Entertainment Book that Jennifer's mom got us. So that alone paid for the book. Some of the mannequins looked kinda fake, however; I'm almost certain that was the REAL Michael Jackson. We took a lot of pictures. I'm not sure why people went there before cameras were commonplace.
Strand Books - Broadway between E 12th and E 13th
Home of 18 miles of new, used, rare, and out-of-print books - in other words, Heaven. Jennifer had to cut me off, as usual. I love, love that place.
John's Pizzeria - 260 W 44th
Dinner before the play - highly recommended by Paul & Bekky Robbins. The three of us split a pie with prosciutto while Jennifer tried the chicken Alfredo. Everything was delicious. And pretty much right across the street from the playhouse.
Memphis - The Musical
Not a bad show. It won a Tony in 2009 for something. It sold itself as more of a rock-n-roll show, which I was hoping for. Instead, we got more rhythm and blues. Not bad, but not what I was expecting. It was a lot like Hairspray, only not as wacky. Also, seating in the theater was worse that the Pyramid.
Junior's Cheesecake - 1515 Broadway
Delicious. I had the chocolate swirl, Jennifer got it straight. Bekky got the pumpkin, and Paul got something, but I don't remember what. We had it to go, and ate it back at Casa de Robbins. It was hard not to demolish the bag on the subway.
Tomorrow: Thai Me Down!
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