One night in the city
This past saturday the wife and I spend the day and evening in The City (as a Jersey boy likes to call it) to see a show, have dinner and go to a movie. My sister watched our daughter for the day, and enjoyed herself too. So we were free of responsibility for a few hours! Kinda nice!The Show - "The Pajama Game"
Starring Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara and Michael McKean.
The show was excellent, and we had seats off to one side, but third row. You know a lot of the songs, and the story was funny to boot. Afterwards we got autographs from Harry and Kelli (only they showed at the stage door) who were efficient but nice to appear after the show. Connick's teeth just glowed, as did Kelli.
One of the actors, Richard Poe, played a Cardassian in 3 Trek series as 'Gul Evek'.
The whole cast was very funny and the show was visually very fun.
The Dinner
After the show we went to Niko's, a greek place on 76th that we've been to before and loved - and weren't disappointed! We both ate too much, got to take our time and sat out on the porch to enjoy. Would you like some... Moussaka??
After dinner we wandered around Lincoln Center, as it's just a block or two away from Niko's. I've never been there, so that was fun. It turned out to be a beautiful night and didn't rain as expected, so we took some pics and sat at the fountain.
MB still thinking about Harry, I suppose. ;-)
The Movie
Right up from Lincoln Center is a theater that plays imports and indy films, so we went to see an Edward Norton film called 'Down in the Valley'. An interesting story of a cowboy and a San Fernando Vally teen that fall in love. Very good.
After the movie I spotted Mary Stuart Masterson coming out of the bathroom, but didn't say hi. Apparently she's directing a movie, filming in NYC.
After the film, we made our way back to Grand Central, via Rockafeller Center, wishing we had tickets for the season finale of SNL with Kevin Spacey... but alas we watched it on TiVo later. The Usual Suspects bit was funny! Perp babe? Perp?
It turned out carrying an umbrella was good insurance, as it was a beautiful and cool evening, and both of us were happy to make it back to my sisters. A full day, for sure.
Sis and Charlotte, happy to see us!
posted by Ed @ 9:42 AM
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