So, I had a wonderful vacation. New York was awesome. (no yarn shopping done, though. Ah, well - maybe next time)
After last minute panic - Actors' Equity union had been working w/o a contract since the end of June, and talks broke down on the Saturday before we left... leaving very open a strike. Closing almost all Broadway shows. But 5pm on Monday (7pm flight...) a preliminary agreement was made. Whew! Trip was on! We flew out Monday night, and got to our hotel just off Times Square - the Hotel Belvedere. Nice enough hotel. Very decent rates.
Tuesday we attempted to get into the Conan O'Brian show. We stood in the standby line, and got standby tickets (they handed out 75, and we got the 71st and 72nd). This gave us the right to come back later and stand in line again. At which point, they took the first 40 people (sniff). In between, we did a bus tour of downtown. In the rain - but being former Seattle dwellers, we scoff at rain - and we sat on the top of the bus (outside). We got a little wet - mostly from stitting on wet seats, though.
After being disappointed about getting into Conan, we went to Chicago (the musical - we didn't skip town). This summer, the character Roxy Hart is being played by Trading Spaces' Paige Davis. She was very good - the show is wonderful.
Wednesday we started our day with a bus tour of Uptown. Fortunately, no rain. At least not in the morning.... We then hit the afternoon matinee of Avenue Q. Essentially Sesame Street for Grownups. Very Very Good - but not for the easily offended. And definitely not for children. Don't be fooled by the puppets - this is an adult show. Full puppet nudity, adult themes and language. Raunchy. I loved it. The music is catchy, the acting good. It was a bit odd to start - the puppetteers are visible - they carry the puppets and act with them. But you get over it quickly. I cracked up over "The Internet is for Porn"
Wednesday night we went to seeWicked - the main reason for our trip. This is a wonderful show - I've been singing the music ever since. (My poor iPod is getting tired of it :-) )This show also called the timing of our trip - we wanted to see the show before July 18th, as that was the last day for 3 original cast members - Kristin Chenoweth, Norbert Leo Butz, and Joel Grey. We didn't get to see Mr. Grey... but everyone else was wonderful! Ms. Menzel truly deserved her Tony. The story is loosely based on the novel Wicked: the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Different in some fundamental ways, but definitely based on the book. It is a fun story - Elphaba (Wicked Witch) and Glinda are college roommates - and it runs from there.
Thursday morning we did a quick tour of Liberty Island and Ellis Island, then headed for the airport. See - no time to find yarn shops. No time to knit - except on the plane. And during the long wait for our flight on Thursday - we had given ourselves a healthy buffer to allow for traffic. Then, the traffic was fine, of course.
Knitting Update
I have done some knitting - see my progress on my Kersti! Isn't it wonderful!
And, I started my Charlotte... The first color goes by so fast - and I'm almost to the point to add in the third. However, I need to buy more of these stitch markers. I've decided that marking each repeat of the lace is a good way to go. I catch errors really quickly that way (and I've missed about 6 yarn-overs by this point!)
Such fun projects - yes, its Koigu city around here.
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