I'm here! And wow, there are a ton of people in New York! Friday we flew into Newark and took a limo (!) to the hotel. Don't shoot me now, we're staying at the Waldorf. Then we walked around and saw Times Square, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, and a bunch of other stuff in mid Manhattan. We were 10 minutes late to be in a lottery to buy $20 tickets for front row seats to see Rent. We bought tickets anyways and it was very good.
Saturday we met friends, LostInNY and his wife and later Greg's ex-girlfriend Juli and her husband. We saw the Billy Joel musical Moving Out. Excellent show, I loved the choreography. Afterwards we walked around Times Squares again (did I mention there's a ton of people here?) and then back to the hotel to change. We had a few hours to kill before our dinner reservations so we had sushi here at one of the Waldorf's restaurants. It was my first sushi (we had California rolls and Spicy Tuna) and it's great. Plus it's really hard to get good sushi in Ohio. lol
Dinner reservations were at Cite, Juli and her husband's pick. Great atmosphere, it was a lot of fun talking to them all. We had some sort of "wine dinner" which meant they kept pouring wine and champagne. 2 glasses of each later and I really can't tell you if the food was good or not. lol LostInNY's wife and I totally hit it off while Juli was little more quiet. We were back at the hotel after midnight and LostInNY and his wife left to catch a train home. And the room was spinning...
So this morning I was too hung over (and sick) to keep our brunch reservations but the restaurant let us move it to tomorrow. I think this afternoon we're going to the Empire State building and Ground Zero. The weather is a bit chilly for so much walking around (around 40 degrees and windy) but I'm really enjoying myself.
Back home, the twins are having so much fun that my aunt had to drag them in to talk to me on the phone. Kelly's being spoiled to pieces of course. Unfortunately the other babysitters aren't having as much fun with the boys. Friday Zach got sick at school and Tommy had to pick him up early. Then yesterday Kyle was puking. :( Huge doses of Mommy Guilt. The boys seem to be fine today according to Tommy. Still I feel I awful.
Quote of the Day: "The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79... When it's fall in New York, the air smells as if someone's been frying goats in it, and if you are keen to breathe the best plan is to open a window and stick your head in a building." -Douglas Adams from Mostly Harmless, 4th book of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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