This was one insane weekend. One of my friends flew in from Wisconsin on
Thursday night for the weekend. I asked a huge favor from a friend here at William
Paterson and she drove to Newark with me to pick up Breanna. I got a
phone call from Breanna on the way to the airport saying she was there
and was "scared" because there were so many people. I told her to wait
until we went to New York on Friday night. We did not do anything until
Friday night as I had an afternoon Friday that I was unwilling to skip as it was my only class of the day. After class we quickly changed and
got ready for a trip into the city to catch a show. We had tickets to see A Time to Kill on
Broadway.
We got on the bus and an hour bus ride turned into a two hour ride, with the last hour spent sitting outside the Lincoln Tunnel. Apparently
there had been an accident in the tunnel, which blocked traffic. We
finally made it to Times Square with ten minutes before curtain. We
literally ran through Times Square and made it to our theatre with a few
minutes to spare. The show was phenomenal and if any of you ever get
the chance to read the book A Time to Kill or see the movie, I highly recommend it. After the show, Breanna and I went to the stage door where
I got to meet one of my numerous Broadway idols-Sebastian Arcelus. It
was rather awkward at first. My first words to him were literally "I'm
sorry, is is really awkward." However, once I relaxed a bit I got to
talk to him for a while about several things. I offered a hand for a
handshake once we were done, and he ignored it and asked for a hug
instead. I was extremely excited to get a hug and a picture with him. He
was really nice and really funny once we got to talking.
On Saturday we went all over the city to shop. We went to 5th
avenue and several of the high end stores like Saks. We also took the
subway down to SoHo to visit Top Shop which apparently only has 3 stores
in the U.S. We went to a MAC store also, which provides a ton of high
end makeup. On an interesting side note, the company also provides the
green makeup that is used in Wicked for Elphaba. I know, I know,
obsessed Wicked fan right here. We took the subway all over the city and
it took Google and asking several transit employees which trains to get
on, but we successfully navigated the subway system without getting
lost. We were actually quite proud of ourselves. The night ended with a
huge dinner at Applebee's which was really good.
Sunday we went to Central Park and it is absolutely gorgeous! We took a
peda cab (bike cab) around the park for a whole lot cheaper than they
wanted. It is impossible to ignore the drivers selling their services,
but we successfully vetoed 3 of them before we got one for $60. It
was a beautiful day with a cloudless blue sky and warm weather. We saw pretty much all of the park and also saw the
Plaza Hotel as well as several penthouses from the outside. We saw the
penthouse of John Lennon's widow and the place he was killed. There are
several places in Central park that have been used in movies, including
the song/dance scene "That's How You Know" from the movie Enchanted. The fact that I recognized it just went to show how much of an Amy Adams fan I am. We also stopped at the
Central Park Zoo and saw the Tavern on the Green, Strawberry Fields and
other attractions. All in all it was a wonderful weekend topped off with
dinner at the cheesecake factory and the bus driver getting lost on the
way back to campus.
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