Weekend in NY

New Jersey and New York, actually. I had a wonderful visit with Colleen and her sister and brother-in-law. They live at Liberty Point, Jersey City, with a to-die-for view of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline. Pulling onto the Liberty Point access road and seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time was incredible.

We weren't able to get tickets to Eddie Izzard. Colleen and I went into town on Friday afternoon and headed for City Center box office immediately, to no avail. So, we decided to check on ticket availability for various shows at the discount booth in Times Square. "The Boy From Oz", Hugh Jackman's show in previews, was on the board, so we got in line. An hour later, as we approached the ticket window, TBFO was no longer listed; we decided to go for "Gypsy", with Bernadette Peters. At the last minute, though, I asked the guy behind the window if TBFO was indeed sold out, and he said he'd check. Came back with 2 tickets. Yippee! Colleen and I were both very pleased with the show, especially Mr. Jackman. What a stage presence, and what a voice.

We had already started drinking before the show - actually, we started at the Pig & Whistle even earlier, before we got in line for tickets, and then at McHale's at 8th and 46th streets. It was about a half a block from the theater. I just read today that it was a hangout for Dorothy Parker and has been voted "best hamburger in the city". I knew I liked that place. We continued after the show, taking a train into Hoboken and the Whiskey Bar. We drank, did a little dancing and sweated our asses off.

We went back into the City on Saturday, this time for some eats and some sightseeing. We ate at a bistro in SoHo, then walked through Little Italy and Chinatown. Then we took the subway uptown, sat on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and watched a pretty bad mime. Then into Central Park for a long but leisurely stroll.

We were too tired (or at least I was) to do much more than hang out on Saturday night, so we stayed in and watched a couple of episode commentaries on the Alias DVDs. And eat some chocolate chip cookies.

All in all, a great weekend. Thanks, Coll!

(photo by me on Colleen's camera)