Tuesday, July 24, 2007

NYC

My roommate Susan and I took a little trip to New York last week and had a BLAST! We both attended our first game in Yankee Stadium...it was SO cool to be there.

You can't really tell because it's so far away, but this is a photo of Roger Clemens pitching! He made it through 6 innings before being taken out of the game and only allowed one run. I felt very lucky to be there on the night he pitched! I'd forgotten what it was like to be at a baseball game in a city where there's a winning team.
Susan and I discovered that all of the hot native New York boys are Yankee fans and many of them were at the game, sitting in our section! They're not only ALL hot, but they're very nice. This photo is of Dave and Vince. They grew up in the Bronx area and Dave now lives in Manhattan. Vince was visiting from Philly. Both had thick New York accents and even offered to buy us a beer! ;)

The next day we spent just walking around, doing a little shopping (I added another Kate Spade purse to the family) and enjoying the city. It was so nice to not have anywhere to go or anything to see, we just enjoyed being in the city and wandering through the Village and SoHo. It rained a bit and was super humid, which was kind of annoying, but it's just nice to be in New York. We ended up in a great little Italian restaurant for dinner and then went up to the theater district to see Curtains.

Curtains was a very funny show, with amazing dancing. We were lucky enough to be in the 3rd row and could see everything...the actors' facial expressions, the spit & the sweat. It was great. David Hyde Pierce is an incredible comedic actor (anyone who's seen the Frasier episode with Niles getting ready for a Valentine's date will agree) and his timing is perfect. It was also great to see Debra Monk & Karen Ziemba!

After the show, as usual, we went to the stage door. Just about everyone in the cast signed playbills and posed for photos. We chatted with a few of them (not a lot of people were at the stage door, which was nice) and one of the actors was a graduate of Point Park (in Pittsburgh) and she was fun to talk to. David took the time to sign playbills and pose for photos with everyone there. He wasn't in a hurry and was very cool! What a great night!!!!!

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