Today I woke up in Anneliese's bed and after breakfast, we set out for another area of Brooklyn to get discount tickets for a Broadway production, which is one thing I haven't ever done. The discount tickets they had available were still pretty expensive (even with 40% off), but we picked one of the lowest--for Chicago.
Then Anneliese treated me to pie near the apartment she lived in last summer. The shop is called Four and Twenty Blackbirds. I had chocolate chess pie--pretty good. Then we needed to go back to her apartment for her to do homework and for me to finish Friday's blog post!
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| Anneliese at the pie shop |
We stopped early enough to dress "nicely." As nicely as you can on a tourist's wardrobe. A black knit skirt with leggings and sandals was as good as it got! We went to Times Square and were hungry so we stopped at a falafel cart and Anneliese got a falafel and I got a hot dog (seems like a New York thing to do!).
The show was good. We kept comparing it to the movie, which was a problem. But it was fun--and different from the movie. Some fun effects and great voices. And it was fun being in Times Square on a Saturday night--a LOT of people and a lot of energy! After the show, we were both still hungry, so Anneliese suggested Cozy Cafe in the Village (we were there together 2 years ago and I liked it). So we went there and decided to share an appetizer platter--yum! The food was great and the dipping sauces were delicious! It was the perfect amount of food for both of us and we could go back to her apartment. A lot of subway rides today!
Back and soon to bed.
One of my college roommates’s uncle was the director for the revival of Chicago in the 90s. It’s a great show - but the stage version (the version I saw at least) definitely required a lot suspended disbelief and audience imagination to fill in for the lack of sets and costumes. But the music was so great that it was worth it!
ReplyDeleteI agree, it definitely lacked some pizzazz and energy. The music was great, though! And--it was broadway. That, in itself, is something!
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