The Big Apple

Arriving in NYC can be described as SUPERsizing life. I was overwhelmed with the magnitude of people and spaces. I just started taking pictures. When you look in my NYC photo album (found in Cat's Photo Albums in the sidebar) you may think the pictures are random....well they are, I was snapping from buses, cabs, windows, street corners, etc.

There is so much to do, so we started by taking a tour bus around a small section of the town. We got off the bus to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and found ourselves in the middle of a parade.

Turns out the parade was not for Glory and me, but instead it was the 50th German-American Steuben Parade. The Grand Marshal was Henry Kissenger (no picture...sorry Kissenger fans).

I forced my sister to take me to TWO quilt shops. She was very tolerant and suggested this photo op. I stood in the pink section for the picture as it is my favorite color.

It's hard to write about Jersey Boys. Know in advance that there is no way I can get the experience down in words. How can you describe something so sensory? But I want you to know how I came to be a fan, so here it goes.

It all started last year when I made a birthday CD for Glory. I got Bill, Sue and David to tell me songs she loved when she was in high school. One of the songs on the CD was "Can't Take My Eyes of of You" by Frankie Valli. I was intrigued and I ended up downloading more songs by him and the Four Seasons for myself.

When asked what play I wanted to see while in NYC, the first thing that came to my mind was Jersey Boys. Tickets of course were sold out, or cost $345.00 a seat, but as the boys say "Big Girls Don't Cry".

Glory managed to get "actor's seats" from someone, who knew someone ,who had a nephew who was a producer. We were 8th row, center and the whole thing was wondersful. I sat there and sang all the words to every song. I even got a little emotion when he sang "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You. I am happy that most of the songs are already on my iPod.

How much do you think these two bags of chips cost? Go ahead, guess. The answer is in Cat's Photo Album under NYC. I laughed out loud when the clerk told me.