By the time I finish this trip report, it's going to be 2012 and time for the next trip- so...Friday morning is always the early morning. It has to be early because if you've ever gone down catch the Statue of Liberty ferry and you've seen the lines that form in the afternoon, you know it's worth it to get on an early boat.
We got every down and on the boat to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. This year we let people get off at the Statue, and in retrospect we should have gotten off there too- we always figure because we don't have enough monument access passes that it's not worth getting off at the Statue and waiting for the next boat for Ellis Island- but this year (similar to the Museum of Natural History in 2008), we were at Ellis Island with every single elementary student in the greater New York and New Jersey area. We did see a cool video that we had never seen before- but basically, it was too crowded to enjoy it like we had in the past (but it was great to see the kids wandering all over instead of just camping out at the gift store).
After the boat ride back, we walked the group up Broadway (and let students rub the Wall Street bull statue's testicles), showed them Wall Street and then it was off to China Town- but before being accosted by a crazy man in the subway that was raving on and on about Jennifer Lopez. Most of the group found him amusing (and some even recorded him with their ipods), but after a bit, he was getting in people's faces and swearing (a lot), I called security- but they couldn't understand me. As the subway arrived, our chaperones did a great job not allowing him on the car with us as we went up to Chinatown.
We let the group go in Chinatown- and the Coxes and us found (with the help of the Coxes awesome I-phone) the best hole-in-the-wall dumpling/noodle place. You got 12 dumplings for $3.00 so we got two orders for us- and then we all got a noodle soup- with various meat products. I think in the end it didn't matter what you ordered because even though I got the seafood one, everyone got at least one baby octopus in their soup. It was awesome watching the man in the back whack noodle dough on the table- just like in The Amazing Race! It was also funny watching our waitress/chef yell at an older man slurping soup on a table so she could give the table to us.
After that, we met up with Arianne and Ben for the free afternoon at the Museum of Modern Art. We then met up with Nate and my parents to go meet my cousin Allison for dinner at The Burger Joint at Le Parker Meridian hotel. It was hilarious walking through the lobby with Nate (and Nate saying, it's really fancy) and then going behind this little curtain and being in The Burger Joint (which looks nothing like the rest of the hotel).
That night the show was Kristen Chenoweth and Sean Hayes in Promises Promises. I thought the show was a lot of fun- even though Jackie sat next to me scowling through it (she's just not a swingin 60's Burt Baccarat kind of gal)- until Katie Finneran came on at the beginning of Act 2- and was brilliant. I thought the dancing and design was great- Sean Hayes was really likable- and he and Kristen signed all my students programs and posed for pictures. For some of the mom's in my group, they were more excited meeting Tony Goldwyn- most notable for being the bad guy in the movie Ghost. He was the bad guy in this musical as well. While I waited for students to get autographs, Jackie went back to the hotel- and was sound asleep before I even got in.
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Katie Finneran was the only thing keeping me awake during Promises, Promises. And then I was out the second she left. Just not a fan of the script. Or the music. But Katie's Owl shawl? Priceless.
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