the only bummer of the long weekend in the new york was that event day, the day on which we were holding our k9k pet cancer awareness dog walk across the brooklyn bridge, was 48 degrees and pouring rain. six hours in those conditions and i don't remember ever being so miserable. when i got back to my hotel, i literally took my boots off and poured them into the sink.
the weather was such a total buzzkill, with only 105 of our 300+ registered participants showing up for the walk. Although, don't get me wrong, we were grateful for that high a number!
this is the second year in a row that this event has been rained on, so i'm not sure whether we'll be able to do it again. :(
highlight #1:
a $10 new york manicure.
it's been literally months since my last manicure, which is the only self-indulgent pampering i consistently engage in. but when you're constantly running through airports, hauling luggage and boxes, there's no point in wasting money on a manicure. with the impending arrival of may, a month in which i'm home for almost the entire duration, new york was the perfect place to remedy the tragedy that has become of my hands.
highlight #2:
spending time with deb while taking in the (relatively) new high line park.
The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets. Section 1 of the High Line is open as a public park, owned by the City of New York and operated under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Friends of the High Line is the conservancy charged with raising private funds for the park and overseeing its maintenance and operations, pursuant to an agreement with the Parks Department.
When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features are also included in the park.
it was a spectacularly beautiful new york day (ironic considering that the following day would be soooo ugly), sunny and upper 60's. while there were many new yorkers enjoying the park, it didn't feel too crowded or bustling, which always makes for a nice change in a typical new york day.
we sat on the sun deck catching up on her recent trip to berlin and enjoyed the various art works and greenery the park had to offer, before heading home to ready ourselves for the main attraction.
highlight #3:
american idiot on broadway.
my pop-culture enslavement sometimes yields great rewards. after seeing green day's performance with the broadway cast of 'american idiot' on the grammy's months ago, i asked deb about getting tickets to the show during my next work function in the city. it turned out that it would actually be opening week for the musical, but deb was able to secure tickets for us.
my experience ON broadway is actually fairly limited, so i was looking forward to taking in my first musical there. american idiot is based on green day's album of the same name, a classic tale of disaffected youth and suburban escapism. the plot was so-so, but the music was fantastic, as was the set and the majority of the performances.
the bonus came when, just before the house lights went down, green day entered the theater and took their seats to watch the performance.
i'm going to have to remember that opening week is a good week to see a play!
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