Oak Street Ranch

Our Last Big Apple Evening... and its a long one

Greetings All,
When the blog left off, we were in resting, blogging and email catch up mode.
The full day of touring and weather had taken its toll. Suffice to say, winter on the East Coast is a little different than in Southern California.

We rallied though - and headed out. The theatre we were attending is just off Times Square. We tried hailing a cab, and they (were smart enough to) ask(ed) where we were going. We gave the address and the guy brushed us off and drove away.

Yes - let me type that again for you - The cabbie turned us down! Not that I blame him, actually. Having to drive down into Times Square, especially on a Saturday night, is the equivalent of a friend asking you to stop by and pick them up after you leave work - If, say, that commute would bring you on the 405 north, around 6pm, or having to drive to Hollywood and Highlands, when there's a movie premiere.
Anyway - we elected to stop bothering with a cab, and headed back to our old friend, Grand Central Station.
As an aside, I have to say, we got pretty good, in a short period of time, figuring out what worked and what didn't work for us, on the subway. We certainly weren't experts, but we did well enough.
Our walk from the subway to the theatre took us through Times Square where it was JUST getting to the point where it would snow. There were tiny flurries... another couple degrees, and you'd really see snow falling. Sadly - it didn't get there, at least not while we were out there.

So - the show. I took some grief about this on the Facebook post. It was Rock of Ages.
Its a slightly sappy rags to rock story, featuring 80's music - like Journey, Whitesnake, Winger, Poison, Styx, Quiet Riot, etc. And, the guitarist from Night Ranger leads the on-stage band...
So, if you're going to see a show, might as well be one that has billboards of Angelyne, the Chateau Marmont and the Roxy.

After the show, Jen and I pondered dinner. We had our big lunch... but we were a bit peckish. And, we have a long night and/or early morning ahead of us. We elected for some appetizers on the second story of the ESPN Zone. The crowd was lively, watching the end of the Texas/Nebraska game. I wouldn't be surprised if some folks had some SERIOUS complaints about the officiating in literally the last second of play, that changed the entire game outcome. But, the crowd was lively, and the view of Times Square was good.

We hopped on the very conveniently located subway station - and back to the hotel.

Ok - So its around midnight. We're packed, and basically now just waiting for time to expire. We have a 4:45am car scheduled to take us to the airport.

After a restless couple of hours spent watching random television, and alternatively laughing at the absurdity of staying up all night, and weeping at the idea of dragging ourselves out - around 4:00am we give up, get up, and start getting ready.
Oddly, this is fortunate for us, as the car service arrived early (no, I mean.. it was already early - but they arrived even earlier!)

Off to the airport. We made it through security, a quick cup of coffee - and now, we're cruising along at 38,000 feet, heading back to LA.
I suspect that after this adventure, it will be a quiet day around the Ranch, spent with pups and football!

Hopefully all of you are having days equally good.

Cheers,

Mitch

posted by Mitch @ 4:50 AM