I survived NYC!
Aug. 15th, 2010 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sam_gamgeeActually, it wasn't that bad.
I got up to Loretta's a little before one yesterday. From her place, we headed up into Jersey and up the Garden State Parkway to the Metro Park Station. It was a good thing we had budgeted an extra hour to get there because we ended up using it due to traffic. And we *just* missed the train we wanted to take into the City. Thankfully, there was another half an hour later and we would still have enough time to get to the theatre. Once we got to NYC's Penn Station, we headed outside and walked over to the subway we needed to get downtown to the theatre. While we were waiting to get in, we went down to the little corner store/deli and got sandwiches.
Kate Hewlett's play, The Swearing Jar, was in the Connelly Theatre - which is a little theatre that seats about 200 people. There was a good crowd - it wasn't sold out, but there weren't many open seats. And it was amazing. It was well-written and acted and everything looked and sounded great. Afterwards, we waited for Kate and Loretta and I both got to talk to two of the other actors - who were very sweet. Surprisingly, Kate remembered meeting me before (since it was almost three years ago at the Creation Con in Secaucus), and it was fun getting to talk to her for a couple minutes before she had to run.
From there, we headed the few blocks over to The Living Room to see Common Rotation. Since we had a little over an hour until they were set to go on, we walked a little farther down the block and went to Mikey's Burger since we were hungry. She says the turkey burger was good. And I just got some fries and a black and white shake - which were good. We ended up hanging out in the front bar of the Living Room for over an hour - which wasn't fun because it was small, crowded, and hot. We had to wait for the group before Common Rotation to finish and for things to get cleared out and reset before we could go in. And it ended up that instead of them starting at ten, they started at 10:37.
But it was a fun time. They played for about 50 minutes. And there's a lot of new-to-me stuff, since (prior to this week) I haven't seen them perform and I'm horrible about checking the Union Maid. Afterwards, I didn't get to talk to Jordan, said hi to Eric, and got to talk with Adam about something we had discussed on Tuesday. And I got a couple hugs from him and thanks for coming up to see them.
We then headed back to the subway and just missed one of the trains. And the next one was a few minutes late and it was already going to be tight getting back to Penn Station. As we went into the Madison Square Gardens entrance, we figured we wouldn't be able to get the 12:45 train and that we'd have to wait for the 1:30, but it hadn't left yet, so we ran and just got on. After that, it was an easy trip back to Loretta's place and (against my better judgement, I stayed awake the entire time). After leaving Loretta's, I stopped at a Wawa and got one of their frozen caramel cappuchino, figuring the cold, sugar, and caffeine would keep me awake. I ended up drinking about a quarter of it, because it's heavier than the Panera type drink that I'm used to and it didn't sit well. I think think I broke the sound barrier a couple of times - or at least it felt that way since I made *really* good time on the way home.
I got home at 4:30 and basically fell into bed. And then got up at ten.
It was a *great* trip and I'm glad Loretta and I were able to do it.
I got up to Loretta's a little before one yesterday. From her place, we headed up into Jersey and up the Garden State Parkway to the Metro Park Station. It was a good thing we had budgeted an extra hour to get there because we ended up using it due to traffic. And we *just* missed the train we wanted to take into the City. Thankfully, there was another half an hour later and we would still have enough time to get to the theatre. Once we got to NYC's Penn Station, we headed outside and walked over to the subway we needed to get downtown to the theatre. While we were waiting to get in, we went down to the little corner store/deli and got sandwiches.
Kate Hewlett's play, The Swearing Jar, was in the Connelly Theatre - which is a little theatre that seats about 200 people. There was a good crowd - it wasn't sold out, but there weren't many open seats. And it was amazing. It was well-written and acted and everything looked and sounded great. Afterwards, we waited for Kate and Loretta and I both got to talk to two of the other actors - who were very sweet. Surprisingly, Kate remembered meeting me before (since it was almost three years ago at the Creation Con in Secaucus), and it was fun getting to talk to her for a couple minutes before she had to run.
From there, we headed the few blocks over to The Living Room to see Common Rotation. Since we had a little over an hour until they were set to go on, we walked a little farther down the block and went to Mikey's Burger since we were hungry. She says the turkey burger was good. And I just got some fries and a black and white shake - which were good. We ended up hanging out in the front bar of the Living Room for over an hour - which wasn't fun because it was small, crowded, and hot. We had to wait for the group before Common Rotation to finish and for things to get cleared out and reset before we could go in. And it ended up that instead of them starting at ten, they started at 10:37.
But it was a fun time. They played for about 50 minutes. And there's a lot of new-to-me stuff, since (prior to this week) I haven't seen them perform and I'm horrible about checking the Union Maid. Afterwards, I didn't get to talk to Jordan, said hi to Eric, and got to talk with Adam about something we had discussed on Tuesday. And I got a couple hugs from him and thanks for coming up to see them.
We then headed back to the subway and just missed one of the trains. And the next one was a few minutes late and it was already going to be tight getting back to Penn Station. As we went into the Madison Square Gardens entrance, we figured we wouldn't be able to get the 12:45 train and that we'd have to wait for the 1:30, but it hadn't left yet, so we ran and just got on. After that, it was an easy trip back to Loretta's place and (against my better judgement, I stayed awake the entire time). After leaving Loretta's, I stopped at a Wawa and got one of their frozen caramel cappuchino, figuring the cold, sugar, and caffeine would keep me awake. I ended up drinking about a quarter of it, because it's heavier than the Panera type drink that I'm used to and it didn't sit well. I think think I broke the sound barrier a couple of times - or at least it felt that way since I made *really* good time on the way home.
I got home at 4:30 and basically fell into bed. And then got up at ten.
It was a *great* trip and I'm glad Loretta and I were able to do it.
