Phantom in NYC

We had a great time folks! For those of you in the Philly area, I highly recommend Hagey Tours. They offer great prices for transportation (in a coach bus) and your theater ticket. They actually have tons of tours, but one-day tours to NYC for a show are all I've done so far. It really made the day a dream, especially because neither Brian or I were pumped about driving into NYC.

Once we arrived in NYC, we were even more glad that we hadn't driven. Wow, can we say . . . crazy construction EVERYWHERE and hoards (and I mean hoards of people)?!!! We spent most of our time in Times Square, which is fun and wild, but really, do you need that many televisions everywhere? No wonder there are so many accidents. I think we crossed every street corner with about 200 other people. There cars could barely swim through us all. Oh, did I mention we were in NYC on Valentine's Day? Maybe that's why all the peeps were out and about.

When we got off the bus, we just stretched our legs for a while, walking the streets. We had fun in the huge M&M store: 3 floors of chocolatey goodness. It smells divine in there.

We had lunch at Hard Rock Cafe Times Square for lunch. We have a funny fetish with Hard Rocks; it all started in Santo Domingo, DR. Ask me about the story some time. Anyway, we started with the nachos, in our usual manner. (We probably should have asked someone to take our picture . . . at least once during the day. Oops. Here's my meager attempt).

Then, off to the show! It was spectular peeps! We loved it. We were the 2nd row in the balcony. The singers were amazing as well as the special effects. Oh, and for my friends from DCCS, guess who sat a few rows behind us at the show? Jamie Deagler -- wow, blast from the past. We barely recognized each other; it's been 10 years.

After the show, we got Starbucks drinks and mosied back to the bus. We were home by 8pm. We still had a night together at home. What a fabulous Valentine's Day!