So it was finally the weekend of my ever so anticipated event of going to New York...FINALLY! I hadn't been to NY in who knows when, but it's been soooo long. I've missed it terribly. So saturday morning I boarded the train. I had my own two seats for a while, especially for the 45 minutes we were STUCK in CT cuz of the train in front of us breaking down. Blah. But I listened to my music and slept for a little bit. I arrived at Penn Station and met with Carrie.
We walked and took the subway to her apartment where I dropped my stuff onto the floor and chilled for a bit. We then left to meet her friend Rachel at the movie theater in the city where we saw "Confessions of a Shopoholic". The theater was jam-packed but luckily we got three seats, unlike the two guys who ended up sitting on the stairs next to me. Weird. I was anticipating this movie as I had read all the books (Confessions of a Shopoholic, Shopoholic Takes Manhattan, Shopholic and Sister, and Shopoholic and Baby). I enjoyed the movie, laughed many a time. I will see it again with my friend Sarah who also loved the books.
After the movie ended we parted ways with Rachel and Carrie and I headed over to the theater to see Hedda Gabler. Mark was supposed to meet us in the seats but he was late so he had to sit in the front row of the balcony so not to disturb people in the middle of the show taking place. The show itself was eh, I'm not a huge fan of straight plays, unless they are super interesting. I do have to say that Mary Louise Parker was hilarious in the role of Hedda Gabler and she made the show watchable. The guy who played the Judge annoyed me. I don't know, the actor seemed like he was a little slow maybe. Well, whatever.
After the show ended Mark, Carrie and I went to the stage door and awaited MLP to come out. Some crazy autograph fiend was there to gather autographs of the cast, so whenever someone exited the stage door he would yell and practically chase them down teh street "Are you in the cast?" CREEPY! So at one point the SD guy came out to tell us all (there were about five of us out there) that Mary Louise Parker wasn't taking pictures, just signing autographs. Then about ten minutes later he came out and said that again, followed by her coming out. She is really pretty and nice as well. She signed my Weeds season 1 DVD. I remember telling her she was great and her saying Thank You...but I don't recall actually looking at her much LOL. At least not when she was signing. Then once she signed for a few more people Carrie (thank the lord) was bold enough to ask her if she would take a picture with us. She looked at the SD guy for some back-up to say no but he was not helping haha so she said yes. :) So I got on MLP's right side and Carrie on her left.
I guess Mark was using the eye that DIDN'T have the contact in because he immediately told me to 'squish in' cuz he couldn't see me. (afterwards looking at the picture he had about twelve feet of space to carrie's right and could have MOVED the camera OVER to get all three of us.) So I said 'I'm just little' and moved in front of them. Mary Louise Parker said "you're petite" hehehe. :) Here's is where I should have said "yes, I'm petite!" But I said nothing. I wish I didn't get all tongue tied and shy around celebs! Carrie thanked her and she got into her car. Yay for getting a picture with her (even though it looks like I was photoshopped in!! :( sadness).
Then we ran over to the Guys & Dolls stage door because the awesome-awe inspiring Lauren Graham is in the show and I wanted to meet her. So we stood outside for a while. Carrie got a picture with Oliver Platt and then Lauren came out. The SD crowd of a million screamed their gilmore girl hearts out and I smiled. Lauren signed for people but somehow missed my dvd inserts. So Carrie and I made a pact to come back on Sunday to try again. Or rather I forced Carrie to take me back to the city on Sunday to try to meet her again.
After the Guys & Dolls SD, Carrie Mark and I walked over to Westway Diner where we met Cari, Shoshana and Shoshana's friends Karen and Jen for some yummy diner food and great company! Liotte made a guest appearance as did some creepy old guy who forced us to take a newspaper. (WTF?) We sat and talked for a while (with the crashing noise of the waiters THROWING the dishes into the dirty bin behind us). It was fun. We then headed out into the night and onto the subway train back to Carrie's humble abode. I said bye to Shoshana and Mark.
Back at Casa Carrie we went to sleep. Sunday morning we awoke and watched some of Lost season 1 (Sawyer - come to my bed and make sweet sweet love to me!). Then we went into the city. We had lunch at Cosi on 51st (ish) The one near Wicked, which brought back many memories of our Wicked days (or at least mine) especially the time I met Kristin chenoweth there. awwwww. The tuna melt was still as delicious as it ever was. Then we went to Pinkberry so I could see what it was all about. I had the small regular with strawberries. Yum. Then we went to the Guys & Dolls SD. Cari and her friend Ashley met up with us there.
We waited around and then through the torturous stage door, it was mobbed...and this girl who was about 49 feet tall was in front of me. haha. SO I was between Gigantor and some other girl (well behind and in between them) so I stuck my arm out once Lauren Graham came out the SD with my Gilmore Girls DVD covers for her to sign. We had a nice little exchange and she signed both. Then I tried my hardest to get through the crowd to Carrie and this other girl who I don't know. Mission Accomplished! :) I love Lauren Graham.
Then we went back to Carrie's place and watched many more episodes of Lost season 1, The Amazing Race and Cold Case. Then more Lost and then sleep.
Monday morning I took a shower and then we watched even more amazingness of Lost season 1. Then I took a train home.
The End.
1 comment:
you hadn't been to NY since March 2008 and it was only a part of the Florida trip! ALMOST A YEAR! do not let that happen again!
rememeber we watched the pilot of lost before seeing that movie? GOOD TIMES!
MLP was nice. she could have been a total bitch and not smile in the pic. it doesn't look like you photoshopped yourself in. mark will never hear the end of it! remember when he thought she wouldn't even sign? ps she totally played that part as nancy as hedda lol. good we payed 20 bucks and not 100 for that show!
i don't see how LG will ever take pics at that stage door. there are just waaaaaay too many people there even with barracades set up properly. i'll have to keep my ears open.
i wouldn't say you forced me to go but for very few friends i would have done that, or only you. we could have watched like 4 or 5 more episodes of lost if we didn't go into the city hahaha. i'm glad you got to have cosi, experience pinkberry and meet LG. that other girl was named ashley as well. that tall girl blocking you at the SD was really double your height. she was a good foot taller than me!
we watched 15 episodes of lost this weekend. not too shabby! remember when we were just gonna watch the pilot? HAHAH!
i had a great time and maybe we can work out a vacation and if not i hope i can visit in may.
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