New York Here I Come!

First - some good news - My Dad has been released from the hospital into a manor care facility for rehab (he's still calling it his halfway house!) He's thrilled to be getting out of the hospital as this will be one step closer to coming home! There is a lot to learn yet before he comes out of the rehab but they will have people there to show us everything we need to know - after rehab he should be able to do all the daily care things himself but just in case we are going to learn everything about his care of the tubes and all that ourselves. Either way - my Mom and my brother went to get him this evening from the hospital and take him to the care facility. The reason I didn't go is just a weird phobia I have - about five years ago I went to the hospital to visit my Nana the night before I left for New York and about 20 minutes after I left she died - So I refuse to visit anyone in the hospital before I go away - Okay okay - call me weird or superstitious but even my Dad agreed with me we should be "safe rather than sorry"!


Well it's time for some fun! This is an annual trip to New York (and I have my Dad's blessing - he said he has his Badge of Courage and he'll be fine without me for a few days and besides he can call my cell phone anytime - I'll leave it on) to go to the ABC Daytime Broadway Benefit - it started about five years ago and my husband surprises me with tickets every year for my birthday. The first three years the show was in early February but the last two years it's been in March. The first two times I went with my husband but he had enough! He does love to go to New York but he'd rather just walk around the Village and shop at the record stores and stop in the Pubs. The last few years my friends and I have been going - we do almost the same thing but we have margaritas or chocolate martinis and shop at Macy's and walk around SoHo and shoe stores or whatever! LOL!


Okay if anyone cares to see what I'll be doing - here's my itinerary!


I love to drive but have absolutely no desire to drive into NYC so I will drive to Hamilton NJ and hop the train.


Sunday afternoon we will be seeing the off-Broadway play "The Marvelous Wonderettes" - This play looks like so much fun - Here's a link to the official website and a little blurb below from the website about it:


http://www.marvelouswonderettes.com/

"THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTESis a cotton-candy colored, non-stop pop musical blast from the past!Featuring your favorite songs from the '50s and '60s, THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTEStakes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes - Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy,four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match! As we learn about their lives and loves,we are treated to the girls performing such classic 50’s and 60’s songs as“Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,”“Lipstick on Your Collar,” “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,”“It’s My Party,” “It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)”and so many more!You’ve never had this much fun at a prom and you will never forgetTHE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES- a must-take musical trip down memory lane!"


Monday we will go on a bus tour around the city - it's the Sex and the City Tour - it sounds like a blast - the reviews for this have all been good and you don't even have to be a fan of the show. There are stops throughout the tour - here's a link so you can see some of the fun sites we will see:

http://www.screentours.com/tour.php/satc/

Then Monday evening is the Broadway Cares Aids Benefit - again I'll put a link below - Susan Lucci and Cameron Mathison (he was on Dancing with the Stars) will be hosting and I'm not sure which of the girls from The View will be there, besides the daytime stars, there also will be performances from some Broadway stars - this year will be Billy Elliot. It's always a fun nite.

http://www.broadwaycares.org/events/ABCDaytime.cfm

Then on Tuesday we will eventually come home - not sure what we will do Tuesday - probably shop! One thing nice about taking the train as opposed to the bus is you can at almost anytime catch a train out of Penn Station whereas with the bus you have a limited choice.

I already have my camera packed so hopefully I'll remember to use it and actually take pictures!

So that's all I have to report - I will be away for a few days and my husband will be home keeping the home fires burning and taking care of my boys (Miles and Riley).

Wishing everyone a wonderful healthy week!

joanne