I went on a three city tour of the East Coast back when the Celtics were still in the thick of the NBA playoffs (on the flight out they kicked me off the plane while I was watching double overtime against the Bulls–Frontier has DirecTV, they are awesome–and had to finish the game in the LaGuardia basement with a bunch of airport employees).
It’s hard to remember everything I did in New York City, there is so much to do! I know I ran 20 miles in Central Park, completing several laps, and discovering the shady north side (and I don’t mean trees), a small zoo, and all the icons you have seen in the movies.
I went to the MOMA …
And the Guggenheim …
By the way, have you seen the International (movie), check it out, you won’t visit the Guggenheim the same way ever again! Unfortunately a lot of the Gugg was under construction when I visited.
I went to a live taping of the Jon Stewart Show (saw Denis Leary, Worcester’s own!) … hysterical.
Tried to see the show Stomp, but it was sold out and saw a different kind of off-Broadway performance art show called Fuerza Bruta. It was unique because there was no seating/stage, the audience was literally in the show.
I caught a Red Sox game at the brand new Yankee stadium. The cheapest ticket on Ticketmaster was about 1500 dollars (yes fifteen-hundred). I tried the Craig’s List thing and found some 100 dollar seats, but that fell through when it rained and the game was delayed, and said to be cancelled by some stadium workers. I went back to Manhattan (the stadium is in the Bronx), and when the game started a couple hours later I went back out and got–wait for it–a five dollar ticket! I had some issues with security and a bag but eventually worked it out. The stadium was empty, and the good guys won, with the game coming down to the last pitch. The game ended well after midnight. On the subway home, there were about 15 Sox fans and maybe two Yankees fans, it was surprising.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention seeing a cat on the Subway, you don’t see that every day!
I also went to Boston and saw some disturbing art at the MFA ….
And in Providence I saw The Rhode Island Phiharmonic perform Stravinsky’s The Last Rite of Spring, a performance which when originally done, led to rioting in France! It is something else, especially when you get to hear it in such a historic place with oveer 100 symhony members. Afterwards they played a recording outside and had an interpretive dance with fire thing going on, it was wild.
Encore!
Eventually it was time to come home, and I got a peek at Citi Field, the new stadium where the Mets play …
One last thing, I can’t say enough about Bolt, a bus service by greyhound, they make travelling around the East Coast better than air travel. There is an obvious price benefit, but also they have free WiFi, run on-time, cater to young professionals (you have to show a text message to get on board), and there is no TSA garbage to deal with, so bring that big hot cocoa on board with you!
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