24 Feb 07

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Money:

$9 (about), bagel, coffee, and then lunch quiche, DT/UT.
$quite a lot, although it wasn't mine (thanks, Ma!), Tavern on the Green and cabs.

More interesting things:

Watched a little incredulously - and checked with Roey to make sure I was seeing - a dad wheeling a carriage containing a baby on top of whom he had perched his crumb cake. These people go out and buy the Abrams tanks of the stroller universe, and then use the child/Abrams unit as a place to balance their baked goods. Very interesting.

Walked past a car with a New York license plate and a Nova Southeastern license plate holder. Oy.

Enjoyed VERY thoroughly a 5:30 dinner at Tavern on the Green - I know a lot of people are not crazy about the food there, but my mushroom soup, filet with potatoes and haricots verts, cheesecake, lemon drop, and pineapple martini were really, really good, plus despite it being pretty obvious that we had basically already paid for the meal, we got a table right near the window with an absolutely lovely golden-glowing view of the patio, the park, and the skyline lit by the setting sun. I will be returning, without question; the patio bar opens starting in June, which is close enough to the end of May to cause me to consider birthday possibilities.

Enjoyed also very thoroughly A Chorus Line. The best part of the whole thing was the dramatic burst of a closing number: throughout the show, of course, the actors are wearing jeans or plain leotards or whatever, since they're just supposed to be at an audition, but then the lights go down and all of a sudden you have this exuberant and exuberantly-sequined line of gold tights and top hats capering together around the stage to the tune of a song everyone knows, and when they start doing their Rockette kicks your ass pretty much forgets that there was no intermission. Cool stuff - and thanks again, Ma!