Thursday, October 20th, 2011 (the rest of the day)
Not going to go into much detail here.
Jersey Boys was amazing, a lot of fun and great music. I am not happy that B6 is not considered a partial view seat, but it was up close to I can’t complain too much and I didn’t miss much.
Continue reading “Uncle Dave’s Stealth Vacation – New York City: October 17th – 24th, 2011: Part 4”
I have come to the conclusion that I, like Chastity/Chaz Bono, have been stuck in the wrong body.
Okay! Breathe! I am not thinking about cutting off Mr. Winky and starting hormone treatments!
The wrong body that I am stuck in is that of a country boy; I am, at heart, a city boy! And if I could live in a city, it might as well be New York City, Manhattan precisely, if for no other reason than when the terrorists come after us again with big time nukes – and they will – I want to be with the people who just go right away, quick death, as opposed to sitting in Modesto watching the rest of the country slowly crumble.
Continue reading “Uncle Dave’s Stealth Vacation: Green Acres Ain’t The Place For Me!”
It seems that I suffer from SPUS: Short Person Umbrella Syndrome
This is a unique malady/benefit that only short people suffer/benefit from. You see, being only 5’7″, I am sorter than most of the adult male population. So when it is raining, I have a better than average chance of being able to duck under the umbrellas of other people, as long as I do not have an umbrella as well.
However, I also have a better than average chance of being poked in the eye by almost every woman carrying an umbrella, as I am often right at the eye level of the spokes of their umbrellas.
And, because every other male umbrella is aqbove my head, if I don’t have an umbrella, the runoff from their umbrellas drips onto my head and neck and rivers itself down my back. Quite unpleasant.
So, I bought a hat – it does not have eye guards or neck guards – and have given up on umbrellas altogether, just in time for the sun to come out.
Thursday, October 20th, 2011.
Today the weather has been very nice so far, comfortably warm and light breeze, no rain.
I had breakfast at Juniors, unfortunately having the sausage in stead of the bacon. Barfed up breakfast about 90 minutes later.
So, after I recovered and felt normal again, I walked up to Central Park and Columbus Circle, then met my friend Cary for lunch at Old Castle Pub.
This was followed by another trip to Central Park, this time with Kindle in hand, and I sat and read the afternoon away.
Continue reading “Uncle Dave’s Stealth Vacation – New York City: October 17th – 24th, 2011: Part 3”
As you may know, I am staying at the Radio City Apartments, which I swore I would not do this time but could not find anything else in my price range that I liked as well.
And if you have read my blog before, you know that i have nicknamed it Firetrap Hotel. Note the following:
So, we are on to the rest of Wednesday, October 19th, 2011.
Well, I did not go down to Wall Street. I did find Nat Sherman (Tabac Sherman) and found a very nice lighter for my collection.
Then I went to Billy Elliot, returned ot my hotel room afterwards and ordered a ticket to Jersey Boys for Thursday night. I followed that up with a very nice dinner with Cary, Hugsy and her friend, Elaine, at John’s pizza. Then it was time to split up, as they all had shows planned, and I had no evening plans at all. I stopped by the M&M store to get my traditional Christmas ornament and a mug. I got green this time, in the hopes that this is the color I am missing. (Last trip, I bought an orange one, which I already have; I had a choice of yellow or green, so I am hoping it is green that I need.)
So I am back at the RCA, ready for a quiet evening in, though I am kind of hungry and wondering if an evening trip to Junior’s for cheesecake is in order. Hmmmmm?
So I am signing off for Wednesday!
Billy: Peter; Michael: Cameron; Tall Boy: Myles
I am not going to get into individual performances. I have reviewed Cameron and Peter before. Both of them are very strong and very good.
Oh, also, the more I see the new Tony, the more I like him. Great acting and good singing voice.
And I am getting into the new Dad. I take back what I said about him not looking like a miner. What does a miner look like?
So, the more I see the show this time, the more I like all of the subtle changes.
I like when Tony finally yells “Open it!” and then says “Sorry!”. Very funny.
In fact, the whole letter scene between Dad and Grandma and Tony is really funny.
I dunno. Everything kind of blurs after a while.
But I will say it, to me, is a fresh new show. I like change, and nothing has been changed for the worse. And there are a lot of things changed for the better.
That is all for this show unless I think of something else.
Tuesday, 10/18/11 – Billy: Giuseppe; Michael: Jack; Tall Boy: Joseph H.
Seeing BETM with all of the new cast was like seeing an entirely new show. Except for our old friend, Thommie, I didn’t recognize anyone!
First of all, I find the script changes removing a couple of f-bombs to be totally silly. Tonight, Billy said “I really don’t know” or something like that, and later he said “Flippppin’ hell!”. But except for those changes, the f-bomb was prevalent, especially from Michael. It is weird that they made these changes.
Well, once again I am doing a big Billython in NYC. This was kind of a last minute decision, kept under the radar.
On Monday night, I did the usual overnight stay at the El Rancho in Milbrae, where I had a nice dinner with my niece, Amy.
Tuesday morning I was up at 3:30 andoff to the airport at 4:30 for my 7:15 flight, which went fine except that I didn’t get my usual business class upgrade. Still the flight was fine and as usual with United, we arrived early and by 4 PM I was on my way into Manhattan.
Well, I have to say that there were several moments when I was pretty sure I was not going to make it into Manhattan, as my driver was busy using his phone and something else, while narrowly avoiding rear-ending the car in front of us, at one point swerving into a thankfully empty lane to avoid doing so.
Checked in at The Fire Trap Hotel (aka Radio City Apartments). Actually got a pretty decent room for a change, on the street like I like it. Yeah, it’s a bit smokey, but a can of Lysol spray does the trick!
Had too much dinner at Dallas BBQ – their sticky sings are the bomb! And then made a quick decision to see Billy because I had not seen Giuseppe. And after the show I met Hugsy2k for desert at Juniors.
When I went to bed on Tuesday night, it was a lovely pleasant evening.
Continue reading “Uncle Dave’s Stealth Vacation – New York City: October 17th – 24th, 2011: Part 1”
Did you know that if you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8% sales tax on it?
That’s $3,800 on a $100,000 home etc.
When did this happen? It’s in the health care bill. Just thought you should know.
SALES TAX TO GO INTO EFFECT 2013 (Part of HC Bill) Why 2013? Could it be to come to light AFTER the 2012 elections?
REAL ESTATE SALES TAX
So, this is “change you can believe in”?
Under the new health care bill – did you know that all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax? The bulk of these new taxes don’t kick in until 2013 If you sell your $400,000 home, there will be a $15,200 tax. This bill is set to screw the retiring generation who often downsize their homes. Does this stuff make your November and 2012 vote more important?
Oh, you weren’t aware this was in the obamacare bill? Guess what, you aren’t alone. There are more than a few members of Congress that aren’t aware of it either
http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/04/08/obamacare-flatlines-obamacare-taxes-home
Why am I sending you this? The same reason I hope you forward this to every single person in your address book. VOTERS NEED TO KNOW.
