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!

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.

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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.

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