Today was a bit of a mixed bag. I got up early to get in line for Jimmy Fallon stand-by tickets and was successful. Afterwards DawnO and I went to the Museum of Modern Art and spent the morning realizing that as much as we’d like to be, we’re not really museum people. I kind of feel the same way about malls. Except I know I don’t like malls.
Regardless, it was a cool building and we did see some nice pieces.
We headed to the Flatiron building (skinny building below) and took a few MoMA worthy pictures and then headed to the all you can eat Indian buffet before our date with Jimmy Fallon. Or so we thought. After about an hour and a half of waiting, signing in, getting in line, getting out of the way, waiting some more and so on, we were told that only the first 5 people would get in to see the show. We were numbers 15 and 16. Sadly, we had to find something else to do with our evening so we tried to take in a musical. This too was a complete bust. Either the show was full, or it wasn’t running on Thursdays. Our only option was a naked man chorus line. Great, singing dinks… is this what our evening had come to? Instead, we found the NHL headquarters where I spotted Gary Bettman(speaking of weenies) finishing a radio interview on the NHL network. I strategically placed myself near the exit to the studio. As he came out I shook the man’s hand and said, ‘nice to meet you.’ His hand shake was firmer than I thought it would be.
After that brief yet awkward encounter we went to the Top of the Rock (the observation deck of 30 Rockefeller Center) for some evening shots of the city. Then we got an ice cream and headed for home.
We fly Back to Calgary tomorrow and we’ll be sad to go. We may not blog again until the New Year when we have trips to Austin, TX and Cuba lined up. Until we write again…
