Go to the Manhattan Temple. This is a small temple so it is best to make an appointment. Lucky for us there was plenty of room so there was no problem. Were we on time? Of course not! Our family has a severe problem with punctuality. Lucky for us Barnes and Noble was across the street and you can kill hours in a book store. We only needed to kill one hour so off we went. We all found books that we liked, made our purchases, and settled Paige in with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book while we ventured back over to the temple. Don ate a hot dog with sauerkraut and got sick the night before so he wasn’t feeling very well. He managed to get through the session and all was well. We met back up with Paige and then headed off for our next agenda item which was shopping at Century 21. Don had had enough activity for one day so he headed back to the hotel. The rest of us rode the tracks to the Broadway and Nassau stop.
On our trip over we discovered a huge tear in my suitcase and while dressing to go out we discovered that Byron only owned sweatshirts and Paige would be much warmer if she had boots. We were on a quest for a suitcase, a coat, and boots! The date is December 23rd and the joint was packed! With the use of cell phones to find each other when we got separated we were able to find all of the items on our list plus a belt. A couple of long lines later we were out the door only to discover that the Nutcracker which we had tickets to would be starting in a half hour, so Byron went back to the hotel and we went to the Lincoln Center.
We have been to many different Nutcrackers and have found fault with all of them. New York had excellent ballet schools so certainly they must have the best Nutcracker in the US! The costuming was beautiful, the dancing superb, the children charming. But…where were the Russian dancers? They didn’t have Russian dancers! They didn’t even play the Russian music! Tchaikovsky was probably rolling over in his grave! Still, it was beautiful and we enjoyed it.
2 comments:
What?!?! No Tchaikovsky music with The Nutcracker ballet? What music did they play then? That's ludicrous! It was fun to read about your NY trip. And yes - I understand that kind of cold. I will never forget Scotland. I could last no more than 10 minutes outside in the winter and everyone there has permanently chapped, rosy cheeks and noses.
I can't believe they didn't play the music or do the Russian dance. The Russian dance is awesome! I want to see Chicago or N.Y. at Christmas. Have been to the Taste of Chicago and in the heat and humidity....wished it was Christmas!
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