Month: September 2017

“Do you want to go see a children’s show at 10:30am on a Sunday?” Amanda asked.  Of course!  Her friend Melvin Tunstall III had written the book backstage while working as a swing in the Broadway show, Beautiful (The Carol

Amanda had mentioned Dutch Fred’s enough times that when we opted to meet in Midtown before seeing The Play that Goes Wrong, I proposed that we go there. I took a look at the cocktail menu And decided to start

One Sunday Amanda and I cooked up a pile of vegetables for lunch, so it seemed reasonable that we should have ice cream for dinner.  Ice & Vice had quite a reputation.  I looked it up on the internet, but

At the tippy top of Manhattan, above Central Park and next to the Bronx is Washington Heights (well, to me.  There’s probably some other neighborhoods north of Washington Heights).  I love ‘living’ in this neighborhood even more than I loved

Saturday night I won rush tickets for the Prince of Broadway. Hal Prince is a Producer and/or Director of several of my favorite shows including Sweeney Todd, Cabaret and West Side Story.  I just finished reading a book about the

It was raining when the movers came, wrapped up Amanda’s furniture and loaded it and the packed boxes into the truck. On the bus I thought about what I’d like to do in New York.  I really should go check

While I was in Washington with my mom, I got the news that Amanda got the job she had applied for in New York City!  I came out to help her move, but first we had to say good bye