Fortunately some friends from the choir asked us to join them down the street at an Italian restaurant for dinner.
Unlike others in this choir who had traveled together to Europe with Mrs. Gartner before, I had never traveled with a big group. This night with about 30 of us at the dinner table exemplified how much fun it was to share the NYC experience with a bunch of friends.
Despite being tired, we really enjoyed comparing notes with others on what they thought of our first rehearsal with Dr. Wilberg and what all they'd done since coming to NYC. The last time I was in Manhattan, I'm pretty sure there weren't 41 shows open on Broadway. Some of our fellow singers went to a different one every night.
See our waiter in the background of this photo -- we thought he looked like an "Italian Bill Murray" and he was so good to us that we were delighted to see him again a few days later when he served us at The Russian Tea Room. Made us realize Manhattan can be kind of small town too.
Enjoyed a great meal and went back to the hotel and slept soundly -- good beds and soundproof walls at the Park Central Hotel.
No comments:
Post a Comment