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I spent Saturday morning trying to upload photos to my new netbook (not very successfully) and wandering around Times Square. Fantastic people-watching spot. Ree, Bev, Vicky, Sandy, Esta, Kate and another person from UNICEF met for a long lunch at Andus McEndoe. Afterwards we made our way to the Schoenfeld Theater for A Steady Rain, a two-character play starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig. My first Broadway play and I was absolutely blown away. The Brit and Aussie actors absolutely nailed their Chicago cop characters. While I understand the critics have been impressed by the actors but not by the play itself - I loved it. Peter met us outside the theater, it was his first Broadway play, too.
After the play the actors did some auctioning for Broadway Cares. The top item - autographed undershirts from the play and a backstage photo with the actors - went for only $3000 or $3500 (I don't remember which). Hugh and Daniel seemed like sincere guys, but they could learn some auction team tricks from Adrian and Peter. Those two could have coaxed a lot more money out of that crowd.
After the play, Peter met primarily with Ree and Bev to work out the details of getting the audio files posted during the race and then he retired to his room. He needed to be up at 4:00 to catch the shuttle taking runners to the start of the race in the morning.
One thing I've neglected to mention, this Saturday was Halloween. Up until that evening, this had barely registered for me. But during the early evening people in costumes started showing up. We were getting ready to head to Greenwich Village for a party at Sharon Gobioff's son's apartment and the Village is also the scene of a big holiday parade. The cab ride to the party went fine, but getting back was interesting. Anything you may have heard about wild NY cab rides, believe it. It was nuts and traffic was insane, but in this case it was not a bad thing, gave me a chance to watch all the costumed revelers. I was in the front seat on the way back to our hotels and I noticed we were coming way too close to an SUV. There was a big thump - but it was, fortunately, only our mirrors connecting. The cabbie had me roll down my window and put his mirror back in place, maybe he should have given us a discount for the impromptu car repair! Halloween in NYC is a show all by itself.
The party was low key, but fun. Sharon and Bruce had pizza and dessert waiting for us. Jane, Selkie, Mike and Kit were also there and we planned out how we were going to man the UNICEF cheering points. UNICEF provided pom poms and t-shirts for us all so the team runners would be able to easily spot their cheering sections. It really helped to have several native New Yorkers in our group.
The penthouse apartment was absolutely amazing. Between the expanse of glass windows downstairs and the fantastic outside deck on the second floor there must have been a 360 degree view of the New York skyline. When we first arrived I dug into my bag to get my camera, but it wasn't there. The fate of the camera, however, is a story for the next day.
After the play the actors did some auctioning for Broadway Cares. The top item - autographed undershirts from the play and a backstage photo with the actors - went for only $3000 or $3500 (I don't remember which). Hugh and Daniel seemed like sincere guys, but they could learn some auction team tricks from Adrian and Peter. Those two could have coaxed a lot more money out of that crowd.
After the play, Peter met primarily with Ree and Bev to work out the details of getting the audio files posted during the race and then he retired to his room. He needed to be up at 4:00 to catch the shuttle taking runners to the start of the race in the morning.
One thing I've neglected to mention, this Saturday was Halloween. Up until that evening, this had barely registered for me. But during the early evening people in costumes started showing up. We were getting ready to head to Greenwich Village for a party at Sharon Gobioff's son's apartment and the Village is also the scene of a big holiday parade. The cab ride to the party went fine, but getting back was interesting. Anything you may have heard about wild NY cab rides, believe it. It was nuts and traffic was insane, but in this case it was not a bad thing, gave me a chance to watch all the costumed revelers. I was in the front seat on the way back to our hotels and I noticed we were coming way too close to an SUV. There was a big thump - but it was, fortunately, only our mirrors connecting. The cabbie had me roll down my window and put his mirror back in place, maybe he should have given us a discount for the impromptu car repair! Halloween in NYC is a show all by itself.
The party was low key, but fun. Sharon and Bruce had pizza and dessert waiting for us. Jane, Selkie, Mike and Kit were also there and we planned out how we were going to man the UNICEF cheering points. UNICEF provided pom poms and t-shirts for us all so the team runners would be able to easily spot their cheering sections. It really helped to have several native New Yorkers in our group.
The penthouse apartment was absolutely amazing. Between the expanse of glass windows downstairs and the fantastic outside deck on the second floor there must have been a 360 degree view of the New York skyline. When we first arrived I dug into my bag to get my camera, but it wasn't there. The fate of the camera, however, is a story for the next day.
