Thursday, August 10, 2006

Day 4 Post-Performance After the reading, we headed out into the cool humid as hell night air. We managed to get in touch with Adam and his friend and we met them down near the Port Authority. Adam's friend is incredibly nice, intelligent, and it was great to finally meet her. We decided on the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, although if we had known about the faulty air-conditioning we'd have nixed it in a heart beat. Again, severe heat diminishes appetite. After dinner and conversation we decided to part ways. Times Square has more people milling about at 1 in the morning than Pittsburgh does at 1 in the afternoon. I'm not overly surprised by that, but it's just interesting to see in person.
Day 5 The long way home Once we got up, we made a quick plan of action. Down 10 blocks to the Toys R Us to pick up the exclusive collector's tin of the Star Wars Trivial Pursuit DVD game. Then back to the hotel to cram everything into what little luggage we brought, cab to Penn Station (best $7.00 we spent all trip), and train back to Trenton, light rail back to Camden, walk to the car, pack everything else up and head home. My parents had already left with Gage so we had a clear shot the 300 or so miles back across the state to their house. We left New York somewhere between 10 and 11, by 10 that night we were back in good old Pittsburgh. Of course, that meant that the next morning I had to get back up and go to work.

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