FUN in NYC!

What a great day in NYC!  My long time friend and I took the train in to the city to see a Broadway Show Matinee.  We were headed to Tickets at Times Square to see what was available.  On our way we were offered discount seats to the musical "Memphis."  We decided to go straight to the box office and get seats.  It is a tony awarding winning musical!  With tickets in hand and 2 hours before show time, we wandered up and down the side streets, window shopping and people watching.  Times Square is bustling with tourists, live music, street vendors and tons of energy!  We stopped at a year round costume shop and "Michael Jackson" wandered in dressed in full costume to buy a sparkly microphone. 

We ate at Smith's Bar Restaurant and shared a delicious eggplant, onion, cheese panini and salad.  It was so nice to hang out at the cafe talking old times, new times and people watching.  We continued on to the Shubert Theater where we had center mezzanine seats.  "Memphis" was fantastic!  I loved the music, singing, dance numbers, actors and overall production.  A wonderful story about the underground blues clubs in Memphis in the 1950's and how the music became mainstream when DJ's introduced the music on the radio.  Broadway sets, costumes and energy are always so magical!  When the actors took their final bows the entire audience was standing, singing and dancing.  We all danced our way out of the theater.  New York audiences are incredible!

We wandered slowly back to Grand Central Station to catch our train back to the Jersey Shore. 
Below are some FUN images of New York City!

A FUN day in NYC with my childhood friend always raises my FUNtelligence Quotient!