Earlier this month Lynne joined me for a week in New York City. Once per year, I bring Lynne along on one of my work trips thanks to the frequent flyer miles I collect, and we always have a lot of fun in the city. The last time Lynne was there was for Mother’s Day, right before Matilda was born, so it had been a while. This was also Lynne’s first trip away from Matilda. Big thanks to the grandparents for taking Matilda (my folks) and Eliza/Otis (Sara/Jerry). We had to split them up because two little kids and a dog are a little too much to handle.
In NYC, Lynne had free days while I worked. She shopped in Soho, ate some great food, saw the Guggenheim Museum, and hit up lots of thrift stores. She even got to meet up with our friend Mallory who was in town visiting her sister (just like last time!).
Flat iron (sorry all the photos are via phone)
Guggenheim
For our date nights, we ate some great food at Gravy, featuring the best fried chicken I’ve ever hard, honey grits, and fried pickled okra. I’ve pickled okra from my garden, and I’ve fried it, but never both. Now I must, because it was delicious. We also had delicious Thai soup at Zoob Zib – I highly recommend the duck braised noodle soup – sweet potato tempura fries with spicy mayo at Kobeyaki, and a tour of Eataly. Lynne had the chance to dine at Odeon and get some tasty dumplings from the Rickshaw Dumpling Truck, which were all wonderful.
We also attended a Broadway show, of course. Since the Tony award-winning musical Once was sold out, we opted for a play and saw Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, a political comedy that featured an all-star cast: James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, John Larroquette, Eric McCormack (Will from Will and Grace), and Candice Bergen. The show was fantastic, and the ensemble all did a phenomenal job, especially James Earl Jones. And how is it that the first words out of Angela Lansbury’s mouth always remind me of her role as Mrs. Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast?
The Best Man
I had lots of meetings for work, including an all-day team retreat to lead. It went well, and as a treat for my team, we went to a taping of The Colbert Report on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks to a colleague who used to work there, we got to see our DonorsChoose.org board member in his element, and it was hilarious. Lynne was able to join us, too, since I thought it would be horrible not to invite her to crash our team outing. I was able to ask Stephen a question, catch a “Wrist Strong” wristband, and laugh so loud that Lynne and I could hear me on the show when we got home and watched it on the DVR. It was really interesting to see how the show works a little behind the scenes, including watching Stephen mess up the intro twice, which clearly frustrated him, but turned into one of the funniest jokes of the night – an inside joke that only the audience got. My team followed that side-splitting experience up with a great dinner at Nook (great mushroom cigars, steak, lamb, and frites) and drinks at Pony Bar, a great craft beer spot.
It’s always fun to have Lynne with me in New York, and the girls did great without us (getting spoiled by their grandparents, I’m sure).
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