Blue Man Group

This has been a very full day for us. I'm tired, but not exhausted, although I'm not really sure why. It seems like we've been going ever since we left for breakfast this morning.

We had breakfast here at the hotel - nice, the standard breakfast, nothing special. We decided to take in the Museum of Natural History in the morning. I had no idea the place was so huge. We managed to see the Hall of Biodiversity, the Hall of Ocean Life, and Vertebrate Origins (fossil fish, amphibians, reptiles [dinosaurs], birds, and mammals). They were big exhibits but really first rate. If you haven't been there, and you get to NYC, you have to go!

After that we returned to our hotel to rest up for an hour or so, followed by a trip to Christopher Street. It's pretty much like Castro Street in San Francisco, except it seemed to be a bit more mixed (many straight people). At least when we lived in San Francisco, the Castro was most all gay. We spent the rest of the time window shopping until dinner time.

We arrived at Bussola Bar and Grill for dinner. They were having some street fair in the blocks where our restaurant was in, so he had very few people in the restaurant. Basically, we had the place to ourselves. The food was first rate. I really have to lay off the martinis though. We had a leisurely dinner before heading off to the Astor Place Theatre to see the Blue Man Group.

I don't really know how to describe the Blue Man Group. They are three men in blue costumes. They never talk, but do interact with the audience. We had taken our seats and were waiting for them to start. All the sudden, my name was displayed with this sign. I was asked to stand up and wave my hand so that everyone would know where I was. They then asked the audience to applaud me because I invented cold fusion. I was like, "...what the hell??!?"

The rest of the show was a gas. It's tough to describe the show, because it's very different from anything else you will ever see. I will just say that they are extremely talented and if you are every in NYC, or anywhere else they are, you really should make an effort to go see them.

That was our day. We didn't make it to the World Trade Center area. There just wasn't enough time. We will save that for next time. We will probably leave the city tomorrow around 11 to return home. It's going to be nice to be in our own home again.