Ballet, Champange and a Japanese Lady

Impulse is good. It was impluse that lead me to watch the NYCB's Nutcracker. I have never enjoyed a ballet as much as i did tonight. The energy that the ballerinas had in their twirls and jumps was amazing. Even the little children from the American Ballet School did such a fabulous job that they stole half the show away from the adults! It sure beat Tulsa's production hands down! The costume design was beautiful and the stage prop was really something! There was a 12 foot christmas tree that later on "grew" to be 40 ft tall!

The Lincoln Hall was where the event was staged. It was such a majestic hall. It had 5 levels of seating, plus the orchestra seating on the first floor. The live orchestra was good but not the best that i have heard. I think the London Symphony Orchestra is so far unbeatable. (^_^)

Backtracking a little.....Today's first meal was indian (again!) at the Whole Foods Market. It was really nice..but a little too much fiber as nature sure did it's calling a little while later! At Whole Foods, they charge you not by what you take but rather, by the pounds. Interesting concept... It sure made me a happy camper! They had some interesting light show going on as well. That's me at Time Warner Building after Whole Foods...

Was at Borders for a bit, look at the business section but i could not really find much on administration. But I did find a book by John C Maxwell on being an INFLUENCE to others. I think i will get that book back in Dallas. There were also a whole lot of NY Postcards and paranomic pictures cards. I was tempted to buy them but i am sure that i can get them at the streetside NY Souvenier shops. The photographer did such excellent work capturing the architecture and energy of the city.

I ventured into Mandarin Oriental, only this time, i went up to the conceirge and asked about where are some interesting places to go to. He showed me a brochure of the Lincoln Hall and the events that were going on. I deceided to check out the Julliard Music School which is about 1 block from Lincoln Hall. On my way there, I stopped at the lobby to check my map for directions and i had my brows furrowed for a while. A MO employee took the initiative to come up to me and offered to help me locate my destination. She even gave me precise directions! Very nice. Way to go, MO! I'm proud to be one of you guys!

As i passed by Lincoln, i saw a group of pple standing outside and suddenly, the great hall doors opened and the pple started thronging in. Curious, i deceided to check it out...and lo behold, The Nutcracker was on! I am glad i made that ticket purchase. That will be my standard for the Nutcracker from now on, until a better company tops it.

I got a champange during intermission and after i gluped it down, i could feel my muscles relaxing and a fuzzy feeling running through my body. I felt good..... I enjoyed Act II even more. After the show, i walked out to the balcony to take some pictures. A japanese lady came up to me and offered to help take my picture. I thanked her and in return, helped took a picture of her. I spoke with her in japanese (Thank you J-drama & Lions Club Exchange Programe!) and she was rather impressed. Of course, she could tell i was not japanese but she thought i did a good job. I bumped into more japanese ladies who are just as tiny as she is and they all smiled at me. I bowed, and they all bowed back and started laughing. "How funny!" they must think of me, a non-japanese, bowing to them.

I was going to head on to Julliard after my 2 hour detour, but hunger struck me and i deceided that Korean Tofu Soup was the order of the night. I had to use the bathroom so bad so i went back to MO again to use the nice and clean bathroom that they had. At the same time, i got to enjoy the 35th Floor night view again.

The korean restaurant that my NY guidebk recommended was closed so i went next door, a 24 hr place. The soup was satisfying to the last drop. The clams were so fresh and the prawn was huge! Loved it. Will most definately be back and i will bring my brother because i know he will like it too!

After being all nice and toasty, i head back out to the sub and i caught sight of Macy's. There we displays in the windows that seem to come to life at every the stroke of the hour. Each window had a different theme that springs out of a book. At the sound of the chime, a huge book in the middle of the window would slowly flip open and there would be a display of the birth of Jesus, the Nutcracker or a christmas tree.

A funny sight was a public toilet smack in the middle of the pedestrian walk. I thought it was funny. It looked almost like a kiosk than a public toilet!

The temperature must have dropped about 10 degrees while i was eating because i was shivering so bad. Brr!! And to think that i lost my scarf yesterday. Luckily my bro has a ton of scarfs for me to borrow. *grins*

Saw a band called Susan Cagle Band perform at the underground tunnel at Times Sq when i was switching trains. They were really good! I liked their songs. Was gonna buy one until i found out that not all the songs that they performed were on it. They were new songs.

Now that i have a NY guidebk, a plan to make the rest of my stay more adventurous. Stay tuned! (^_^)