We simply took the quickest journey we’ve ever taken as a household and whereas the way it got here collectively was a comedy or errors, the outcome was a *magical* less-than-24 hours in New York! First, the again story.
A number of months in the past David obtained phrase of a piece assembly in January in New York Metropolis. Across the identical time I noticed an advert that Tom Felton could be apprising his function as Draco Malfoy in Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby for a quick stint. As enormous Harry Potter followers, there was just one logical conclusion- this was destiny!
David and I made a decision it could be a enjoyable shock for the ladies and I to fly as much as New York and meet him on the tail finish of his work obligations. We deliberate to do dinner and the present, keep the evening, discover the town (Museum of Pure Historical past? Bus tour? Central Park?), then get one other dinner someplace enjoyable and fly dwelling late that evening.
Nicely, a number of weeks in the past we discovered that the work assembly fell by means of and that threw a wrench into our plans. Nonetheless, cancelling was not an choice as a result of our Broadway tickets have been nonrefundable and nontransferable, so we booked David a flight to hitch us and grabbed a lodge room for the evening.
24 Hours in New York Metropolis
With flights and a lodge room secured, our plan was again on observe… till the prediction of an enormous winter storm started to agency up and we determined we would have liked to pivot once more. The one flight choice to modify to was a 9:00AM flight on Saturday so we scooped it up.
Feeling higher about our return timeline had our pleasure rising because the day approached. The women had by no means been to NYC so with a single stick with it bag for all 4 of us, filled with a pair of pajamas and a present outfit, we boarded our flight from Greenville. Aspect observe: Greenville is my new favourite airport. It’s small, clear, handy, straightforward to navigate- large fan.
By 1:00 PM on Friday we have been on the bottom in New York and hauling a Lyft. It was enjoyable to look at the ladies as we drove into the town, all huge eyed with a lot to take a look at. We checked into our room on the Intercontinental Time Sq.. We opted for a collection with a king mattress and a pullout sofa, which suited our wants effectively and supplied an amazing view with numerous home windows. We dropped our baggage and walked the block over to take a look at Instances Sq..
Dinner at Joe Allen
Again on the lodge, we modified and headed all the way down to the lodge restaurant, The Stinger, for a snack and a drink- each we wonderful. From there we walked the 5 minutes to our dinner reservation at Joe Allen, a restaurant picked for its proximity to the lodge and the theater with guarantees of a basic New York really feel that was good for households.
It delivered! I’m glad we had 5:00 reservations as a result of it was bustling after we arrived, however we have been taken proper to our desk. The vibe was cozy but energetic, a heat ambiance with a sort and competent server that added to the expertise. We kicked issues off with a little bit fun- escargot, because the children had by no means tried it! The decision? “Couldn’t even style the snail!” Ha. Although I doubt both of them would order it once more on their very own.
The women had burgers, David, a steak, and the Branzino for me. It was all superb and we loved a energetic dialog on dream journey locations. A perk of tweens and teenagers is that dinner conversations solely get extra partaking and enjoyable the older they get. The meal moved alongside at an amazing pace to get us out the door in loads of time to reach early to the theater.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby (Broadway)
We walked the 5 minutes to the Lyric Theater the place we joined a herd of individuals additionally longing for an early entry. The outside show was hanging and solely added to our pleasure. The women and I have been downright giddy upon getting into, as the entire theater was outfitted to the theme, with Hs on the carpets, stars on the ceiling, and themed snacks and drinks for buy. We obtained chocolate frogs, in fact, and made our strategy to our seats.
The present started with strict directions of no video or footage, and it was type of good simply to place all of it away with out feeling the necessity to snap an ideal image to seize all of it. And truthfully? There could be no strategy to seize the expertise on movie or video, because it was an exceptional manufacturing with so many particular results that it felt like a hybrid magic present!
Happily each women had learn the screenplay and have been capable of observe alongside simply, because the storyline strikes loopy quick. Inside the first 5 minutes of the three hour expertise, Harry Potter’s son was already at his third 12 months at Hogwarts. Happily I might sustain and H saved whispering bits of the storyline to David to assist him alongside.
All in all, we cherished it! We’re nonetheless baffled at how they pulled off among the costumes transitions and the dementors… wow. However no spoilers alerts, right here.
We prolonged the expertise so long as we might and have been among the many final of the viewers to depart the theater. Okay was actually hoping to get to satisfy Tom Felton, however needed to accept cheering him on in a standing ovation on the conclusion of the present. What a night!
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It was frigid by the point we walked again onto the streets and beelined it again to the lodge. The women have been chilly and prepared for mattress and I couldn’t persuade them to move again out for a slice of New York’s most interesting, however I used to be capable of persuade David. We went a block over to seize a slice of margherita which completely hit the spot.
All of us slept effectively sufficient and have been up at 6:15 to move to the airport. We felt so grateful that there have been no hiccups in our journey and landed again on the bottom earlier than midday to salted streets however not a freezing raindrop perception.
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I’m grateful we switched our flights as a result of we checked our unique flight standing that night to see it had certainly been cancelled. We have been very completely happy to be again at dwelling, showered and ready for the ice storm as a substitute of caught in a lodge elsewhere.
We’re now waking as much as our second day with out energy, however we’re doing simply wonderful because of these photo voltaic panels David talked me into. We’re having a household sleepover downstairs, limiting our electrical energy consumption, and hoping energy is reinstated quickly. Praying that everybody else effected by the storm stays secure and heat!
