Haircut - check!
Facial - check! (I know that was decadent, but I got it on Living Social, and Thomas Hampson may want me to come back stage tonight.)
Suitcase packed - check!
Stop at Starbucks for fuel - check!
Apparently we are actually ready to go. The rest of the day looks like this ....
8:00 a.m. - Catch the train. Amtrak 85 headed north.
Two hours to D.C. where we stop to change engines. Should be time enough to go into the station and pick up lunch - instead of hot dogs and hamburgers in the club car. This part of the trip is an old friend - we do it a couple of times a year to spend the weekend in D.C.
Then on north. One more hour to Baltimore, and then into new territory. You do know about the "quiet car", don't you?
2:00 p.m. - Arrive at Penn Station in NYC. Now is the time to admit that the last time I was in NYC was spring break ... in the 8th grade! Yeah. I know. Mitchell went to college in Princeton, NJ and ran in to the "old" Met several evenings a week during the season, so NYC has not held much charm for him, while I have been dying to visit. Now's my chance!
8:00 p.m. - Curtain up at The Met! Thomas Hampson is singing MacBeth for me. Well, I guess for everyone else, too. Pictures tomorrow.
P.S.: thanks for all your encouragement and suggestions. This is going to be fun!
Enjoy your adventure.
ReplyDeleteI love Shakespeare! King Lear was my first production to see. MacBeth was my first to study. I have seen it on stage several times since. I don't believe anyone can ever see a Shakespeare play too many times. Enjoy your weekend. Bonnie
ReplyDeletep.s. okay I will go on and admit it....I'm a little envious. So sorry!
Wowzas! Have the most amazing time, sounds very romantic! xx
ReplyDeleteOh the anticipation ..., almost as good as the real thing!
ReplyDeleteI used to love to travel by train, but out west here it is not the way too go. Our nearest train station is 30 minutes away, but The Train arrives/leaves at 3:00 am.
Hope you had a wonderful time last night at the Met.