Surreak-i-dic

OK. So much to say....and I've been a bad girl about not writing things down. We'll have to start with the present and work our way through the last week... OK, so tonight, (Tuesday the 10th O' June) me, Emily, and our friend Tyler went to see November, an off-Broadway play. It starred Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalfe, Dylan Baker, and Ethan Phillips. It was pretty decent, made so even more by the fact that we met AND chatted with Dylan Baker after the show. His wife is a Western KY grad, and Emily and Tyler are fairly well acquainted with her. We saw him on the street right after the show...and Emily and Tyler BOLDLY stopped him and made pleasant if not totally BS convo with him for like 5 min. He was very gracious...he actually blew off the guy he was already talking to once Emily and Tyler mentioned his wife and WKU. I was totally star-struck, but he asked each of us what we were doing in NY and chatted with us about theatre and TV. Score. Nice guy. As we walked away a COLD front...I am not kidding...came in. The temperature dropped like 8 degrees and a crazy wind started kicking up dust in our faces. There was heat lightning everywhere, and we were giggling but running down the street. We were hoping to get inside before the rain hit (which we just managed). It was like a movie. With a crazy mind machine. We were covered in dirt by the time we got to our restaurant. I called my dad to tell him I just sat several feet away from Nathan Lane in a play. I LOVE student tickets. It was like $26 to see the show. It was a really fun night. Tomorrow we plan on trying to get student tickets to another show. And I have a lunch with a producer. Oooooh. Sounds fun, eh? We'll see. I'm loving it here so far.
Yesterday, I took a yoga class and wandered around the Union Square/Village area. I stumbled upon Strands, like the biggest bookstore in NYC. They had great deals and I bought a book for $1. I've just been wandering since last Tuesday. I'll try to post pics and describe things. Today I also went for a jog in Fort Tryon Park. It's less than 10 min from our apt. It was BEAUTIFUL. The Cloisters, this old, medieval, nun, cathedral building is located there. I jogged up to it. I'll post pics and more info later. BUT, once inside the park, the views of the river are very romantic and surreal. It doesn't feel like NYC at all. It's my next favorite place to Central Park, which we visited 2 days ago (Sunday). There are places where you are surrounded by trees and foliage. New York really doesn't play when it comes to their parks. They are FANTASTIC. Sunday, Tyler and Emily and I went to Central Park and meandered. It rained on us, but we didn't even care. I danced to Puerto Rican music and we all enjoyed watching people go by in row boats. Perfect.