broadway bound

Jeff and I are counting down the days until our four-day Valentine's/Presidents' Day weekend in New York City. Five days from now we'll be sitting just two rows away from the stage at the Rufus Wainwright concert, Saturday afternoon we'll get Wicked with Kristin Chenoweth and Idine Menzel, and Sunday evening we'll visit the monsters, humans and puppets who live down on Avenue Q.

Unfortunately, the "Bravehearts: Men in Skirts" exhibition at the Met we'd have liked to visit closes today. In conjunction with that closing, the New York Times reported that about 100 men took to the Manhattan streets today wearing minis, midis and tutus to draw attention to the bias in our society against skirts on men.

So... what else should we do and see in the Big Apple next weekend?

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Yay, today's my Friday, since I have tomorrow off. More on that in a moment. Lately I've been more busy and tired than usual at work, basically just the stress of trying to meet deadlines during an--oh, how to put... Read More

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I'm seeing Wicked on the 22nd. You'll have to let me know what you think of it.

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