A Side Show, The Human Computer, and CURTAINS

So Sarah (my younger sister) flew in for the weekend. We went to Coney Island and had the famous Nathan's Hot Dogs which are worth the hype. I recommend the chili cheese dog and a glass of Old Fashion lemonade. We went for a walk on the boardwalk and through the amusement park. Sarah won a giant stuffed penguin at a carnival game but we gave it to a child who was waiting with his mommy for the bus. It is sort of sad because I think they will be closing parts of the park soon and you can tell that in the 1920s, Coney Island really would have been something to see. Sarah and I went to the Coney Island side show because neither of us had ever been to one. We saw a human contortionist, a snake dancer, a fire eater, and a man who can juggle with an electric saw. We did not stick around for the human mummy, I don't even want to know what that was.

We then came back to Manhattan did some window shopping in the village. Later that night we took a cab down to Broadway. Our cab drive was Oleg Rotiman the human computer. If you tell him your birthday or anniversary and the year of it he will tell you what day of the week it was in less then a second. There was an article about him in the times which you can read in his cab because he keeps a copy in his cab.

Sarah and I saw CURTAINS on Broadway. It was a lot of fun. We got to meet some of the cast after the show including David Hyde Pierce. What was really fun though was Jill Paice was in the show. When I was a junior and senior in high school she choreographed our musicals. She is incredibly talented and still amazingly nice she stayed and talked with Sarah and I for a couple of minutes.

Today Sarah wanted to see the American Museum of Natural History which is neat but it is always crowded there so you never really get to enjoy it as much as you would hope to. But all in all this was a really nice way to celebrate the big 25. ;)