On Friday I went in to sell tickets, but after a saleless hour and a half, I started feeling sick and lightheaded from the heat and decided to head in. On my way out of the building, I turned and saw none other then Ken Davenport, my boss's boss, the head of my ticket sales company, and the producer of Godspell on Broadway. I had been wanting to talk to him ever since I first heard about him this past winter, so I decided to introduce myself. I was rather caught off-guard by the idea of seeing him, so I turned to him and quickly said, "Hi! I work for your ticket sales company!" He smiled and asked me my name...whoops! He asked me how I was doing with sales and I told him about that one time that I sold six tickets for Voca People in an hour. He was very impressed with that! It was an exciting end to a rather unexciting day at work.
On Sunday I went down to the East Village to do some shoppin.' I went to Urban Outfitters and got a couple tank tops on sale and then I went to Buffalo Exchange (my all-time favorite thrift shop) and bought a few other shirts. I certainly do love me some thrifting! While in the East Village, I went to 16 Handles--this GREAT self-serve frozen yogurt place that isn't too expensive either. After shopping I went over to Union Square. I went to Starbucks and mooched off their tables to eat my homemade sandwich for dinner before heading over to church at Apostles. My roommate Megan had been looking for a church, so she met me there and we sat together. She really liked the church and will probably continue going there, which is exciting!
On Monday night, Melanie and I went to see the Off-Broadway production of "Rent." We got free tickets because it's one of the shows for which I sell tickets. Both of us had heard mixed reviews of the stage version of Rent, but we didn't know anyone who had seen this particular production. Let me tell you, it was GREAT! We both loved it. I would definitely recommend going to see it before it closes on September 9th.
On Tuesday I had my last Alexander Technique class. Overall I enjoyed the class and definitely learned some things but I don't feel like I benefited from it as much as I would have liked to.
On Wednesday I got up at 6:15 am in order to rush for "Once" tickets again. I got there at 7:45 am, but the line was even longer than the week before when I got there at 8:30 am. I sat there for about 40 minutes contemplating whether I should just stay in line and risk not getting tickets to anything or go across the street to sit in a much shorter line for "One Man Two Guvnors," a show that has also been on my list. Eventually I decided to make the switch. I'll have to get up even earlier sometime after school starts and try again for Once. I got a ticket to the matinee performance of One Man Two Guvnors. At 12 pm I went down to NY Pizza Suprema, a pizza place across the street from Penn Station, to meet a friend of mine for lunch. I met this friend when I volunteered at a film festival this past winter. The pizza was great and each slice was HUGE. Each slice cost $3, which I think is a little pricey. After lunch I went back up to the theater district to see the show. I had a third row seat for $32! Woohoo! It was very good and the actors were very talented, especially the lead James Corden. However, I didn't find it quite as funny as I had hoped or heard.
On Thursday I spent most of the day packing. A few months ago I bought a Groupon for a fondue place called "Honey," so Melanie and I planned to go there Thursday night for dessert. When we got there, we realized that it had closed down! Hopefully I can get the money back for that. We were planning to see a movie after dessert at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), so we headed down to that area early and decided to find a place to eat down there. We ate at Cafe Lafayette and the food was GREAT. I had never had a crepe before, so Melanie demanded that I order one. I ordered a banana and nutella crepe and it was FANTASTIC. Melanie ordered a burger, which I had half of. The burger was awesome too--I'm not quite sure what they did to it, but it was very unique-tasting. I would definitely recommend going there. After dinner/dessert, we headed over to BAM to see "Beasts of the Southern Wild," an indie film about a little girl and her father who live in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina. I can't tell you much about it because I don't want to give away too much but it was great! Definitely worth the $9 student tickets at BAM. The actors were incredible to the point that I kept forgetting that they were actors and that we weren't watching a documentary. It was great.
I am currently on my way home to Baltimore on Boltbus. I had a great time in NY for the last two months, but I am definitely ready to go home. I'm ready to be with my parents and my kitties. Tomorrow we are heading to Bethany Beach in Delaware for a week for my mom's annual family reunion. It will be nice to have some more regular summer time at the beach to balance out my time in New York.
