Instead of doing the usual bus to the city, we found a bus trip with people we didn't know leaving about 3 minutes from our house. It was due to be perfect. The best part was that it wasn't leaving until 8:00 am which meant a little extra time for sleep. We were still to be in the city by 11:30, so we'd have plenty of time to hit Bryant Park before Falsettos. We didn't account for the stop in White Marsh to pick up 3 passengers (why?!) or the stop in New Jersey for 25 minutes at a rest stop, or that the driver chose to go through the Lincoln Tunnel into Lower Manhattan to drop people off at the WTC memorial before heading the 40 blocks up town in midday traffic!
We left Maryland at 7:45. We got off the bus on 49th street at 12:45. For those of you doing the math, that's 1 hour and 15 minutes to get lunch and back to the theater for our matinee. To say I was fuming, was a bit of an understatement. After the show, we (and when I say we, I mean my friend) decided to go to the Hamilton pop-up in Bloomingdales. Turns out the Hamilton pop-up in Bloomingdales popped off and is no longer there. That meant finding another cab to take us back to midtown to find something quick to eat in Bryant Park for dinner. In my case this was a bit of a chocolate donut and chocolate covered marshmallows. Then it was back to 49th street to pick up the bus.
Like I said, some days are just weird. The positives on this are Falsettos was stunning - more on that tomorrow! - and I'll be back up there next month for shopping fun in Bryant Park that I missed today. Also, we now know never stray from the nice professional bus service that knows what the heck they're doing and how exactly to get people there on time.
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