NEW YORK!

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Yes, I just got back from New York. It was SO FUN! I'm not going to go into a huge amount of detail because I'm completely zonked out and totally out of it right now (I didn't go to sleep last night, I've been up for a total of 30 hours so far, and pulling an all-nighter, although fun, really takes a lot out of you), but it was amazing. I saw a grand totall of 4 plays (well, two were stand-up comedies). I saw Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, which was good. It was a bit disappointing because I thought the singers could have been better, but I definitely wouldn't have wanted to miss it. It's one of those things you have to do, see Phantom on Broadway. Very worth it, and we had absolutely marvelous seats, 3 rows from the very very front of the orchestra section. We also went to see Wonderful Town, which was quite good, starring Brooke Shields. It was a great play, very very good, and I loved the dancing, hehe. Then we saw Whoopi Goldberg's stand-up comedy show on Broadway (good, very funny), and Mario Cantone's stand-up comedy show on Broadway (even better, really excellent and halarious). Those were all really good. We also ate at some great restaurants, like Tavern on the Green, Gobo, and Moustache (I mean, who gets to go to a restaurant called Moustache?!) Wondeful food. We also stayed up until at least 3 every night, and visited my cousin who moved to NY this year. That was nice. We went shopping, and my aunt bought a Tiffany bracelet from Tiffany & Co. I didn't buy anything, but the stuff in there was beautiful! I just love New York, probably one of my favorite places on the entire east coast. It's such a busy, bustling city, and the coldness made it feel like a real winter, unlike Oak Park's little breeziness for a winter. We had jackets and boots on all the time, all wrapped up and warm, I loved it. We took the subway and the PATH almost everywhere, which was fun (I like those, which is really strange...) Anyway, I absolutely adore NY. Big city, everything's happening, lights, people, crowds, stores, just the whole 'essence' of it it awesome. I would seriously consider living there.... We stayed with and spent our time with Mike, which was a blast, as always. Never a dull moment when you have Mike on your right and Jace on your left. The plane trip back was kinda bad, but that's fine, because the rest of the trip was so great. I totally miss it, now! I want to go back! It was so carefree and happy and nice and relaxing there, and then I come back to the reality of Oak Park and school and warm weather and tests and homework, and it was so much better there. Well, I'll have to get back there sometime, although it might be awhile. It would be really cool if I could just take a few days each month or every other month or something to spend there, it would be awesome. I didn't get a souvenir :(, but I'll always have my memories! I'm going to go and memorize all my Julius Caesar lines right now, so I don't let my group down tomorrow, but I still wanna be back in NY.

xoxoxoxo
~Michelle~