Start spreadin' the news! We're native New Yorkers (for a day), checking out those neon lights on Broadway. The Week Of Dave continued today with a visit to the Ed Sullivan theatre to see a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman. We almost didn't make it. As you read in Day 7, I had quite a night with margaritas, crabs, and jacuzzis (heavy on the margs). We were doing fine once we managed to get my ass in the car headed to Trenton to catch a train into the city. We were advised by Bill (some of you may remember him as Jeeves from the MediNet days) that Amtrak would get us to the city faster, but New Jersey Transit would be cheaper. We were supposed to be at the Ed Sullivan theatre no later than 3:00 and NJT would have been cutting it close. So we shelled out $33 a piece for Amtrak tickets...only to find out the train was running 20 minutes late! We ended up at Penn Station 4 minutes before 3 O'Clock with about a mile to go. We hailed a cab (my first in NYC), called our contact at the Late Show and managed to arrive in the nick of time.
To be honest, the show was okay, I was disappointed with the lack of interaction with the audience. But hey, we were there, Regis made a cameo, who could ask for anything more, aside from being on the show? But we did the next best thing. All you TFTM folks--Dave Letterman now has a matching T-shirt.
Naturally, we hit the HRC for a T-shirt for Chris. As fate would have it, we bumped into a family from Dana Point as we came out of the subway headed to HRC. They took this picture (thanks) and we took one for them. A quick visit to Times Square (Chris was fascinated with Nasdaq) and we made our way back to the homestead in Downingtown. Another day, another whirlwind tour of a city! Just always remember to ask yourself, "why are we here?". Because wherever you go, there you are.
