The “Gettin’ It Out Of Our System” Reloaded Tour 2009 – Day One (and one-half) – New York City!!
Whoa! Sensory Overload!! Despite what you’ve seen on TV or in the movies, if you’ve never been to NYC before (like Mrs. That Dan Guy and I), this city will absolutely blow you away. We arrived late afternoon yesterday, and after checking in and grabbing a bite at the French restaurant attached to our hotel, we hit Times Square. It hit us back, with explosions of sight, sound, and smell. Some smells less pleasant than others I’ll admit, but overall – fascinating and exhilarating. We’re actually staying right in Times Square, right around the corner from Broadway, which we also explored last night. I bought a 16G memory card for our camera, and could have filled it to capacity in an hour. We are SUCH hopeless tourists…
Along with all the theatres and city sites, we checked out all the little restaurants, cafes, eateries, patisseries, holes-in-the-walls, nooks and crannies, to try out after some of the shows we’ve come to see. Somehow, we’ve managed to not only pre-book a number of different New York essentials, but now that we’ve been here a whole 15 hours or so, we have now OVERBOOKED ourselves – we’re booked solid!! At the top of that list – WE’RE SEEING PAUL FREAKIN’ MCCARTNEY!!!!! TWICE!!!!!
We found out that McCartney is doing three concerts here, and we were able to pick up tix for next week’s show, in Flushing. I know, the name sounds a bit funny, but I’ve been writing all year about how much I’ve wanted to see him live, and now, we are mere days away.
Actually, much like any other average day, I stand corrected. We are mere hours away from seeing him in person. Mrs. That Dan Guy had tried to get us tickets for Late Night With David Letterman, and while we were in Las Vegas a few days ago – we got the call – WE GOT TICKETS!!! HOW MANY MORE CAPS CAN I FIT INTO THIS POST???
Letterman’s only guest tonite? PAUL FREAKIN’ MCCARTNEY!! In the Ed Sullivan Theater, where The Beatles exploded into America, on the Ed Sullivan Show. Even my goose bumps have goose bumps. This is going to be, as the kids say, off the hook…watch the show tonight, and look for the ear-to-ear grins in the audience, with security standing closely by...
So, to summarize, we are here on our “Gettin’ It Out Of Our System” tour, but I fear that we have done anything but, now that we have made our first-ever visit to New York. More like “Won’t Be Able To Get It Out Of Our System”…
And, to make us feel right at home, the toilet here in our hotel room runs – just like the ones that taunt me back in our home in Calgary.
It is a warm and fuzzy feeling…
6 comments:
Hey Dan - Congrats on the Sir Paul concert and the Letterman tickets. When I tried to get them, they interviewed me (and my husband) and rejected us. Not cool enough? Too cool? Too straight? To hip? Who knows....you lucky dog.
Thanks!
We had pre-arranged tickets before leaving Canada, and secured them by answering a trivia question. But I still wasn't about to relax until we were in the actual theatre...
It was an unreal experience - you've got to get in another time!!
Awesome I wish I would've known as I am a faithful Dave follower since 1982.
I just taped the performance but I guess taping is an obsolete word now.
Too cool man , too col!!
I'll send you pics - we had unreal standing-area for the mini-concert...
Freakin' surreal...
Did you eat at the Stardust? Jenn and I did several times when we were there cause it was just down the block from where we stayed. Loved the singing staff and I was serenaded by one to Let's get it on. Great fun.
We did yesterday (finally)- could have spent the whole day there...
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