One short day in the Emerald City...

... every way that you look in this city there's something exquisite you'll want to visit before the day's through! I am still overwhelmed by the idea that I'm living in New York City. I have fallen in love with this city. I was lucky enough to see Wicked this weekend with Lauren - she won lottery for the show. Front row seats - an absolutely amazing show. In a way, I revisited my childhood love for the stories of Oz. When I was in elementary school, I read all the books that our school library had by L. Frank Baum about Oz. I read all the tales about the Munchkins and the adventures that all the Ozian creatures had together. I fought the idea of seeing Wicked for the longest time because it was so popular, but now it's my new musical obsession. The foreshadowing was insane. It was like gradually building a puzzle - the second act brought everything together so well. We went uptown with Curtis and Ben, who got standing room tickets for "Anything Goes", so we found an awesome Chinese food restaurant and ate to our little hearts' content before we saw our separate shows. It was a great start to the four day weekend. 

On Saturday, I went apple picking! It was so much fun. Mary and I went with a group from Trinity Grace. We went to Hurd's Family Farms, where you buy a bag and are allowed to fill it as full as you can. They had so much land, it was insane. There were rows of apples everywhere. It was so refreshing to get out of the city and see actual trees and grass. The farm also makes homemade apple cider donuts, and sells fresh pressed apple cider. I bought cider to bring home and am currently keeping it in my fridge. It was so amazing. By the end of the day, we were full of apples and donuts. Mmmm. Here are my apple picking adventures:

So yummy.

All that land!

Deirdre found a four-leaf clover. Lucky duck.

All the apples we took home!

Sunday morning we decided to try for student rush tickets for "How to Succeed", so at 4:30 a.m. we woke up to meet at the subway station just after 5. Naturally, we just barely missed an uptown bound N train. And everyone knows that the N and the R 'Never Run'. So we waited half an hour for the next train, and by the time we got uptown to the theater, it was 6. Surprisingly we weren't the first ones there. There was one person in front of us, and she was supposed to meet friends there, but couldn't get in touch with any of her friends. They finally showed up, and we had some great little chats while waiting in line. Box office opened at 12:00, mind you, so we were crazy enough to wait for 6 hours to get tickets. By the time it opened, though, there was a huge line, so I felt justified. 

And after seeing the show, I was insanely glad that we waited for such a ridiculously long time. Dan Radcliffe is an adorable performer. The show was cute, and I laughed for the majority of the show. The chemistry between the actors onstage was so interesting, because John Larroquette and Dan Radcliffe just worked so well together, it was great. The show is well worth seeing before Dan Radcliffe leaves.

This is Times Square. Deserted at 5:40a.m.

On Monday, Lauren and I shopped. I forgot how exhausting shopping could be. We tried Cafetasia for lunch. I was relatively unimpressed. It's Thai food, and the spring rolls were good. I tried the Red Curry, which was okay. I liked Spice much better. If you're searching for good Thai food - go to Spice. So delicious. Monday was also my first day of work! Training went really well. I love working there, and I'm so excited to begin the holiday season! Tuesday, I freaked out a little bit about all the homework I had. So I diligently devoted myself to theory homework. Then, Betty and I went to Rice to Riches. Yum. Rice to Riches is this great rice pudding place in SoHo on Spring St. Apparently they can ship their pudding anywhere in the U.S. It's insane. They have every flavor imaginable. I had espresso rice pudding. It was so good. 

Dancing through life,

♥Emily 

Official Inheritance Count: 25 days.