03.01.03
In Manhattan
3/1/03 10:54 AM
Flying is flying no matter if your airline is brand new or decades old. You still spend two hours waiting at the gate for the plane to arrive, file in when your seat is called, hope that your bags won?t get too squished in the bins and squeeze into an uncomfortably small seat for an hour?s worth of being hurled across the sky in an aluminum can with two hundred other people who don?t want to be there. The little kids wailed when the pressure changed, the girl next to the 400 pound guy looked miserable, the obnoxious passenger with the big gold chain held up the queue as he got things in and out of his bag before putting it in the overhead bin. The little DirectTV screen did help, once I had Rocky and Bullwinkle to entertain and divert my attention I did not pay much attention to our taxing out or getting ready to land. When the businessman in front of me pushed his seat back I had to look down at the little screen at a most uncomfortable angle, but I still appreciated it. No, jetBlue is really not that different from the other. The crew seemed friendlier, the seats nice leather and the price was definitely better, but flying is flying. I did notice one difference. The flight and ground crew was about half male and half female. The women had a lot of makeup and looked nice. The men were Gay. Not gay, but Gay with a capital G… All of them. I mean flaming, flirting, limp wristed, having fun and showing it off Gay as gay can be.
Last night we went to a very nice restaurant on 110th and fifth avenue called Cafe Taci. The tight little restaurant has a small stage where an elderly woman plays the piano while young talent sings operatic arias. There were no less than 14 singers present who made a simply impressive display of their vocal talents. We ate well and celebrated Sara?s birthday with a multi-voiced full volume Happy Birthday aria as yummy cake came out from the kitchen.
Today we have tickets to see Baz Luhrman?s presentation of La Boheme on Broadway. We had hoped to visit the Museum of Design before the theater but the morning has run out. I am not sure what we will do tonight, but I do know we have many options.