So back in October, Garry asked, "Can we go to NYC and see the Christmas lights?"
My first question was: Who are you and what have you done with my BoyToy? Mr. Goth doesn't do Christmas lights!
But we set a travel date for December 18th and off we went. We took Granison with us, but Anthony didn't want to do. <sigh> So, after turning off the internet and packing all the phones in the car so that Anthony wouldn't spend all day calling his girlfriends or playing "Rap Master" on the internet, The Three of We and Granison took off to NYC.
The trip has multiple themes. One turned out to be "50 miles away." We left at 6am and Russ wanted to go to a particular location along the way for breakfast. We passed rest stop after rest stop. Finally I asked, "Where is this place?" He answered, "Oh, it's at the next exit." So we went to the next exit...then the next...then the next. Then I asked, "What is the exact exit number?" He said, "33." I looked and we were at at exit 83. A quick set of math revealed that "the next exit" was 50 miles away! At that point any time anyone asked "how far to....<wherever>?" The answer was "50 miles."
The next theme was "Russell on the iPad." You may remember a previous post about his manic use of the thing that he can see no use for.... Well, on this trip, he had it on for the
entire trip up to NYC and most of the trip back (when he wasn't sleeping)....(and even then he frequently was asleep
with the iPad turned on on his lap.)
The third theme was "Granison's Butt in NYC." For reasons we cannot fathom, Gran has adopted the super-stupid "belt-at-mid-thighs" look. Honestly, it does not look good, guys. Never. No one looks good in that moronic attire! We're three gay guys...we know what's attractive. And that ain't it! Anyway, I told Granison that if he was gonna stick it out there, I was gonna photograph it. He did anyway...and so I did. Here's a small collage of Granison's ass:
So we got on the ferry--after several wrong turns--and arrived at Battery Park. On the subway, The Three of We went on to Times Square to our Broadway show, while Gran got off the train and went his own way.
Garry Observes: "It's not Hawaiian Water"
Granison prepares to depart on his own NYC adventure.
Then we met at Toys R Us in Times Square, went off to dinner, then walked to Rockerfeller Center to see the lights.
I have lots to say, but the main thing is: OMG! There were sooooo many people---I should say: idiots---out that day. My estimate is 7 MILLION people were out that day. It took us 20 minutes to get to the restroom inside Toys R Us...then 30 minutes standing in line just to get to the exit doors!
Yes, that's the exit...and there's 3000 people blocking my path.
Definitely not the place to be on the Saturday before Christmas!
Outside, of course, there were all sorts of hucksters trying to turn a buck off the tourists. We saw about 12 Spongebobs, 6 Elmos, 8 Mickey Mouses, a couple of Statues of Liberty. All of them performing in some fashion for whatever money they could beg out of the rest of us. Here's two that I managed to photograph while waiting.
To be fair, this duo was advertising for the Cirque du Soliel show: Wintuk
After the show, which Granison did not attend (and I'll be talking more about later), we all met up and went to see the lights. It was crazy crowded...like in Toys R Us, only mutiplied by about 100 times. What I don't understand is:
There's 7 million people out here. WHY would you bring a baby in a stroller? And then you just block the walkways for the rest of us who are trying to get somewhere.
Your digital camera holds 6000 pictures. When you take a photo you really do not need to stop--thus blocking all traffic--to examine all your pictures and decide which ones to keep or delete! Do it at home, idiot!
Afterwards, we headed back to the ferry to go home. We had great fun listening to the announcements, particuarly:
"Please make sure you have all your personal possessions before leaving the ferry." hahaha!
To be able to stay awake, we had some Starbucks.
And we made it home safely.
But...the real fun of the trip was that The Three of We went to see a Broadway show. Not just any show..hehe...but...
Hehe..yup! We went to see the Pee Wee Herman show!
It was great. Very funny, and very much like the Saturday morning show that we all know. You may not like Pee Wee (mostly because you've never taken the time to understand the point of Pee Wee) but as a stage show, I must say that the technical / special effects were flawless (with one small mistake that was just a fluke). Knowing the show and the characters I found myself surprised that I wasn't thinking of Chairy or Globy, or Mr. Window as puppets but as actual actors on the stage!
Honestly, it was brilliant and funny, and a triumph for Pee Wee. Welcome back, and I hope you have a long, successful run!
