Am I There, Yet?

My kids love The Lion King.  It’s their all-time favorite movie.  I made the mistake of telling them about The Lion King show on Broadway about a year ago and they’ve been nagging us to go ever since.  But, it hasn’t been all bad.  I told them how expensive it was and they had the idea of saving money.  They’ve been saving every penny they find or are given to go towards buying tickets.  Titus scours the ground everytime we go out in public looking for lost change.  He asks people for their spare change (a beggar in the making!) and Lilly thinks of things we can sell.  They save all of their birthday and special occasion money.  They saved over $120. 

The day is finally here.  We’re going to a matinee this afternoon and all are thrilled.  I was telling the kids the schedule, so they wouldn’t nag me all day.  I don’t like hearing the, “when are we…” questions over and over again.  So, I told them, we’re all going to 1st service at church as a family then we’re coming home to get ready and then go pick up Daddy after 2nd service.  We’ll then go to the train station and take the train into the city and grab a quick lunch and head over to the theater.  Lilly said, “Wait a minute.  You forgot to mention that we’re going to take the subway to Times Square.”  I asked her, “How did you know that?”  She said, “Because that’s where the theater is…I saw it the last time we were in the city.”  Then Titus asked, “Can we go to Dylan’s Candy Bar?”

Unbelievable…I’m raising snobs.

Anyways…Today’s the day!!!  I have a hard time waiting for things and I’m just as excited as the kids…I love any excuse to act like a kid.

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UPDATE: 

We’re back and had an amazing time.  The show was spectacular…what a great way to spend three hours.  Before the show, Lilly asked us when we can go see Mary Poppins.  Josh groaned…I could hear the ka-ching ringing in his brain.  But, after the show Lilly showed no interest in seeing Mary Poppins…she wants to go back and see The Lion King again.  Both kids loved it…as did we.

After the show we went to dinner at Junior’s.  You can’t go to Junior’s and not order some of their world-famous cheesecake.  The last time I was there I had some frou-frou chocolate cheesecake…this time I wanted plain.  But, I did something idiotic.  The conversation went something like this:

Server:  Can I get you anything else?

Me:  Yes.  I’d love a slice of New York style cheesecake.

Server (looking confused):  You mean plain cheesecake?

Me:  Yes.  And why don’t you go get a big rubber stamp and stamp the words, “TOURIST” on my forehead while you’re at it.  Thanks. 

O.K.  I didn’t really say that last part…LOL!!!  I did, however, violate one of the cardinal rules of ordering food in cities knows for their specialties.  You don’t go to New York City and order New York Cheesecake.  In New York, it’s called plain cheesecake.  Just like you don’t go to Philadelphia and order a Philadelphia Cheesesteak.  In Philly, it’s called cheesesteak.  You don’t walk into Starbucks and ask, “Can I have some Starbucks’ coffee?” 

You can also look at it this way.  You don’t go into your Aunt Helga’s house and see some cookies and ask, “Aunt Helga?  May I please have some of Aunt Helga’s cookies?”  She’d wonder what you’d been drinking.  The sensible way to ask is, “Aunt Helga, may I please have some of your cookies?”  However, you can take a dozen of Aunt Helga’s cookies to a friends’ house where you can ask, “Would you like some of Aunt Helga’s cookies?”

Now you know.  Class dismissed.