Friday, September 26, 2025 – a day in the city and seeing a Broadway play.
We joined Kevin and Eric for breakfast at a place called Bagel to Sandwich, which Eric had found on an app he uses to find places that have gluten-free options. Bob had 2 eggs and cheese on an onion bagel, and I had 2 eggs and cheese on a croissant and we both had tap water — all for a mere $24.
The 4 of us caught the 3 train uptown to Central Park, where we sat and people-watched for a while.
Neither Bob nor I understood anything about this ad on the train:
Apparently, this is an ad by Sunday for Dogs brand dog food that touts their own brand while simultaneously dissing a competitor’s brand, The Farmers’ Dog.
It reminded me of my work in Red Hat‘s marketing department; we never tried to differentiate our brand by bashing a competitor’s brand — and I liked that.
Us folx on the train:
Sitting in Central Park on a beautiful day:
We walked 6 blocks to the Music Box Theatre, where we had second-row-center orchestra seats to the 7 p.m. performance of the limited run of Art.
The only thing on the closed curtain before the play started was this simple white square in the middle toward the top, which alluded to the (arguably) completely white painting that was the impetus of the events in this story.
I’m really at a loss for words (you know that’s a small miracle) to describe how much I enjoyed this play.
I wasn’t familiar with Bobby Cannavale (although Bob was, of course), but he was a tour de force in this show, second only to James Corden, who was absolutely incredible. And it’s not that NPH wasn’t good, but his character was more quiet and subdued (comparatively). With that said, he was a master at facial expressions required of his character.
After the show, we got hot pastrami sandwiches at the same place we had dinner last night, Berlina Café, across the street from our hotel. I thought of both my mom and dad while there. Mom loved pastrami sandwiches and Dad loved Narragansett beer.
Eric and I had such a great day with you both! We look forward to more adventures with you today.
Ditto, my friend! Thanks for reading and commenting.
Love this! Pastrami and Narragansett!
Loved hearing about Art. What other shows did you see? Bear with me but I believe that is the Jackie O Reservoir in Central Park.
Loved hearing about Art and Death Becomes Her. The costume changes in DBH were wonderful. Saw it on the Tony Awards night and repeatedly on the Reels, i’m addicted to. Bear with me but I believe that is the Jackie O Reservoir in Central Park.
Oh yes, and loved Barbra’s stoop. Sitting there was free. Seeing BJS in Las Vegas was not free, but worth every penny! We did see Barbra Free on HBO later. Bob made us badges. ❤️