Weekend in New York City Nov 1

Weekend in New York City Nov 1 - 3, 2013
Friday
Hayden Planetarium Space Show "Dark Universe"	PIPPIN at the Music Box Theatre Charlie says we saw this show 40 yrs ago, and indeed, he remembered and repeated a line in the dialogue. I don't remember that, but I sure enjoyed it this time. It had athleticism equal to Cirque de Soleil And it clearly explained the themes: Home, Glory, Flesh, Politics, Encouragement, Common life
Times Square on the way back to our room
Saturday Whitney Museum -- The Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE exhibit
"The Seagull" at the Lynn Redgrave Theater Charlie enjoyed this for some of the thoughtful insights, but I did not enjoy it at all. The characters were all dysfunctional people who made bad decisions and added nothing worthwhile to anyone's life.	BARGEMUSIC An excellent program by Alexander Peskanov -- By far, the best pianist I've ever heard The Photo is of him talking with members of the audience during the intermission.
Walk on the Brooklyn Bridge after the Barge Music show The weather was mild and the walk was delightful
Empire state building seen under the Manhattan Bridge lights	This group were holding up a "Will you marry me?" sign. We could not discern where the intended bride was, or her answer.
Sunday was the NY Marathon. Since we had enjoyed viewing this event in 2007, this year we decided to avoid the traffic and head home. What we didn't expect was the crowd (it seemed like everyone in Penn Station) we ran into on the train home. They were all going to the Jets game in the Meadowlands, which meant they took NJ Transit to Secaucus. Secaucus is the first stop on our trip home. They filled the train cars, including all the standing room. We were thankful Secaucus was the first stop.