Wicked.....

Two Friday's ago, Justin and I went to see the musical Wicked. It was great. The story is clever - drives home the idea that there are two sides to every story and how misunderstanding a person's perspective and actions and lead to serious consequences. The story is a really unique twist on a classic tale.

The two witches were fantastic - there was never a moment that the characters lost their personalities. The music was clever. Though I have to say, that it took me a couple of songs to truly understand the words.

The set and costumes were also amazing. Overall, it was a really enjoyable show. I'd recommend it to anyone visiting New York.

Bicycle

If you can believe it, Justin and I celebrate our 5th anniversary in a few days. I have to say that I haven't been the best at anniversary gifts in the first 4 years. This year, I wanted to make sure that I did better.

I bought us bicycles.

They are Raleigh Passenger 4.0 hybrid bikes. From what I've learned the past few days, hybrids are lighter than comfort and mountain bikes, not as fast as road bikes but faster than comfort bikes, have shock to keep the ride nice, and a few other distinguishing features.

We picked them up this evening at the bike shop on 96th St and rode home through Central Park. I was a bit nervous at first. I know the saying "once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget". But I wasn't sure that applied to me. I also wasn't sure that I wanted to find out on a busy NYC street - but alas, that's where we started.

It worked out fine. It's clear that drivers here know to look for cyclists (or anything really). I didn't feel too unsafe the entire ride.

Cruising through the park was fun and revealing. I'm not as strong as I wish! Now we have bikes to fix that!

Anyway, I'm hoping that we get good use of these - probably not every weekend, but at least a few times a month. It was fun - and felt great....downhill!

I'll post pictures later.
Jenn