New York City via the stomach

I have returned from the three-quarters Pezmoot in NYC. Instead of the usual running to and fro among museums I usually do on vacations, this one centered on Broadway and food, which was a refreshing change.

Saturday morning, we managed to get student rush tickets for both La Cage aux Folles and A Little Night Music, which Chandra assures me is unheard of. Quite good seats for both of them, too, if a bit off to the side. Needing to change and eat after this adventure, we went back to her apartment, where I made my zucchini/onion/green pepper/garlic and herb dish, which was a big hit.

During La Cage that afternoon, Douglas Hodge (Albin) waved to us, which was pretty awesome--as was he, and Kelsey Grammer, and the Cagelles. Especial kudos to the fellow who played the butler/maid (Jacob?), who was a hoot.

We got tasty Thai food before heading to Night Music, which was a complete 180 in tone. Though Charlotte, who won my heart, was delightfully snarky, in a dark and bitter sort of way. Petra was quite entertaining as well. Bernadette Peters was pretty amazing when she sang, especially during "Send in the Clowns."*

Sunday started with a trip to Alice's Tea Cup for brunch, which was both cute and delicious. (I got the poached eggs with rosemary sauce over ham and cheese scones biscuits, and am currently plotting how to recreate it.) I bought some "Christmas Tea" to take home, and had a cup today. It...tastes exactly like Christmas. It's kind of like if chai and orange and spice tea had a baby. Yum.

From there, we attempted to go through Central Park and see the Met Museum, but the skies opened up on us halfway through. It was kind of like standing in the shower. I had the only umbrella between the three of us, so we were soon quite wet. Deciding that two hours in an air conditioned museum while soaking wet was not that appealing, we got a cab back to Chandra's apartment and ordered Indian food. Then we watched a lot of The Middleman.

Monday, we went down to The Strand, which, after two years of visiting my local used book emporium was, I have to admit, a tiny bit disappointing, though their nonfiction section was excellent. We met up with tarzanic (yay!) and went to Max Brenner for lunch, which included the single best cup of hot chocolate I've ever tasted. It was more like chocolate syrup, or chocolate fondue, than hot chocolate, and had some kind of vanilla flavoring added. Wow.

Sadly, after lunch we had to leave to catch planes. But yay for seeing friends, seeing Broadway, and eating tasty things!


* I love the melody, but never thought the lyrics made much sense. In context, they...still don't, really. But it's pretty.

Vid: "A House Divided" [B5, Talia]

Title: A House Divided
Vidder: icepixie
Song/Artist: "Scream," Antje Duvekot
Fandom: Babylon 5, Talia-centric, Talia/Susan...kinda
Length: 2:22
Summary: The alternate personality has a few things to say.
Thanks to my mylittleredgirl for encouragement and helpful comments!

( Embedded version and download link under the cut )

W13: Some Tripart Impressions

Warehouse 13 has greatly conflicted me of late. (I've been watching regularly since the episode with the Firefly alums, though I still don't think it's that great of a show.)

The part of me that generally goes for the Big Obvious Usually-Canon Ship is grudgingly shipping Pete/Myka, despite the fact that I think they probably work better in a brother/sister relationship than a romantic one. But occasionally they have moments where they're, you know, kind of cute, and I am a bit helpless in the face of cute. Plus I'm less than enamored of either of their love interests of the moment. I liked Kelly when she was snarky and mean to Pete, but now that she's kind of snuggly, she's become rather dull. Tonight's wrestler love interest for Myka does not bear thinking about.

The part of me that loves viable femslash and is still a bit pissed that Rizzoli & Isles turned out to suck really, really wants HG Wells to become a regular and for them to actually Go There with her and Myka, 'cause wow, the chemistry last time was impressive. Sadly, I don't think this will happen. But there's always fanfic.

The part of me that cares more about characters than relationships between them is wishing the show would just dump Pete and Myka already, 'cause they're pretty dull, and concentrate on Claudia and Artie, who are not. I think this part is winning. (Though the femslash part is giving it some stiff competition.)