Bethany!

Hi!

So.... Bethany Kay Shields graced me with her presence last weekend and we took Manhattan by storm! Well, we thought so anyway.

She got in on Friday and that evening we went out to this Tapas bar in Tribeca that served happy hour half price tapas, sangria and margaritas. I don't know why I had never been there before... I guess I never had a fellow hot Texan to go out with until now. Anyway - the place was great. That night we went to Del Frisco's too and had a drink so she could see where I work. It was fun - everyone was so nice - and we got free drinks. THEN we went to Serendipity (the famous dessert place) for a big ice cream sundae. So, basically, we ate and drink our way to happiness all night. And then we came back to the apartment and watched sex and the city. It was awesome.

Saturday we got up and went to brunch down in Soho and then went shopping on canal street. We found this boutique on the way there that was having a huge clearance. I got a dress, sweater and shirt for $50 when originally everything would have cost me about $500.... ridiculous huh? I know.

THEN I called my friend Bob who works the box office at the Brooks Atkinson theatre where "A Moon for the Misbegotten" was playing. I should mention that this is a very hip Broadway play starring none other than Kevin Spacey himself. I am a big fan of his. Who isn't? Anyway - I had been into the theatre 2 weeks before Bethany got into town to see if I could get tickets for when she was here. Bob, the box office manager, said that the cheapest tickets he could get me were $200 A PIECE unless I wanted to sit way in the 2nd mezzanine - and those seats were still going to cost us $100 each. I said "Bob, we simply can't afford it. And I don't want to pay $100 for tickets in the nose bleed section." He says "I understand. Well, here's what I'll do. Here's the main number for the box office" (I have to interject... they really don't give these numbers away to everyone. I was feeling pretty cool that he was giving me the private box office number. Ok, continuing)... "So - call me on the day you want to see the show and I will see if I can get you better seats. They will probably still be about $100 each - but they should be much better than the ones I can give you today." So, I said "Ok Bob, I'll call ya."

Skip to Saturday. We called - Bob said to come to the box office. We finally get to there and Bob remembers me - thank goodness. And he says he has 2 tickets in Orchestra, Row A, Seats 2 and 4. Um... yes please! But I say - so how much - $100 each? Bob says: "$52 total." FOR BOTH. !!!!!! He gave us the student price - $26.00 each - for our tickets. Bob's the greatest. ANd P.S. The show was amazing. And we were close enough to reach out and touch Kevin Spacey for three whole hours. It was heaven.

So... Sunday we went out to brunch AGAIN and had $10 all you can drink bellini's and mimosa's... that's the beauty of new york. No one judges you for drinking at 1pm on a Sunday. And also you take public transportation everywhere....

We thought it was very sex and the city of us - which was appropriate as we were embarking on the Sex and the City Tour at 3pm!!! It was soo fun! We had the best time looking at all the spots where they filmed scenes from the show. And it was just cool to take lots of fun pics with Beth on the tour. Below is us on "Carrie Bradshaw's" front stoop.

Sunday night we went out to a great Italian restuarant - and then headed home for an early night. She headed home on Monday - which made me a little sad. But I would say that we had a very New York weekend and fit so much fun into a small amount of time.

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I have been working all week and trying to save money after spending a lot the past two weekends... but I hope everyone is well and I hope it is warmer and much more spring-like wherever you are then it is in Manhattan.

xoxo