from the editor: I'm a bad LYS employee. I've really done scant knitting this week, and thusly another fiberless post. Le sigh.This is the last week of school for my studio singers. I know, everyone else under the sun is done but us. Graduation is on Friday (the 13th - don't think the irony is lost on some of these "adults"). And although most teachers spend the next three months travelling on vacation improving themselves at workshops, I teach a summer studio. As an independent contractor, if I want to be paid, lessons are taught.
I've never really been a get-the-heck-outta-Dodge vacationer - nor have my people - but this summer is proving to be different. The third week of July will be a Genuine Road Trip Vacation, the likes of which haven't been experienced by my family for over 20 years (ahem).
Destination: The Big Apple :-D
Motivation: seeing the MN Twins play at Yankee Stadium before they tear it down
Participation: mom, dad, sis, and moi
Driving halfway across the country.
In July.
Watching outdoor baseball (here's the view from our slice of Yankee heaven):
No me gusta the potential heat/sweat/humidity factor with this itinerary, but I will shut my yap and deal with it.
OK, one question: I am certainly not the most sportly-minded lesbian to walk the face of the earth (though I have been known to cheer on a championship whatever in a social context), but shouldn't it be illegal or unethical or something to tear down Yankee Freakin' Stadium? It's like the Mecca of baseball, isn't it? Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and all? (Heh, I didn't even google those names. Pretty impressed right about now, aren't you?)
side note: On this day in 1969 the Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's number, 7. Ironical. (This factoid was looked up after I wrote his name above, thus the ironicalness. And yes, I know it's not a real word.)
Lay it on me, readers. What should I petition the fam to see whilst in Nueva York? Leave me a comment with your favorite tourist-y spot, off-the-beaten-path eatery, or whatever. You're going to be listening to me blog about it, so the sights might as well be something we'll all enjoy.
2 comments:
Very impressive sports references, sister.
The next time I'm in NYC I'm going to The Cloisters and the Frick (again). My friend who's a travel writer was really impressed with the Museum of the City of New York.
I want very very much to make a pilgrimage to tour the Steinway factory in Queens, but it's not entirely clear to me if it's still a possibility. It seems we should try to email them at info@steinway.com and beg.
I spent my formative years in and around NYC, so I can second the Cloisters and the Frick. The Cloisters are not far from Yankee Stadium, either. The Cooper Hewitt is fun, depending on what's on tap. And if you haven't been to NY, the circle line tour around the island is hokey but fun, and really gives you the lay of the land. Plus you get to see the little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge. (Kids book.)
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