The Adventures of Scotty: Day 3 in the Big City!

So today was another great day in New York City. This morning a group of us went to the tenement housing museum which fascinated me. It was quite the experience to see what life was like for immigrants in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Each apartment was very small. I would say that my bedroom and bathroom combined would be about the same size as an apartment that was known to house up to 15 people. Lighting was terrible. One entire floor, or 4 apartments shared one toilet. I wish I had pictures of it, but they would not allow photography.

Before we took the tour, Roger took us over to a doughnut shop that was apparently on the Food Network at one time. I had a coconut crème doughnut that was really good. Each bite my mouth would fill up with coconut crème. After the tour we stopped for some lunch at a Thai place before we went to go see Mary Poppins. I wasn’t very hungry so I just got a coconut soup that had chicken, green onion, and cilantro in it. Very very good. I think I have gotten my fill of coconut for the rest of the year… or at least the rest of the trip.

After lunch we quickly got on the subway to go back over to Times Square to see Mary Poppins. Not the best show that I have seen here but the special effects and technical aspect of the show was amazing. Seeing the giant set pieces and how fast they transformed the stage blew me away!

After the show we were able to go tour backstage of the Lion King from the Resident Director. This was an awesome once in a lifetime experience. I am going to try to shadow the stage manager for one of the Saturday shows.

Tonight we saw War Horse over at the Lincoln Center. This show is beyond words amazing. The puppeteers were so good with the horses and other animals in the show. Very lifelike.

Tonight was my first time eating gelato, which is ice cream but with a lot more cream and a lot more calories. But I had Ferrero Rocher gelato that was amazing.