Okay so you are probably thinking that if I live in New York City that my life must be fantastic and exciting every five minutes. Well sometimes it is like when I was eating dinner with a friend, getting ready to go eat free food at the Botox party (no I have not done it) and was called to go to Justin’s Concert. I know I said I would post the pictures, but life is moving so rapidly these days. Or tonight when I wanted to go and see the sappy movie August Rush and instead was whisked a way to the heart of Musical Theater Land for really late night, fantastic Caberet, more on that soon. But I will tell you now it’s every Friday night at 10:30pm at the West Bank Cafe at 42nd and 9th. I had a great time. Who wouldn’t have a great time surrounded by well dressed, molded pec muscles, handsome men with explosive personalities?? Well okay so they were mostly gay but they were all so much fun!! The singing was fabulous and it really reminded me why I spent 11 1/2 years dancing, singing and acting in musicals in New York and around the country. The talent was great and I know some of them are going to be big stars and others were already big stars on Broadway.
Okay, so yes, New York can be fantastic, fun, frenetic and so on but there are just other nights where you realize how expensive this place is and you actually stay home and watch tv. Yes I actually sit on my couch in New York City and watch my favorite shows. If you know me personally, knowing that I watch The Bachelor is not a stretch. I am always believing and hoping that everyone will find their true love. I have cried at every Bachelor as well as every Oprah Show, but this year I cried harder than ever.
If you didn’t see the show, let me just tell you, there were these amazing two girls: Jenny and Deanna. They were smart, funny, young, beautiful and they really liked Brad The Bachelor. I know it’s only TV but they had us believing that he really liked both of them, even maybe loved one of them. At the end, he did the strangest thing, he rejected both of them. He told them they were wonderful, he showed them affection (in my opinion a little two much if he gave all three of the final girls everything he’s got!) and in front of us, he made us believe one would at least be his girlfriend, if not his wife.
Well even on tv there aren’t any more fairy tales Cinderella. He didn’t pick either girl and sent both of them home saying that they deserved something or someone else. Mmmm, so here is where I come in. I was dating a guy for 1 year and 7 months. It was an international relationship and as far as I could see, it was reciprocal i.e. phone calls, text messages (I really hate this invention),plane tickets, trips and a million I love you’s. So one day, not feeling too good, still suffering with severe headaches, I let it out I am thinking long term, marriage and babies. The presentation wasn’t too good, I could have added a bit more honey and taken out my desperate longings, but I got it out there. Guess what happened? Well I didn’t get a rose at the last rose ceremony or a bending of one knee…nope I got a guy who showed me, that well, we weren’t in the same relationship and he back peddled all the way to Russia.
So this Bachelor was hard for me to watch but on the other hand I think Men in Trees is really clever and reminds me of the serious Northern Exposure. So if you are thinking of moving to New York and you thought that you would have to stop watching all television, don’t worry, sometimes you won’t want to go out because it is cold, sometimes you won’t want to spend money, sometimes you will have someone over to watch tv (in my sadness having people over to my house has really been a comfort) and well basically what I am trying to say is, sometimes New York City is just like anywhere else. I have always felt that it has a small town feel. After 14 years, I am not kidding, there is something quite cozy about it, but you can’t always feel that right when you get here.
