Yesterday I was sitting in class, bored out of my mind. The professor talks more than she listens and refuses to see other people’s point of view. I was sitting there “taking notes” aka making a to-do list of things I needed to get done when I got a text. It read, “Hey, sorry last minute but 2 extra tickets to West Side Story tonight. Want them?” That’s the thing I love about New York. When you least expect it, something spontaneous happens that turns your whole day around. I rushed home after class, picked up my Mom, and went straight to the theatre to make the 7PM curtain. Doesn’t that seem so early for a Broadway show to start? Most of them start at 8PM.
I wore my favorite new gray silk shorts. I’ve been really anti-dresses lately. Shorts are so much more comfortable and designers are getting really creative with the material they use. Shorts used to be associated with only denim, khaki, or cargo. Now there options that are appropriate for more dressy occasions. I especially love them when they’re high waisted it feels very 1940’s.
Afterwards we were starving. My Mom has been dying to go to the brand new Shake Shack that just opened in midtown. It’s near my apartment and the outside was completely boarded up while they were building it. One day, the boards were taken down and the huge sign was unveiled. I had been walking past the construction sight for over a year and had no idea that they had been building a new Shake Shack location!
Since West Side Story starts earlier than all the other shows we beat the after theatre crowd for getting in line. By the time we had sat down to eat the line stretched half way down the block.
I was absolutely thrilled to see that their meat is completely organic. There’s no added hormones and the animals are all farm raised. I love hamburgers but rarely eat them because I refuse to eat them unless it’s natural beef. The chocolate shake is free trade and they got the vanilla coffee beans from the Amazon Rainforest. I like what Shake Shack is supporting and will definitely be going back.
