Jersey Boys & Upright Citizens Brigade

On Thursday Philip and I had to go to work, but this was a great day for Sue, Ken and Dave to explore the city. They met me for lunch at my office, which is near Rockefeller Center, and we ate in the beautiful Hess dining cafe. Then they took off for the NYC City Sights bus tour. Philip and I always recommend for our first-time visitors to take a bus tour because you can see the entire city with the best view and in a short amount of time. Here's a photo of Dave on top with the rain coat they gave to everyone. It was a little rainy that day. Philip's family has a love for horses, and while they were on the bus tour they took a good photo of this mounted police officer in the middle of Times Square.



That night I was really excited since we had gotten tickets to see Jersey Boys! My mom had seen the musical in Chicago with my aunt and they both loved it and thought that it would be a good one for Philip's parents to see. So Philip bought his family tickets and they experienced their first musical on Broadway! It was such an awesome show - the story and music was of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. We knew all the music, such as "Oh, What a Night", "Sherry, Baby", "Walk Like a Man", and so many more favorites! I loved it and I think everyone really enjoyed it. It was another great evening.




On Friday, Philip's parents and Dave went on the bus tour again and then we met them afterwork at the oldest and famous pizzeria, Lombardi's. It's a thin crust coal oven pizza and really was the best pizza that Philip and I have had in New York City. Usually there is a long line, but we were lucky and got in right away. Afterward we headed to the Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Club to watch some improv comedy. But because we had some extra time we decided to have a drink at the Trailer Park bar since it's a couple blocks from the comedy place. And while we were standing there...Philip ran into a friend, Mike, who he knew from Preston, Iowa! We couldn't believe it! Preston is a town of 900 and we ran into one of his friends who now lives in Jersey City and happened to be at the exact same bar (out of thousands!) as we were. Philip's mom took a photo and we couldn't wait to tell Grandma about this one. What were the odds?! Here's a couple photos of us standing in front of the actual trailer that was inside the bar.




After a couple drinks we went over to the Upright Citizens Brigade to watch a very funny improv show. Many people who have made it big on Saturday Night Live started at UCB. I heard that sometimes Amy Pollar shows up unexpectedly to do a show! It's definitely not a fancy place, but they have some very talented comedians and a fun crowd. Plus, PBR's are only $2!