A Luxury Hotel Welcome (and the Sweetest Anniversary Touches)
My husband and I went to New York for our anniversary, and it coincided with a Broadway show I was gifted tickets from one of our children. We splurged quite a bit but really enjoyed ourselves. We stayed at a swanky hotel and was greeted by name by anyone who had been introduced to us just once. They cleaned our room I swear anytime we left to go somewhere, I mean like 3 times in one day. We felt like we had been there a week but were only there 3 days and 2 nights. They gifted us a tasty anniversary dessert with a bottle of champagne in our suite. One night at the lobby bar the wait staff ended our evening with 2 complimentary espresso martinis and told us the three beans on top were for health, wealth, and I forgot what the third one was. (My daughter seemed to think health which makes sense.) It came with a card signed from the group who had been waiting on us in the bar that evening it was so sweet. Our main server mentioned she was a newlywed so our marriage was a bit inspiring since our marriage is nearing 3 decades.
Fine Dining, Caviar, and Seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway
One of the two evenings we booked dinner in their fine dining room and it was very nice. We had a choice of ordering the chef’s special which was a 4 course meal with drinks or wines paired to each course. We ordered a la cart instead. My husband wanted to splurge and try caviar so we ordered some and it was tasty. I had been fortunate to take one of my kid’s to a holiday tea for their birthday and we ordered a caviar sampler and it was quite good. Not surprisingly the higher the price of the caviar the tastier it was.
Broadway Matinee Highlights: Effects, Polyjuice Potion, and Dementors
Back to our New York weekend, the play was a matinee and we enjoyed it quite a bit. It was Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I had read the book years ago when it first came out and from what I recall it was pretty close. The special effects (for theater) was pretty cool. If you are a Harry Potter fan you know what Polyjuice potion is and the way the way they had the characters change bodies was very interesting. The actors did an awesome job of portraying each other. (Side note if you aren’t a Harry Potter fan. – Polyjuice potion will turn someone’s appearance into whoever they want if they have a piece of their hair. The person is still original but appearance is completely someone else.) Also the scene where Harry and Draco have a spell fight was pretty cool. I would love to see how they did it. It was done well since they were spinning and flying across the stage. I didn’t notice any ropes from the ceiling so very interesting to watch. The dementors flying around the theater was awesome too. They got very close to the audience and how they would capture a soul was good too. All around that was a very awesome play to watch considering it was our first Broadway play. I look forward to going to more. My husband isn’t a fan of musicals so we will pick and choose accordingly. He may have to give in at some point though because I like musicals.
Final Thoughts (and What We Might Do for the Big 30)
Back to New York, we had such a great time. We took the train so we didn’t have stress of traffic or dealing with people. I look forward to our next time although I am not so sure we will splurge that much. When we checked out the front desk asked us if we were going to make our trip there an annual visit but my spouse told me that perhaps next year for the big 30 we might go to Asia. He knows I am a huge Kdrama fan and would love to visit some of the places in my favorite dramas. We shall see what happens since that is next spring.
If you’ve done New York for an anniversary or you’ve seen Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I’d love to hear what you thought. What’s your go-to splurge in the city: the hotel, the food, or the show?
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