I call this part one because, as of now, I am planning to visit again in October for New York ComicCon. But, that’s another story…
We went out to NYC to check out the Tim Burton exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. It was awesome seeing so much of his original work and some really cool props from his movies (Batman 89 cowls, Catwoman suit, Edward Scissorhands, etc… ). The layout of the exhibit was awkward… no real direction or path, which left people milling about in all directions. Put 500 milling about fans in 1 area and it gets tough to move around!
The other big part of the trip was seeing Rock of Ages. SO. FREAKING. GREAT! If you are of the era when Quiet Riot and Twisted Sister were the hot new ways to make your parents hate you, you owe it to yourself to see this. Come on, it even had the Hot 80s Chick Rolling Around On Hood Of Car.
As a total coincidence we went to see the Organ Beats while we were there! It just turned out that they were playing there while we were in town. Of course, we would see a Waltham band in NYC. Again. 
I had fun geeking out with both total strangers and band members. The nerd never stops!!
While there we also went out for tea at Alice’s Teacup, an Alice in Wonderland tea shop. We had the Mad Hatter for 2. 2 pots of tea, 3 scones, 2 sandwiches and a plate of cookies and chocolate mousse. Mmmmm…. I wanted to run away with a box of berry lemon scones.
What else?
We stayed at the New Yorker, which is where we usually stay for NYCC (see prior tie in there about a second trip). They were doing promotional rates for the slow period of winter, so it was only around $130 a night, which, for a convenient Manhattan hotel isn’t bad.
Um… we had some very small cupcakes from a silly trendy bakery. They were about the size of a dollar’s worth of quarters, and cost about the same. Very tasty, though foolishly overpriced 
Otherwise we did a LOT of walking. For example, our slow, relaxed day had us walk from 34th up to 78th. I definitely put some miles on my shoes this time ’round. The weather was fantastic for it… 40s and sunny.
The bus ride was uneventful. I was happy to see that there and back we had wifi on the bus and on the return trip had regular 115V power outlets at our seats. Yay Greyhound!!
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