<p>Didn’t mean to be mean. Just trying to encourage Washdad to join the crowd, literally! The reason he has a flight “bath” is because he is "Wash"dad… (I try to keep my jokes clean).</p>
<p>Thanks, Violadad. I’m getting nervous. Have a couple’a takers for Friday night. It’s going to be fun!</p>
<p>Binx and others who are meeting Friday night - if you let me know the where and when, I will try really hard to meet you. A lot depends on the time you’re meeting as I am busy until about 7 with stuff I can’t get out of.</p>
<p>Who is from Long Island here? I am thinking Mythmom and LIMOMOF2…anyone else?</p>
<p>limom and momof3sons-
Do I have to pack a formal gown for this gala? I was hoping not to have to check any luggage! If we have to “prep” for our cuppa joe, I am in deep trouble. I will aim to have matching shoes. Anything beyond that is gravy…</p>
<p>That’s a good trick! Just spill gravy on everything and everything matches!
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<p>But WashDad, We already know who’ll have to do the laundry.</p>
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Been on the Love Story Thread? Love is never having to say you’re sorry!</p>
<p>^^^ groan… Bad, washdad, bad…
By the way, from the airplane we all look glamorous and color coordinated! Wave a lot!</p>
<p>jym626 - I’m not sure how momof3sons feels, but I pretty much live in jeans, so I would most likely show up wearing jeans and a sweater…lol. Definitely no need to dress up for coffee.</p>
<p>LIMOMOF2-
If you bring yummy bakery items (minus the critters) you can dress any way you want!! Bathrobe and fuzzy slippers is fine with me!</p>
<p>Well LIMOMOF2, I will have to “dress up” to get to the jeans stage! I will definitely wear jeans, a sweatshirt, and sneakers. Anything else would be a deal breaker for me-;)</p>
<p>That sounds great to me, momof3sons - especially the sneakers part! If we meet in the city, and I have to go from Penn Station, down to Soho, and then up to Grand Central, sneakers will work for me too. By the way, jym626 says a bathrobe and fuzzy slipper are fine with her, so if the jeans are too much trouble…</p>
<p>I sent an email to my D, reminding her to bring extra shoes to NYC, so she doesn’t have to wear sneakers to the concert on Saturday. I copied my S on it. He emailed back that if she wore sneakers, she would just look like all the other students! I just spent all morning shopping for a pair of comfortable black shoes that would go with my dress pants, but would also get me through a lot of walking (I have a bad knee, and need a very supportive shoe!) I couldn’t find any. Now I’m tempted to go shopping for a pair of black sneakers.</p>
<p>Just found this thread - is there still time to reserve a place in the party? There is a chance that I won’t be around on the 23rd, since it’s school vacation week, but if I am I’d love to join in. It’s great that you’re coming back, jym.</p>
<p>Thanks, NYMomof2
Sounds like we may be getting a good crowd! What break is at the end of Feb? I vaguely remember a winter break around Presidents day when I was a kid in the NY school system, but it’s all a fleeting memory now.</p>
<p>Update-- just found out my H has to fly to India just before our trip to NY- so it seems I will be flying to White Plains alone and he will have to fly into Kennedy from India. Not sure yet when his flight would arrive, so don’t have the logistics for getting from Kennedy to Westchester. Any suggestions, if he arrives before I do? (I don’t know that I’d recall how to get to Kennedy anyway…)</p>
<p>I didn’t read this entire thread, but I think I am just missing you guys in NYC. I’ll be in the city the night of the 21st to see my daughter’s opening night of her show, arriving from Philadelphia, via CA (don’t ask!), and then flying to VT the morning of the 22nd. I think you guys are gathering on the 23rd. I’ll be back in NYC the next weekend again with my husband to see D’s production.</p>
<p>Binx, I had a pear of black and white pumas. They were tiny shoes, “sprint” style (not that I did much sprinting in them!), but when they were new and clean they looked pretty classy. I had to wear them with dress pants once, and I got compliments on my them! I’m not sure if they’re still being sold. Mine were incredibly comfortable, and they lasted years.</p>
<p>OK, jym626, I lost you a bit on the logistics. Are you going JFK to White Plains, or vice versa? Car, or no car? I may well be able to pick you up from HPN, if you’d like.</p>
<p>corranged - I saw some sketchers today at Kohls that looked a lot like pumas. Looked hard at them, but nothing seemed quite perfect. Guess I’ll go with my old black chunky mary janes, since S says no one will notice my shoes anyway. (Except several invisible friends who will be there, and will come back and tell you all, “Oh my gosh, you should have seen binx’s nasty shoes!”)</p>
<p>binx: I have ankle problems after breaking one many a moon ago. I wear sketcher boots, which are in style, sort of. And very comfortable. Plus, the have a decent size heel which is great for vertically challenged people.</p>
<p>Greetings from NYC! We just go here this afternoon - writing a brief note here at the hotel business center. Printed out 11 pages worth of tips from CC threads before we came, and referenced them often! Went to top of the Rock - WOW. Walked up 5th Ave, went in the Apple store and FAO Schwartz, than along edge of Central Park. Went to a composer’s recital tonight at Juilliard. D Arrived at 10:30 p.m. Took a taxi all by herself from airport to Lincoln Center. She seems awed by the whole experience, and is tickled to be spending the night with S’s friends in the Juilliard dorm.</p>
<p>Hoping to meet a couple new invisible friends tomorrow evening! (I told my S that if he’s really good, perhaps he will also be able to see my invisible friends.)</p>