In the realm of birthday joy, I want to share the things wonderful that happened on my birthday—which was yesterday. David was in Paris on Friday and everyone was worried about whether or not he was near any of the places the bombs went off. It turns out he wasn’t far from the club but he was far enough that he wasn’t effected, and he is home.
Anyway, just as I was leaving the house to get to NYC, my cousin Joannie called me. (we had a wonderful day together on Thursday – lots of laughs before the reports from Paris.) The reason for the call was that she wanted to tell me about how beautiful my birthday cake was. I stupidly said that I was not going to be home to eat the cake. She said that she, Debbie, Amy, Billy and Carmen knew that. But that whether or not I was there, they intended to celebrate my birthday. They sent me pictures of the cake, which was beautiful, and then a video in which they lit candles and sang happy birthday to me. Of course, they also called to sing to me. I was easily the funniest birthday present I ever received and it made me, and everyone I saw in NY, laugh non stop.
Could there be anything better than that. Not better but equally enjoyable was an edible birthday gift from my son, daughter and grandchildren. The next stage of gift giving was from my amazing friend Kerry her kids and Jordan. They took me to our favorite little wine bar and then, the actual gift was tickets to the show 'Hamilton' – which I had seen once before but I could see it a hundred times and not get tired of it. It seems I had actually said that it was what I wanted for my birthday. Let me mention that no one can get tickets to Hamilton, but she got them. After the show we waited for Jordan, Clare, and Daisy to come out. They did not. We knew they must have been up to something. And sure enough they finally texted us to say they were on the stage. Yes, the Broadway stage. The guy who wanted to close the theater came back and we told him that our kids were on the stage so he took us backstage.
What has always amazed me is how such a big cast can fit on such a small stage.
It was a delightful day, brunch, a movie, a virtual birthday party and an incredible show. We left “the girls” on the stage and I subwayed home. Unfortunately after waiting seven hours at the airport in Paris, David did not make it home for any of the birthday activities. Too bad because we all had a terrific time. We're just sayin'... Iris
... and herewith.. the famous Cake:
Anyway, just as I was leaving the house to get to NYC, my cousin Joannie called me. (we had a wonderful day together on Thursday – lots of laughs before the reports from Paris.) The reason for the call was that she wanted to tell me about how beautiful my birthday cake was. I stupidly said that I was not going to be home to eat the cake. She said that she, Debbie, Amy, Billy and Carmen knew that. But that whether or not I was there, they intended to celebrate my birthday. They sent me pictures of the cake, which was beautiful, and then a video in which they lit candles and sang happy birthday to me. Of course, they also called to sing to me. I was easily the funniest birthday present I ever received and it made me, and everyone I saw in NY, laugh non stop.
Could there be anything better than that. Not better but equally enjoyable was an edible birthday gift from my son, daughter and grandchildren. The next stage of gift giving was from my amazing friend Kerry her kids and Jordan. They took me to our favorite little wine bar and then, the actual gift was tickets to the show 'Hamilton' – which I had seen once before but I could see it a hundred times and not get tired of it. It seems I had actually said that it was what I wanted for my birthday. Let me mention that no one can get tickets to Hamilton, but she got them. After the show we waited for Jordan, Clare, and Daisy to come out. They did not. We knew they must have been up to something. And sure enough they finally texted us to say they were on the stage. Yes, the Broadway stage. The guy who wanted to close the theater came back and we told him that our kids were on the stage so he took us backstage.
What has always amazed me is how such a big cast can fit on such a small stage.
It was a delightful day, brunch, a movie, a virtual birthday party and an incredible show. We left “the girls” on the stage and I subwayed home. Unfortunately after waiting seven hours at the airport in Paris, David did not make it home for any of the birthday activities. Too bad because we all had a terrific time. We're just sayin'... Iris
... and herewith.. the famous Cake:
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