Broadway Rose visits Manhattan on theatre trip

Just gave a New York City Jim Dykes private tour for FIVE days for a group of 49 people from the Broadway Rose Theatre group from Portland, Oregon. Such nice people-- I've done their New York trip before and I'm so glad they called me again. The arrived Wednesday and checked into the Broadway Millenium Hotel on W. 44th St. Christina Gonzalez from the hotel sales dept. was very charming and checked us in right away. Shows they saw included: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT starring Matthew Broderick & Kelli O'Hara, MEMPHIS, SISTER ACT as a group and many folks took in extra shows including PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, THE BEST MAN, SPIDERMAN, EVITA, THE LION KING, MARY POPPINS and more! Restaurants we went to included: Butter (fabulous food but they do NOT know how to serve large groups efficiently). Dinner took 3 hours plus. Also we dined at THALIA in the theatre district; our last night together we dined in the lovely garden at BARBETTA on W. 46th St. in Restaurant Row. The weather that night was "perfect" with low humidity, no rain, a light breeze...as I said "perfect." One night we took over La Mangeoire on the fashionable East Side...a lovely French cafe. The owner Gerard couldn't have been more accommodating and charming. He told us he met his wife years ago in France...he was running a small cafe in the country and she was a backpacking American tourist. It was love and she brought him back to New York where he opened his "country cafe" in midtown Manhattan! Also we took the Circle Line 2 hour cruise around Manhattan, met with one of the artists appearing in SISTER ACT on Broadway (Charles Brown) at the Chelsea Studios, toured the 9/11 Memorial and saw the new World Trade Center buildings going up and so much more. I was so sorry to say goodbye on Sunday! Many thanks to Dan, Sharon, Alan, Brenda, Grace and all!
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