LILA'S GUIDE TO NEW YORK

After a full day on Monday of a great breakfast at my favorite diner (Westway Diner), shopping in DUMBO, walking the Brooklyn Bridge, dinner at my favorite Italian place (La Lanterna di Vittorio), we went to see “Death Of A Salesman” in previews. (The greats) Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott, Ben Ahlers lead the cast, and Joaquin Consuelos (Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ son) is in it as well. Extremely emotional, tear-jerking, heart wrenching….we left exhauste

Tuesday night, after our Algonquin hotel dinner and piano jam, Kristen and I went to “The Outsiders” stage door…ten incredible cast members are leaving the musical this month and we wanted to say a final “stay gold” to those who came out I commissioned my friend Sharon Barton Dale to paint some amazing show rocks for the cast and gave some out Sunday and again Tuesday night…I got to see my fav cast member Brent Comer and an incredible cast member SeQuoiia who will take over

Tuesday night was our last night in NYC…Kristen and I booked it from the Colbert Show and went to the historic Algonquin Hotel….we looked for their new hotel cat but the hotel is under renovation and when it’s finished, they’ll adopt a kitty from a rescue or shelter (Hamlet retired recently). We shared the most sublime burger and fries and had a fantastic cookie ice cream sandwich for dessert, all while listening to a wonderful piano player tickle the ivories so beautifully