Shawn talks a tough game, but doesn’t follow up. He said no more theater movies. Then bingo, next night he’s watching Madagascar. Horrible movie. Physically hurt to pay attention. Worse than the IU algorithms class I had where the Prof read to us from his book. And yes – that class is worse than it sounds. Really can’t do much to lessen the effects. Two showers later and still, no change.
I didn’t want to see the movie. But I felt, well, maybe a good little kids movie is good for the baby. Baby has been set back. I must work harder. Pay more attention. Cannot take these things lightly.
Decided to battle it mentally – going to happy place. Was thinking about movies with good dialog –Glengarry Glen Ross was on this weekend – absolutely fantastic dialog and delivery…ah…yes…there are some quality stories out there. Ed Harris says one 3 word sentence 3 times in rapid succession. Each time though, the sentence meant something different. Fantastic. It was that movie that got me going to see any movie that won a Tony in its original form. And I’m Not Rappaport was a decent movie – though I don’t remember much about it. Something about someone’s daughter and I’m not rappaport is the punchline to some joke I don’t remember. But the dialogue is great – I think plays rely on that much more than movies – that’s why I’ll go see any movie based on an award winning play. I don’t have time to waste with any old play. Or any old movie.
So now, I’m calm enough to check our normal mail and I find that the Mandarin Oriental in New York has sent us a coupon. Actually – we did think of the Mandarin during the movie, because they have a couple of scenes from central park and in the background they’ve got the hotels – Mandarin would have been off to the right somewhere. Somewhere behind the Trump International. I believe it was the Trump International blocking my view.
Anyway – coupon: $100 off the next stay – if booked between July 1 and Sept 5. Basically, my birthday to the day before Catherine’s birthday. I like how customized they’re making these offers, though I think it is a little unfair that they won’t give her a discount on her birthday night. But I digress.
We got a kid on the way and won’t be using the coupon; if anyone wants it – it is yours. It is a fantastic place to stay. We stayed there for one night – part of our 36 hour to NY trip – and it was a primo stay. I got to live out the movie fantasy scene where you wake up and peel open the drapes and look out on Central Park. Then I whistled a little ditty.
Quite a fantasy, I know. I did share the room with a couple of little asian girls too. That wasn’t too shabby either.
Oh – the brunch at the Mandarin’s top notch too. All these cute little dishes with different foods arranged on them. You get to mix and match. Waffles and noodles as brunch’s main course? No problem. Four little desserts – of course. Start with a little caviar? Naturally.
And the $41 once it’s all signed off and done with room service burger was practically worth it – it was that good. At $35 I would have said it was fair. For $30 – a steal. Or – if I had the burger to myself, it would have been much better too. Those asian gals were a bit early.
Has my happy place become a snooty place? I wish. The bill was horrendous. But if we just pretend that we were in New York for a week and average it all out – it was quite affordable after all. Anyway – like I said – I think anyone can use the coupon…and well, with what they charge, using it ain’t a bad idea.