Greetings from the lobby of the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers! Thanks to the free wireless, I am able to peruse the internet while I wait for everyone else to get here. I lucked out this morning, my flight was at 9:15, and I got to the airport at around 7:35 to check in. When I got to the desk, the ticket agent asked if I was checking in for the 8am flight, I said no, and he was like "well, I can put you on it". He checked me in real quick, then escorted me to the gate; I got to bypass security, and went from ticket counter to gate in less than 10 minutes. Awesome! The new JetBlue terminal at JFK is beautiful, it's designed by David Rockwell and was ultra-futuristic with clean lines and lots of white/silver patterns. I wanted to take pictures, but alas, I did not.
Last night I met up with Kris, Nick, James, Michael, Mulligan, Doug and Matt at the MME conference (or something like that, it's a music educator geek-fest) and we were going to dinner at Morton's. Before dinner, Doug, Nick and I checked out the concert band rehearsal (it's also All-State's, where the best high school musicians in the state come and perform); it was being run by Robert W. Smith (who wrote Oakmont's show last year The Divine Comedy) and he was premiering his new work, The Quest; written in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' Don Quixote. It. Was. Excellent. And the kids were ridiculously talented. I couldn't believe that they were only in high school. They're going to premiere the piece this afternoon at Symphony Hall. You can't get tickets though- it's been sold out for weeks.
After the great performance, we had a great meal at Morton's. They were participating in restaurant week, and $33 for dinner at Morton's is a steal. I went to the one in Chicago with dad a couple years ago, and it was easily $150, and I don't even think we drank. The food was outstanding, best steak I've had in a while, and we had their great onion loaf, my favorite part of the meal.
Ok, thats it for now, have a great weekend everyone, full recap of the weekend coming Monday...
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