#91 NYC Badass Adventure Day 2: My worst nightmare -- Singing in a Broadway Show. Kinda.

If I were to move to a city, I would definitely choose NYC. No question.

How is it that a city that is so huge makes you feel so connected? That you can be lost without being LOST? That you can be alone without being lonely? That everything looks new but the same?

I love it here.

On my second day here, I decided to put on my big girl pants, get out of the hotel room, and find my way down to Emily's. Now, keep in mind, when I booked my hotel, I thought, "Manhattan...it's one small part of NYC so whereever I book will be super close to my girl".

Um.

My bad.

Instead of taking an Uber to her apartment (the easiest way) or catching a subway (not quite ready for that solo adventure yet), I decided to walk it.

No biggie. It's only 5 miles away.

And in that 5 mile walk, I explored and had a grand old time.

I stopped in a Kawaii store and hugged some plushables.

I grabbed a bitter, yet addicting, mocha in the basement patio of Expresso Kitchen.

I stopped in the slime museum and grabbed Emily a childhood favorite: Instant Snow. (Yup. When we lived in Miami, this was a yearly tradition to grow snow and play in it. Try it! You'll like it!).

I stopped saying "Excuse Me" when I cut in front of someone.

And I made it down to the World Trade Center with sore feet and a depleted phone battery.

So interesting touring around The Occulus.

I loved this storefront called The Stranger Project where people left written stories describing who they are. The line to get in to write was ridiculously long. Isn't that a great idea?

I walked around the 911 Memorial Pools. It is such a beautiful tribute to such a horrific day.

And I grabbed a chicken kabob and a water bottle from a hot dog cart. It happened! I did a New York classic food experience.

The chicken was fine. The water was better.

Emily apartment is a couple of blocks away from the World Trade Center and I got to meet her roomates (absolutely delightful!!!) and their cat Bean (also delightful!). And I got to hang out on the roof of her building.

From there, we decided to head to a Board Game Cafe. On route, we stopped in Flippers Pancakes, which served up the light, puffy, soufflee pancakes you see on Instagram. I convinced Emily that one tiny bite wouldn't send me into a gluten-induced downward spiral, and it was everything I imagined it would taste like.

I got an omelet. The only gluten-free thing on the menu. It was fine.

But I also got to try something new: Green Tea with Cheese Foam and Boba. Sounds horrific. Looks kind of scary. Tasted nice! The "Cheese Foam" is actually a whipped cream concoction with cream cheese, a little sugar and salt. I think they could find a better name, tho. Maybe "Fluffy-Goodness Foam" would sound more appealing.

We got to the board game cafe and grabbed a table. This is the best place in the world. For $10 for three hours you can play all the board games your happy little heart likes.

Emily taught me how to play A Ticket To Ride. Finally! I've always wanted to learn. She beat me, but I had a nice satisfaction of builidng my train from Los Angeles to Miami. I would play again for sure.

We also played these:

Sorry to say that I died of Dysentery.

It was a beautiful day and I swear, every single person in NYC was in Madison Square Park when we walked by.

I saw magicians, street performers, LARPers, and a band of jolly Hari Krishnas. Did you know they no longer wear their peach robes? Instead they wear peach shirts and pants. Maybe they got too much skin-on-skin chaffage under their robes and decided to upgrade.

We wandered around the city until we met up with Wiki for a salad before heading to our show "Titanique".

My boss recommended this to me -- and I am so glad she did. It was flipping hysterical!

It was a juke box musical with Celine Dion songs in a slapsticky comedy about the Titanic movie.

And it was so, so, so, so well done.

At first, I had a hard time settling into the goofiness.

But because we were sitting in the front row -- like, literally my feet were resting on the stage -- you could see the actor's facial expressions and became part of the show.

This group of 8ish actors were the absolute best singers, dancers, comedic actors, ad-libbers you ever had the pleasure to watch sink in a ship.

The actor playing Rose played Glinda in Wicked for years. She's got some mad chops. But everyone else had just as great vocal range and it was incredible being so close to the action.

There was this bit about Rose, Celine, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown and an eggplant. I'll let you imagine what that was about.

Anyhoo, suddenly Celine whipped around and held the eggplant in front of my face as a microphone and the spotlight was suddenly on me. Literally.

What to do?

Do I run? Do I do a golf clap to encourage her to leave? Do I turn bright red? (Well....duh....that was happening no matter what).

I rose to the challenge and I lip synched with pizazz.

I think Emily and Wiki were glad that their seats were across the aisle from me so they could pretend they didn't know me.

If you are in New York, please go.

Then after hugging Emily and Wiki goodnight, I walked the two miles back to the hotel.

10 miles in one day of walking. Not bad. Subways might be easy. Ubers might be quicker. But walking gave me the best way to start feeling like a New Yorker.

Stay tuned for Day #3.