NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

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Maverick Rover World Travels

Blog Post #93

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK


The Empire State Building
Built in 1930


New York City Center Theater
Built in 1943

Some iconic buildings 
just remain icons forever


La Cage aux folles
an evening of true delight
with Billy Porter and Wayne Brady

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MJ THE MUSICAL
might just be
THE BEST
show we have ever seen on Broadway
When you factor in the
Story, Music, Dance and Heart.
When you know Michael's life story, 
When you know the lyrics of his music, 
When you know the passion he inspired
When you know Michael
He is pretty hard to top. 

Neil Simon Theater

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42nd Street is a Mad House all day everyday
People, People, People
then add in all of the
 FIFA and Knicks & Pride celebrations, 
double mad/good fun






CATS, The Jellicle Ball
was raucous and a fun Vogue event
The audience participation was unreal
The show even got around to singing
Memory
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webb
Lyrics by Trevor Nunn 
& originally Sung by Elaine Page
Lucky me, I saw her live on Broadway. 

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This coming weekend is NYC PRIDE, 
and boy, is this city ever proud. 
Remember, 
Stonewall Riots took place at the 
Stonewall Inn / Bar
on June 28, 1969
(it's probably no small coincidence that 
Roger's birthday is on that exact day, albeit
a few years earlier in 1947)



Roger and Ron at the adjacent 
Christopher Park
in Greenwich Village

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Chelsea Market
one of our favorite venues for
shopping & Food, Food, Food

New York Stock Exchange
this is where all of your investment money matters takes place

Famous Bull on Wall Street
of course we all want a Bull Market

Statue of Liberty
view from Battery Park

Freedom Tower 
view over the top of The Oculus 
next to where the Twin Towers once lived. 

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Hudson River View
from our NYC digs
 Thanks to a loan from good friends.
We are forever grateful for the loan and to be able to break up our flight time from Belgium to CA
with this stopover in NYC

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Back in the USA
we leave you with this poem
as we are happy to be back in 
the peace and quiet of our home. 





 




















































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