Each morning starts with stretching and exercises. This particular morning I had some company as you can see. It was my turn to wear the weights around my ankles but then I passed them over to my exercise partner.
My mate decided he wanted to work on his biceps and so the weights were moved to the wrists.
Exercises and breakfast accomplished meant it was time to head off to the bus stop. Grandpop and our little mate are dressed for the 10 F windchill. If you look closely you should be able to see the Empire State Building down the street. We live about 6 blocks away.
If soulful looking could control the arrival of a bus then we would not have to wait long. As it turns out our wait was not very long. The busses run about every 12 minutes or so on weekdays.
OK I admit it - this shot is not very much to look at but it is the only one allowed inside of the Cirque theatre. Just wanted to give a feel for the size of the place.
The show itself is perfect to capture the imagination of a 6 year old boy. Lots of action, loud music, and constantly changing scenes. First of all there were tall ramps - one on each side and a half circle one at the back of the stage. Going up and down the ramps were people on roller skates, on skate boards and on bicycles. Wheelies by all produced oooohs and aaaaah from the little guy. There were full size metal trash cans on one side of the stage. The people on bikes got up on the back wheel and jumped on top of the first trash can then jumped the bike to a second and third trash can. I am certain you get the picture that the average young boy would go nuts seeing all of these stunts. In addition there were acrobats, a balancing act, walking on a very loosely strung rope. The theme of the show was winter and wanting it to snow. Of course at the end of the show it did snow. But the unusual part was that after the curtain came down and then went up for a curtain call it began to "snow" on the entire audience. The "snowflakes" were blown out of the heating/air conditioning vents. They were made of tissue paper and cut in snowflake shapes. Some were blue and some were white. Of course you know who just had to gather as much of the snow as possible to take home. Where do you put handfuls of tissue paper snow so it will not be wrinkled, crushed or ruined? If you guessed under my hat you are right! Then the hat on my head to keep me warm and keep the paper snow from blowing away.
Macy's, with its traditional Christmas window decorations, was one block away so we took advantage and walked over.
The windows tell the story of the Miracle on 34th Street. I tried to bring it down to a thumbnail at a 6 year old level. A lot of the mannequins are automated so it can hold a little one's interest.
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