We Take Ourselves With Us

First thing Monday, I got to grab a real Australian flat white with my twitter-colleague, the remarkable Susanna Williams , who now calls Brooklyn home and who has done pretty much everything ... and done it well.  We've had so many online conversations and one day may actually get something out there in print.  It's so fun to meet people in person and find them to be wonderful :) Then, our family turned our minds to things mathematical and our faces to the future! But, first, we grabbed Starbucks brekky and grabbed some Lexington lobby time.  Seriously, this lobby has more folks hanging out than I've seen in most hotels ever--way to set a scene, Lex.  By the way, that pink thing is a horror known as the Birthday Cake Frappuccino, because the Frappuccino is apparently 20 years old.  Think about that! Because triangles are our favorite shape , we set off for the perfect museum on Alt-J Day: Museum of Math (MoMath)....

Today really had a single point: to see 6 hours of the Royal Shakespeare Company performing Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2 , broken up by a 2 hour dinner break.  You know, every almost 12 and 13 year olds' dream come true.  Given they'd spend a full work day at this, I let everyone sleep in and spent the first few hours of my morning working in the lobby, fortified by a grande nonfat latte from the ornate Starbucks and free wifi. Around 10 am, I finally broke down from hunger and began texting the sleeping beauties awake.  Princess Harper was the first to join me for breakfast.  Look at her joy in crawling out of bed. By the time we finished our late breakfast (call it brunch; we won't), it was time to meander to the theatre.  While chilly, the day was gorgeously sunny! Wolf Hall is in the Winter Garden, an absolutely beautiful theater we've never been to because until recently it was the perma-home to Mama Mia--a show on our carved in stone nope...