Nishi and I went into NYC yesterday to attend a taping of the Daily Show. Jon Stewart is leaving later this year, and I thought it would be fun to see a taping. The trip down was part of my birthday present from my parents this year.
We dropped Charlie off with my parents, and got on the train in New Haven to head into the city. We had a roughly half hour walk from Grand Central to the studio, and would arrive at Grand Central about an hour before we needed to be there. The Daily Show overbooks tapings, so you need to be there a little early. We thought we’d get there by 2, but were about a half hour late, putting us right at the time they start handing out tickets. The line stretched around the block. We were about six people away from the front when they announced they were out of tickets for the day’s show.
We were at a loss. Being near the theatre district, we though it would be nice to catch a play, but everything there was out of our price range, and everything in our price range was far away. Maybe some live music? No, it’s a Wednesday night, most of the bars have a dude who couldn’t hold a candle to the people we like to listen to, nevermind a full band.
Food was in order – lots of it. We had a grand meal, and it brightened both our spirits. We made our way back to Grand Central and then New Haven. Though we didn’t succeed in our reason for going out there, it was a fine day anyhow.