DSW was browsing online a couple of weeks ago and saw that:
1. The Flying Dutchman (opera) was at Lincoln Center
2. The last performance would be Friday the fourteenth.
We had an uncharacteristically free weekend that coincided and ordered tickets immediately. Then the trouble began - most of the NYC hotels were already booked; we might have to drive home or most of the way home after the show.
At the last minute, she found a small hotel right in the theater district and booked us for Friday and Saturday (very pricey).
What to do Saturday night? There were several interesting plays on Broadway but no tickets left (three days advance). Then she found La Cage aux Folles (with Kelsey Grammer) and they had tickets. It seemed a little strange to go to a show about transvestites dressed as -well- a woman but we decide it would be fun.
So it was three full days as JJ in NYC (counting the drive down) with shopping at Macy's (underwear and nighties) and an open top tour bus ride thrown in.
In case this seems like bragging, the point is: you can get out and do these things. Nobody said a single harsh or rude thing to the very obvious CD (moi); every women I saw in the many restrooms I visited returned my girl-smile, and the whole experience was delightful.
Just do it!
-jj