I’ve been wanting to see Wicked on Broadway for years but just never put the plan in motion because procrastination. Well, I finally got to see it this weekend! I made a date to see it with my friend Kayla who’s also been wanting to see it so it worked out perfectly.

I’ve only heard bits and pieces about Wicked but never knew the whole storyline and avoided trying to read wikipedia and plot summaries/synopsis about it to keep the element of surprise and let the story speak for itself. I didn’t want to go into it too hyped up or having any biases and expectations. And I’m really glad I did. It was so good! The story was so sad and the ending so bittersweet. It was a happy and not so happy ever after ending, which are sometimes the best type of endings because everything tying up nicely with a bow isn’t real and too expected. I love that the show had a bit of comedy and a bit of tragedy. I really hope the movie adaptation coming out soon does it justice because let’s just say the Mean Girls musical…….did not, lol. If you haven’t seen Wicked, I highly recommend it! I’m not going to spoil anything by giving it a full on review. I will say the actors in this production were phenomenal. The set design, the costumes, everything was giving. I’m so glad I finally got to see it and before the movie came out. It took nearly 20 years but better late than never, right?

After the show, we got dinner at Pasta Lover’s since Kayla was feeling Italian. I had linguine fruitti de mare which was really good. I always love when I can find this dish but sometimes they make it too spicy for my liking. This one was just right. Kayla got the rigatoni bolognese, which was my second choice because you can never go wrong with a classic bolognese.

After I wanted to visit the Krispy Kreme location since I haven’t gone to it since it opened but was severely disappointed. The store seemed bigger in other people’s stories. This was a IG vs reality case. It was smaller than I expected and not much going on. There wasn’t anything crazy or exclusive. No holiday specials or anything, no fun merchandise but there were still long lines….for no reason. I guess because tourists wanna tourist but it was a letdown for me. We left within minutes. Watching the behind the scenes making of them behind the glass wasn’t that interesting with lines hiding the view. I feel like they need to make the layout better for a fun experience.

I tried to go to the Line Friends store for bunny merch but was sticker shocked by the price of small keychains and quickly left there too. I get that I was in Times Square so everything is so expensive on top of inflation but damn. Maybe it’s a good thing because it helped me save money but not wanting to buy anything. It was a sign. Maybe the whole day was a sign because I wanted Miffy merch at the Kinokuniya store and I was not about to pay $15.95 for two paper clips. I settled on a plush instead to bring home for Banh Mi. Our last stop was Nordstrom because I wanted to see if they had the latest House of CB dresses for me to try on sizes since ordering online from the company itself is such a dice toss with its reputation of bad customer service, but alas, a snag there too. The store itself has changed layout since last year and when I found the House of CB area, there wasn’t a lot at all. Nothing to try on. This is a sign from above to help me save money, I guess. But at least we got our steps in for the day! I had a great time still, walking with Kayla and catching up. It reminded me of the prior weekend I was in the city with Kerri when we walked around and just caught up. It’s funny how as we get older, we have less and less opportunities to spend time with our friends and we enjoy doing the simpler things now even though we have more means to do more. I used to wish I had more money to do more things with friends, but now I just wish we had more time with each other. I’m looking forward to next weekend, hoping for nice weather to see my friends again and hopefully some blooms to shoot.