Philadelphia International Auto Show - 2011

Philadelphia International Auto Show - 2011

Every year for the past several years our family visits the New York International Auto Show.  We like to see whats new in the auto industry and the kids love to jump from one car to another and touch every button possible - something they are not allowed to do in my car.  This year we decided to visit a neighboring city - Philadelphia.  Philadelphia hosts this show a couple of months before New York.  While it is about as close to us as New York, it is much easier to get to and costs a lot less!

The full photo-report will follow soon...

The Bremen Town Musicians (Бременские Музыканты - Мюзикл)

Last Friday our family went to see The Bremen Town Musicians (Бременские Музыканты) the musical.
The show was performed by the group of dancers from Moscow at the Whitman Theater located in Brooklyn College.

To make sure we get there on time and don't get caught in rush hour traffic we decided to leave home well in advance.  However, to my surprise, there was no traffic anywhere - not in New Jersey, not in Staten Island, not even in Brooklyn!  Unbelievable! The only slowdown happened near the Brooklyn College, but not due to traffic but because of all traffic lights and poor road conditions.  The snow removal is still not 100% in New York.

Anyway, we got the theater one hour before the show.  Needless to say, we were first!

By the way, this was a really great performance.  The singing, dancing, and humor that the actors injected into the show was fabulous.  They did a great job at making it fun not only for kids but also for adults.  And since this show was attributed to the 40th aniversary of the very popular animation movie, it made the adults, myself included, feel like kids again!

Here is a YouTube clip that shows you just how fabulous this show was.  Enjoy...