December 18, 2363

I somehow managed to get Travis and Blue to indulge me for two bouts of musical theater.

Early in the day, we stopped by The Metropolitan Opera House, a theater that has stood in the city for centuries, and landed tickets for Tosca the next night. We did some shopping after that, and hit some of the major tourist attractions. We ended up near the Broadway theater district near dinner, and arrived just in time for a ticket lotto at the Gershwin. They were putting on a twentieth century classic, Avenue Q, which Travis couldn't resist the idea of when he read the synopsis.

Typically they only do pairs of tickets for the lotto, so we might have ended up with an odd person out if Blue hadn't made friends in the line. I honestly think she just had a thing for him, but we weren't going to argue when right after I got called in the lotto, she did, and she agreed that Blue could be her second ticket. I think in exchange, she insisted that Blue take her out for a drink later in the week, but I'm not sure.

Even though we probably lost some of the amusement from the cultural references of the era it was written, Avenue Q turned out to be a lot of fun with some catchy tunes. Travis was humming The Internet is for Porn earlier today, and got flustered when I challenged him to actually sing the song for his mother after she asked what the catchy tune was.

Blue suggested that perhaps we should consider doing this again next year. Since I know they'll indulge me, I'll likely pick out what I want to see in advance and reserve tickets, so we don't have to depend upon luck for all three of us to be able to make it in.