It is rare in my professional life that I travel - especially a trip lasting a week.  However, extremely early tomorrow morning, twelve other reading specialists and teachers from my school system and I will travel to New York City for the week.  During the days, from 8:00 to 4:00, we will attend a class at Teachers College of Columbia University.  It’s an incredible opportunity.  On Monday afternoon (our travel day - no classes) and on the late afternoons and evenings of the other days, we will be the ultimate tourists - seeing as many sights as we possibly can.  Here are seven touristy things I intend to enjoy this coming week in NYC.

(1) Being in the audience of the Late Show with David Letterman.  Bethany, the person in charge of getting audience members for each show, has been so nice.  I had to go online to request group tickets.  She wasn’t able to give us enough seats for all 13 of us, but she was able to give us eight seats.  So eight of us will be in the audience tomorrow night (for the show that will air on Friday).  So watch Letterman Friday night and see if they show the audience at all.  I’ve already got my DVR set to record the show.

(2) Wednesday evening some of us are going to see “Wicked” which is a Broadway show about the childhood of the witches from Wizard of Oz.   It’s one of the top shows right now, and I’m really loking forward to seeing it.

(3) Thursday night some of us will see “Jersey Boys” which is another Broadway show.  This one is about the singing group The Four Seasons.

(4)  Since the Empire State Building is open until very late each evening, I hope to visit it after one of the Broadway Shows.  I want to go to the observation deck and think fondly about movies such as “An Affair to Remember” and “Sleepless in Seattle” in which the Empire State Building was featured prominently.

(5) The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  When I taught fifth grade, we spent a lot of time talking about Ellis Island and the experiences of immigrants coming to America.  I’ve visited The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island once before but I’d like to see them again.

(6) Central Park - I just want to take a walk in part of Central Park.  That’s it - just stroll around for a little bit.

(7) I would LOVE to spend a few days going through museums.  However, they all close too early for us to see them after our classes are over each day.  So I will save them for another trip in the future.

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