Nothing Much Else Happened: July 29, 1978

Today was nice because there was no sight-seeing. Only shows. We just moped around until about 11:00. Then we got dressed, had a quick dinner — uh, lunch — and started on our way to the Uris theatre to see "The King & I" with Yul Brynner. It was wonderful, but it's not my favorite. It's my 4th favorite. 1st favorite is "The Fantasticks", 2nd is "I Do, I Do", and 3rd is "Ain't Misbehavin'". Then we came back and went to dinner again with Uncle Bud. Then Mom and I organized a password "Rumplemeyer" so when they got back from the show, "Da", they were going to see, she'd just call me back and I'd say "Come on up!"

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I'm starting an anecdote at the end of this post that will be continued tomorrow. But allow me to pause a moment and say: CAN YOU BELIEVE MY PARENTS LEFT ME ALONE IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL ROOM AND WENT TO A SHOW? We thought nothing of it at the time, but I can't imagine doing anything like this today. At least not with my kids. (Maybe with somebody else's kids....)

The female lead in "The King and I," by the way, was Constance Towers.

All punctuation and spelling has been retained precisely as I wrote it 32 years ago at age 12.

What's this all about? This is what it's all about.

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