BRIGHT LIGHTS! WRONG THEATRE!

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's day, I sure did. To just rehash the week, We went to see Eddie Izzard at the Union Square Theatre on Thursday and stayed at the SoHotel for the night. When we got into the city we took a cab to the hotel and checked in first. From the pictures on the website, the brick facade in the rooms and the lanterns on the night table gave the impression of faux-dive luxury, Bowery style. Upon walking into the room, it turned out to be a dive with faux-luxury. the room was very small, with no phone, and a flat screen TV (part of the faux luxury) with most of the channels not working. I must admit it was cosy and was a very good deal for a stay in New York City. We sat around watching Ocean Force on TV, a show where beach cops lay the legal pipe and arrest drunkards and flashers. Corny, I know, but I was hooked. Then we took a cab to the theatre. When We got in, I told the cabbie, "the Union Square Theatre please". He nodded with a grunt and drove off. After a swerving drive through little Italy and Chinatown, he stopped and read off the fare from the meter, I paid and left a great tip for the quick delivery. Walking out of the cab, we realized that he had dropped us off at a movie theatre in Union Square, not the Union Square theatre. Anyway we went to the show which was great, Eddie Izzard is not like most comics and is refreshing compared to the usual crap that's out there. After that, we walked around finding someplace to eat. We decided to go to the hotel and walk around Soho and Little Italy, wherever we could get something at 2 in the morning. We settled on a 24 hour diner where I got a ham and brie panini with sun-dried tomato mayonnaise for 7 bucks, only in New York....The next day was wide open, so we woke up walked right down the street to Cafe Roma, I think it's called, across from Umberto's Clam House and had a cappuchino and canoli. Then we walked around Chinatown looking for a belt because I forgot to bring one. It took a surprising amount of time to find one in Chinatown and after 20-30 minutes of walking and holding my pants up, I found a shop that had on laying the back. It was coming apart so I talked the guy down to $3 from $5, we were both happy. Afterwards, we did a little more shopping and bought my girlfriend an "authentic" designer handbag. Then we went to the Cloisters, a museum I once went to when I was in high school and always wanted to back to. We agreed to go after Chinatown shopping and decided to take a cab there, being unfamiliar with the subway system. From my recollection, the Cloisters was on 80-something street. When we drove waaaaay past 80-something street, I though either I was wrong or this guy was gonna bury us somewhere. When we finally got 196th street, I was excited to see the museum just the way I remembered it high stone walls in a park away from the crowds and the streets. At the cabbie's and museum employees suggestion, we took a bus and subway back to Times Square. There we ate at a Japanese fast food place, that was not very good and caught a movie called "The Orphanage", which I thought was very very good and creepy as hell. That was my Valentine's day NYC trip, with all it's ups and downs. Although we didn't get to go to a good restaurant, I had ham and brie with pommes fritte, authentic Italian cappuchino and cannoli, and Japanese chicken and Beef with rice and vegetables for under $30, you can't beat that. The hotel although unexpectedly small, is highly recommended for it's price and proximity to popular areas of the city. Hope you enjoyed reading and hope you all find your own way out to the city. I'd love to hear about it.