Outakes from The City That Never Sleeps

So, not everything made it into my last post....to be honest, I was sick of uploading photos and was bored from reading my own words. So here are a few of the tidbits that didn't make the "cut."

1. The Singing Priests:

Well, we know that there is a huge influx of "celebrities" from the Emerald Isle. First, there was Riverdance. Then, Lord of the Dance. Sometime after, although I'm not sure how much since I don't care, there were Celtic Woman. Then, the N-Sync version called Celtic Thunder. Wasn't that enough? NO? Apparently, then the Catholic Church decided to get involved that there was The Priests. These guys have a major record deal and they tried to slink by the reviewing stand at the parade but my mom spotted them! And had them come up and sing "Hail Glorious Saint Patrick" for all to see. And hear. And of course, they wouldn't sing unless she joined them:

That's my mom in the mink with the red hair. Funniest part of the day? Her sister called her to say that my mom's singing was on the local New York news and added, "You'll never get a singing contract."

2. Bedbugs:

Did any of you know that there is a bed bug epidemic in NYC? Did you know that bed bugs actually exist? Yes. And I watched the news story about them while sleeping in a hotel bed. Suffice it to say that it's a huge personal victory that I didn't end up running naked down Lexington Avenue in the wee hours of the morning.

3. Drunken Party-Animals:

I told you about the unfortunate incident at the concert on Monday night. I did NOT tell you that on Tuesday, my mom attracted three separate groups of drunken men, and one drunken elderly woman, while we were eating dinner. Since when did 50 years become an acceptable age gap people? LAY OFF! She's 72, widowed and NOT AVAILABLE. Honestly, I was ready to call it a night when another elderly woman walked up to our table while we were eating dinner and proceed to flip her PINK FEATHER BOA in my mom's face. When I asked her to leave, she said that I didn't need to worry about her until she asked for money.

4. My Husband:

He said that he wouldn't miss me - and to a certain extent, I believed him. We honestly needed a little absence to make our hearts grown fonder. But it all ended about 24 hours after I landed in NY and he called because he couldn't access our Pizza Hut account on-line to order a pizza. I love that man and he cannot live without me. Score!

5. Publicity:

We weren't at the steps of St. Patrick's for more than 10 minutes before my mom was interviewed by a certain celebrity on 1010 Wins. My cousin called me shortly after that to tell me that she had heard my mom on the radio during her morning commute. Of course, John asked me about Texas and I SAID SOMETHING TOTALLY STUPID, but thankfully, it wasn't included in my mom's interview. Apparently, I'm not worthy. :)

She also took part in an interview with Magee Hickey but my mom graciously explained that the mass was being said to honor the Sisters of Charity and perhaps they should be interviewed:


Don't be upset - my aunt was watching the parade that day and explained that my mom had been featured on the news no less than 12 SEPARATE TIMES. Then she asked where I was. Apparently I didn't show up in a single shot.

I'm sure Freud would have a field day with this whole thing, but I'm happy in giving her the spotlight. She's always loved it, and to be honest, I don't need it...my eye cream isn't working as well as it used to.