New York City Weekends

For more than 20 years, five couples spent a weekend in New York City once a year. We went to a show, dinner, and brunch the next day. There were a lot of fun times. A lot has changed with most of the couples and we have not repeated the weekends for more than 15 years. The table below shows the diary I kept.

#	Year	Hotel	Play	Dinner	Brunch
1	1984	The Taft	Dream Girls	Rene Pujol	None
2	1985	Marriott Marquis	Tap Dance Kid	Felidia Brasserie	None
3	1986	The Helmsley Palace	In Search of Intelligence in the Universe	Cheshire Cheese	Windows on the World
4	1987	Marriott Marquis	Me and My Girl	Maestro	Top of Marriott
5	1988	The Helmsley Palace	Les Miserables	Lutece	Brasserie
6	1989	The Plaza	Rumors	One if by Land Two if by Sea	PJ Clarks
7	1990	UN Plaza	Phantom of the Opera	Paola	Capsouto Frerers
8	1991	Intercontinental	City of Angels	Rainbow Room	Brasserie
9	1992	Marriott East Side	Miss Saigon	Provence	Anglers and Writers
10	1993	The Helmsley Palace	Crazy for You	Tribeca Grill	Brasserie
11	1994	Marriott East Side	Angels in America	Alisons on Dominick Street	Marriott East Side
12	1995	New York Palace	Showboat	Cent ‘Anni	New York Palace
13	1996		Smokey Joe’s Cafe
14	1997		Chicago
15	1998	Marriott Financial District	Ragtime	Trustee Dining Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art	Ann Koontz’s
16	1999	Marriott Marquis	Jekyl & Hyde	Osteria al Doge	None
17	2000	None	Amadeus	BlueWater Grill	None
18	2001	Essex House	The Dinner Party	La Something (it was loud)
19	2002	None	Noises Off	Trustee Dining Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art	None
20	2003	None	Hairspray	Chez Napoleon	None
21	2004	Hilton at Times Square	Movin’ Out	Palm West
22	2005	None	The Lion King	Palm West	None
23	2006	Helmsley Carlyle House	The Pajama Game	Orsa

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