Tonight, we experienced a different side of New York. Much of midtown Manhattan is comprised of office skyscrapers, and the Times Square area is in many ways a tourist area. However, once you get west of 8th Avenue, everything begins to be smaller in scale, both in the size of the buildings and in the types of businesses and people you meet. This area of Manhattan is commonly called Hell's Kitchen. Because of its relatively low prices and proximity to the Broadway theatres, many actors live in this area of the island.
One restaurant in this area of town is VYNL. As the name suggests, the theme is retro music. Menu covers are actually old LP covers, and the dessert menu actually comes printed on a "45." (Students, you probably have no idea what those are!) Everyone enjoyed the American-Thai cuisine, and found it to be much more affordable than Mars 2112.
After dinner, the group decided to make a trip to Dylan's Candy Bar, which appears to be one of the largest candy stores in the world. If you can dream it, they probably have it.
Tomorrow is our concert day, so we have no rehearsals scheduled for tomorrow. The plan is to visit Chinatown earlier in the day, then return to the hotel so the students can rest up and get dressed for the concert. We then will have a post-concert dinner and dancing cruise around the island of Manhattan.
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