W in the City That Never Sleeps- sleeping ;)

This is poor Wenarto on the cab ride back from his first day of New York City.  Let me preface this blog post by saying ONE post does not do justice to the amount of things we did in the short 3 days W was here.  I have never met anyone, including children, who have as much energy as this guy.  But I think these pictures summarize the highlights.  

Here is Wenarto with the KING of Opera critics (his blog is at parterre.com where W is a frequent visitor) and the Queen of Opera Divas (Dorothy Bishop).  Wenarto "met" these two through youtube.  No joke.  They came across his 500 plus tubes and were delighted to find his passion for opera for the common man.  They refer to him as the "bad boy of internet opera" a nickname he didn't let me forget the entire weekend.  

And here is Wenarto at Sacks getting a facial to "rejuvinate" his skin.  She said he was magically 10 years younger.  W told her he was 30 of course.  

And W in front of his inspiration Monet at MOMA's Free Fridays.  

Finally- W fulfilled his mission of making an insane number of Youtubes, including this one with a subway performer where he inpromtu put together a Edith PIAF piece.    http:www.youtube.com/wenarto.  Go to page 3 to see this and all of W's NY youtubes including the ones with yours truly.  

Wenarto got us up bright and early and we made a youtube, walked the Brooklyn Bridge, saw the Jonas Brothers, had lunch at the Plaza across from Geraldo and his latest wife, went shopping on 5th Avenue, went to MOMA, went to the Metropolitan Opera and Museum of Art, explored Williamsburg, had dinner on the upper East Side and my favorite Italian restaurant in the Village, bought out the little wine shop, brought me Seattle coffee, and if I forgot something, I apologize.  

To sum it all up, Wenarto left his Iphone in a cab one night so I gave him mine.  Every person we met in NY said to forget the phone because it was long gone.  3 days after he returned to Seattle, a lovely young woman from NY had found his phone, got his address, and the phone was on its way.  W is now convinced that although he told everyone he was from a small fishing village in the northwest, New Yorkers are the nicest in America!  Thank You New York for taking such good care of Seattle's Best.