HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Thursday==>It is a beautiful but cold Thanksgiving Day here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World. At 8:30am the temperature was 30º, with wind chill it was down to 19º and there is a steady wind. This is in stark contrast to yesterday, which was really ugly and nasty, with cold rain.

As I write this posting The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is underway and ... no ... I didn’t even consider going outside to watch it - been there, done that. In fact, Billi Pod isn’t even watching it on the tube, instead, he is listening to one of his favorite oldies radio stations, Q104.3, as they are doing their annual countdown of 1,043 No. 1 songs, from A to Z.

After I post this for you loyal and faithful readers and followers I will get all cleaned up and head out to the Upper Westside, 72nd Street to be precise, for Thanksgiving Dinner with some of my AA buddies. This is the 5th consecutive year we have been together for this festive event.

As I have previously reported ... we have developed a kinda unique tradition. What is it, you newbies are no doubt breathlessly asking? Well ... newbies ... here it is ... by agreement, when you arrive at the posh Upper Westside apartment you must, repeat MUST turn off your cell phone - not turn it to vibrate, but TURN IT OFF.

It is then placed in a drawer, that is then locked and remains locked until we all get ready to leave the apartment. There is no running out to check for messages etc. Nothing. Total 100% disconnect.

As might be expected this is harder on some than on others, but since it is a condition of being one of the “group” and has now become a “tradition,” it is somewhat easier to deal with.

This means that Billi Pod will be unreachable from approximately 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

Yes, it will be food, friendship, fellowship and lots of football. Folks, it doesn’t get any better than this.

At the moment I am not sure what, if anything, I will do for the evening. Right now my gut tells me that I will just come on back to the warm and cozy confines of PHC and watch some more football. Time will tell, as “they” say ...

Moving on to Billi Pod’s report card on yesterday’s outstanding Broadway show ...

700 SUNDAYS, Billy Crystal reprises his Tony-winning performance in this heartfelt and often hilarious story of growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, growing old and the undeniable power of family==>A+

I can’t remember when I had so much fun and pleasure at a performance/show. Billy does a perfect balance between funny and touching without ever letting it become maudlin.

For those of you out in the hinterlands, wastelands and boondocks, the 700 Sundays refers to the number of Sunday’s he had with his father, whom he adored and who died of a sudden heart attack when Billy was 15. It created a burden which he still carries with him.

Billy had the full-house audience in the palm of his hand from the moment he stepped onto the stage in front of a replica of the front of the house he grew up in on Long Island.

I could go on and on ... but ... suffice it to say that this is a theatre event that isn’t to be missed, even if you have to pay full price, like moi.

Billi Pod says==>SEE IT!!

It is playing at The Imperial Theatre on West 45th Street. has a running time of 2:15, with intermission, and runs through January 2, 2014.

When the show was over it was still majorly nasty, with light rain. I made the decision that I was gonna stay in the warm and cozy confines of PHC for the evening and that is just what I did.

OK ... time to post this and then get ready to head uptown.

Again==>HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>2.18 miles (or, 4,784 steps)

Total mileage since 7/1/13==>513.67 miles (average 3.42 miles per day)

GO GATORS!!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”