Keri, Daniel, and Mary just before leaving for New Year's Eve festivities IMG_9079 Looking up Broadway (?) towards Times Square - this was as close as we got. We didn't want to wait in the cold forever and we had other plans! IMG_9091 We went to see a cabaret performance at the Laurie Beechman Theater in the West Bank Cafe. Here Lisa Asher (appeared on the Rosie O’Donnell Show) sings IMG_9092 IMG_9093 Lisa is joined by Brandon Cutrell, winner of several cabaret awards IMG_9098 IMG_9099 At the stroke of midnight the theater had their own little 2007 ball that dropped from the ceiling - it was probably even bigger from my vantage point than what I could have seen of the real one from the ground IMG_9104 IMG_9111 IMG_9113 Lisa's husband (piano/guitar), Lisa, Ray Fellman (piano), and Brandon Cutrell IMG_9122 Lisa and Brandon IMG_9127 Phil Geoffrey Bond (Artistic Director of the theater) and Mary talk IMG_9130 Daniel and Keri IMG_9135 Keri, Mary and Daniel IMG_9136 A photo of the living room of the apartment - it was a nice place IMG_9139 Keri and Mary re-live their experience not knowing the lock combination for the front door when they first arrived. The landlord had recently added the keypad, but all worked out in the end. IMG_9140 People walk towards the baggage claim/transportation back at Chicago O'Hare, a short drive later we were back in Milwaukee IMG_9141 Return to Features