ShadowKat

Remember Max Brenner’s name if you’re trying to find this place and don’t take the address with you. Finding it was quite a challenge, in spite of the articles my husband found on his Treo while we were looking. The article said it’s at 16th Street & Broadway, which doesn’t exist. It’s actually just off of Union Square at about 14th & Broadway. It’s just diagonally across Broadway from the Virgin Records store, one of the easiest to spot landmarks in Union Square. Not sure why most articles don’t mention that, but it’s easy to find when you know that.

The service isn’t that great, but hopefully it’ll improve with time. The chocolate is amazing and well worth putting up with the so-so service.

The first time I was at the Palace was to see Oklahoma! and it was amazing to me. I was only 7 and at that point every show I saw was my new favorite show. I’ll always remember walking out of the theatre singing with my dad about the corn being as high as an elephant’s eye…

The first two times I went to the Imperial, it was to see Les Mis, which was wonderful. The next time I was there was from The Boy from Oz – the cast was great. The show? Not so much. I’d say the same thing for Dirty Rotten Scoundrel’s, which is the most recent thing I saw at the Imperial. Wait for the next show before visiting it. Won’t be long now. The cast was great, but the show was disappointing given the material they had to work with from the original movie.

Hana is so beautiful! So is the road there. I highly recommend renting a jeep, since it makes the ride a lot easier. The waterfalls you see on the way are amazing and Hotel Hana is a great place to stay! We stayed in a cabin with an outdoor hot tub overlooking the ocean and it was the most beautiful view I’ve ever had from a private hot tub. Hana is so far away from everything and it really gives you a chance to completely relax and enjoy nature.

The cave was beautiful and didn’t take long to explore, too. It takes a while to get to Hana, but if you stay there for a couple days it’s really worth the effort.

Ephesus is truly amazing – especially when compared to the ruins in Athens, Greece. If you want to go to both places, I recommend going to Athens first. We went to Ephesus first and I was completely unimpressed with the ruins in Athens. Ephesus is beautiful – I highly recommend it! One of these days, I’d love to go back to Turkey with my husband, since he’s never been there and I didn’t have nearly enough time.