penpusher | Your Wish Is Granted - Big: The Musical - Opening Night Gala

Woke at 9. Then dozed. Watched B'ball. Then it was 2pm. So, I decided to walk to Penny Whistle and buy bubbles The guy there sold me a box (25 tubes) for 30 bucks! Cool!

I walked to The Rink - word is we may lose our skating space to another volleyball court. We don't know when. More about this in the coming weeks.

O'Johns ((diner)) and I told Stacey to give Lou my # and call- I'm ready to purchase a computer! I really have to, now. Let's be reasonable. I can't go to Kinko's. All their computers have viruses! And it costs hundreds of bucks for one document. That's it. I'm buying one, ASAP. Plus, I can't get into Christa's computer again till THURSDAY and Mercury goes Retro on FRIDAY! Yikes!

Cool Antique Buick parked along Madison. Little family, very nice.

Click to make BIG

TO THE STORE! I thought I was late. I used blue stars (under my eyes) instead of tears (for my makeup), I was set up and greeting by the front of the Clocktower, juggling all the way.

Celebs? All of the Big: The Musical cast. And Valerie Harper, Bob Mackie, Bobby Rivers (??)... and of course show producer and Ringling Bros. chief, Kenneth Feld. We had a roomful of (toy) demos, Adam Auslander walked stilts outside the store and did his usual ham thing, and flirted with the women handling catering. No Penny Marshall. No Tom Hanks. No Elizabeth Perkins.

I met most of the kids from the show, including Lizzy Mack who was very impressive. I did some serious juggling, lots of dancing and got pulled on stage with the cast - the grandma who made me dance with her granddaughters was funny! And the young lady I danced with who bent over backwards during it? Who was she?? Is she a cast member?

Anyway, I walked Nora (of the Steiff Shop) up to 86th and 2nd and came home.

The New York Times gave a nice review, and everybody was pleased beyond words.

Tomorrow: quick turnaround - Right back to work. Plus: where is this clown going?