Catching Cirque de Soleil’s “Michael Jackson One” in Las Vegas with Xander Slater, the head of global teen marketing for “The Idiot and the Odyssey” trilogy of travel narratives, before flying to New York for a week of theater performances and gallivanting.

Enjoying the view from his room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Getting business out of the way in New York before going to the theater included a 51st floor lunch in midtown Manhattan.

Lunching at Friedman’s with actress Lynne Taylor before seeing “Waitress” on Broadway.

Still masked for the curtain call at “Waitress” and constantly applauding Broadway theaters strict checks of IDs, vax certificates and masks.

Having a cappuccino before a Scrabble game with Anne Isaak, who co-founded Elio’s restaurant in Manhattan forty years ago.

Waiting for the curtain to rise at “Moulin Rouge,” which got this year’s Tony award for best musical.

Dinner at Marseille restaurant following “Moulin Rouge” with long-time friend and travel expert Gloria De Luca.

Real New Yorkers call Times Square TSQ these days.

Taking a break from the theater for an artistic outing at MOMA.

A silhouette of The Idiot on a screen at MOMA in Manhattan.

Watching Jeff Daniels play Atticus Finch in “To Kill A Mockingbird” with Gloria De Luca.

Watching a poster of The Idiot being added to the wall on West 40th Street in Manhattan.

Intermission at “Hadestown.”

Visiting  the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument added to the Central Park landscape in 2020.

Lunching with Jane Friedman, a journalist friend from Paris in the 1970s, before catching “The Lehman Trilogy.”

Discussing life, love and the pursuit of happiness with author Craig Unger at Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River.

Enjoying the view from his hotel room near TSQ.