Turistas Go Home!

Variety reports that Broadway box offices are at a record high this year (due to high attendance, but also skyrocketing ticket prices... not so good). Meanwhile, Gothamist says that NYC tourism is at a record high, as well. The city is full of Brits, looking to cash in on America's pitifully weak dollar. Check out this depressing illustration:

Would that Moxie was a sassy cockney lass, pockets stuffed with pounds rather than dollars here in the Big Apple! The crowds are pretty heinous, but the other night after a fabulous night at Spring Awakening, Moxie and her little bro' overheard an adorable mop-headed child say to his mother, "you know what I notice about New York City? All the women wear high heels." And then for a brief moment, it was every bit as magical as when I was little, and awestruck at the bright lights of Broadway.

Times Sqare photo courtesty of brianramnath on flickr.