new york state of mind...or i'm just crazy

when i saw airfare to nyc from slc for $128 roundtrip in a travel newsletter a couple

of months ago, i thought to myself, "welp, it's been approximately 6 months since our last

visit...yeah, it's about time for another vacation." so i booked the tickets, and then told

richard the good news.  and things worked out great because he was able to get the days

off of work, and he was thrilled...after a bit of convincing on my part.

we had a grand time on our third spin around the city - there was never any doubt in my

mind that we would.  this trip was not only enjoyable, but eye-opening in multiple ways:

1 - after watching our home videos, we've both decided that i'm a little, how do you say, loco?

2 - we stayed in harlem - not scary, but a different experience than we've had in chelsea &

times square.

3 - we've now been to manhattan 3 times, and every time it has been a marvelously different

trip.  sure, we hit some of the same spots, but this city has so much to offer that i don't

think it will ever get old.

we took about a trillion pictures (slowly but surely catching up w/ our nation's debt)

so here is just thursday/day one of our latest romp in the big apple:

richard had to renew his licence just days before we left.

this is my face when he told me that he'd forgotten to bring his passport in case

they wouldn't accept his temporary paper id.

even at the buttcrack of dawn he loves to tease.

my spirits were lifted after i'd procured the airport's breakfast of champions.

god bless cinnabon.

trying to sleep on the plane.

there was at least one screaming child on every flight.

birth. control.

this was our first time flying into la guardia.

we took the bus from the airport to our new home in harlem.

here i am anxiously waiting w/ my fare in hand.

we checked into our place (found here on http://www.airbnb.com/) & chatted w/ our hosts

for a few minutes, but we wasted very little time before hitting the town.

we were starved, and richard was craving some frrrrozen hot chocolate, so we

made our way downtown to serendipity 3.  here's richard striking a pose in

columbus circle.

we put our names on the waiting list and went for a walk.

richard thought it'd be a good idea to get a slice of pizza as an appetizer.

please ignore my greasy

i've-been-traveling-all-day-but-don't-care-how-nasty-i-look-because-i'm-finally-back-in-nyc

face.

richard and his delicious omelette.

believe it or not, i put up a bit of a fight over this dessert.

richard's perfectly honed passive-aggressive skills won out in the end, however.

which is fine because i thoroughly enjoyed it, but this is the first evidence in our

video that i'm a little unstable...i went from making a stink about wanting an elaborate

ice cream sundae, complaining about how disgusting and gross i was sure the frrrozen

hot chocolate would be in one shot to: "mmmmm this is so good!" as i slurped that

hot chocolate like my life depended on it.

crazy.

the smile of a winner.

day one: a success.