Well Hello…
I’m back from our little jaunt. Kat and the kid and I traveled with my parents to stay in Stamford, Connecticut for a day, and then onward to New York City, for a quick jaunt down to rendezvous with my inlaws, who were down from Canada to see some Broadway shows. We ate Thanksgiving dinner in our hotel rooms, courtesy of the only restaurant open in all of Stamford (for the record: The Court House Cafe). I split a greek chicken affair with Kat and the kid. My folks had grilled chicken caesar salads. The restaurant was run by Bulgarians, and I watched a snippit of some action film starring The Rock and some weasel boy. Yes.
Friday in New York City was interesting. We went to the Hotel Pennsylvania in downtown Manhattan, met up with the inlaws, and exchanged a few holiday gifts. My daughter had a great time, and acted like she hung out all the time with her grandfather, who she rarely gets to see.
We spent a little of Black Friday (biggest shopping day of the year) at Macy’s and Toys R’ Us, just to see the animals. It reminded me in both cases of being at an Anthrax concert, only without music, and fur coats instead of leather. Biggest mosh pit in the world.
On the whole, New York City was just surreal. I kept ticking off things I’d only seen on television: Times Square, MTV, HBO, The Late Show with Dave Letterman, Radio City Music Hall, and that kind of schtuff. The only thing I purchased while there (not counting food) were diapers. Three doors down from a fistful of porn stores, I’m buying Pampers Size 4 for my daughter. I did sneak into the comic book store nearby to see a real giant New York comic store, but as the experience came about 16 years later than it would matter, I was only impressed, and not especially moved to buy anything.
I weighed in this morning at the same weight as last week, which is fine, considering I worked out less, ate more, and generally did what people do on vacation times. This morning’s post-workout weigh-in was 3 pounds lighter than pre, and that’s usually an indicator that I’m going to lose another 1 or 2 pounds this week. Whatever. At this point, I’m not counting up the weeks as much as I’m pushing the program forward.
How’s things with you?
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I stayed at the Pennslyvania once. New York is fun. I’d like to live there for 6 months. Somewhere Upper West’ish.
Black Friday in Macy’s huh? Did you get to see the parade at all?
I love the city! I’ve taken groups of journalism students there every year for a conference. I’m always glad to get home, though. Sounds like you had a fun family trip.
Glad that you had fun in the Big Apple, Chris. Next time you’re in town, I highly recommend that you try to make time to do a run - either around Central Park itself, or on the track around the resevoir (one of the oldest recreational running tracks there is). Its a blast.
And Friday in Macy’s? Sounds like a great experience.
Christmas in NY. Kinda picturesce, like Miracle on 34th St (or which ever street that was), but I never could deal with big cities, so reading it here is as much as I need. Sounds like you had a nice holiday, Chris.
Me? Not getting in as much running as I would like. Other than that, things are going smoothly.