NYC

Last weekend Sean and I took a break from our busy schedule and headed to New York City. We stayed a block from Times Square, right in Midtown. I love the energy of the city and we felt it as soon as we walked outside. Sean had only been in the city for any length of time once before, so I really enjoyed seeing it through his eyes. He just soaked in the sights and smells and sounds. It does give one an adrenaline rush at first. We started off our weekend by making our way to lunch at Ellen's Stardust Diner, a tourist trap, but fun nonetheless. We meandered up through Central Park and browsed through The Met. Feeling too lazy to walk the distance back, we hopped on the subway to the Empire State Building. Thank goodness I had planned ahead and purchased the express pass. We were able to cut to the front of every line at the Empire State Building. I'm sure we would have waited 4 to 5 hours otherwise. The view was amazing from the top. It helped that the weather for the weekend was perfect. Later Friday evening we dined at a little Irish pub around the corner from Times Square and since the night was still young we moseyed on up to Rockefeller Center and people watched back in Times Square. Saturday morning dawned sunny and bright, so we jumped on the subway and headed down to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Again, purchasing tickets ahead of time pays off and cuts down wait time. As always, Lady Liberty was moving. I believe that Sean really felt the meaning of it all with his own story of moving to a new country and starting over. The Ellis Island experience was just as poignant. We kept telling ourselves that someone's father, mother, brother, sister, etc. once walked the great hall and waited nervously to find out if they would be allowed to stay in America. A wonderful experience. Feeling tired, we went back to the hotel to rest a bit before grabbing a bite to eat and making our way to the theater to see Wicked. And what a show! We loved every minute of it. That was our final hoorah for the weekend and what a fabulous note to end on. We had to head back to reality on Sunday. Thankfully, Sean was taken in by New York too and is already thinking of when we can head back.

Enjoy some snapshots of our weekend . . . Link

Year of Fun

Wow, we've really fallen behind in this blog thing. Yesterday, my cousin asked me if I was still blogging and I thought it might be time to post something.

At the start of the new year, Sean declared this the year of fun. We've had a lot of stress and frustration in our life over the past few years. So he decided that we should let it all go and just have fun. Not a bad idea! And fun we have had.

In January, I spent a weekend with my college roommates in NYC and Sean bought a motorcycle. Too bad it was a bit too cold to ride it. He still managed to get a few icy rides in. He also started playing several gigs at McCleary's Pub with the Matt Goss Band. In February, we spent a lot of time doing things with friends and took a trip out to Chambersburg to spend a weekend with my parents. March brought Spring after a LONG winter, and that in itself was FUN. We made our annual trek to Cove Valley Camp for Maynard and Friends weekend. Great times with old pals. The best news of the month turned out to be that my sister and her family have moved back to PA for good! I'm so glad to have them nearby again. And just last weekend, Sean and I took a mini-vacation to New York. More on that to follow. As you can seen, the year of fun has started off on the right foot. More fun is on it's way as we move into May and the summer.


For those of you who do read this blog, I hope this brings you up to date. Hopefully we can keep up with it in the future.