I love nature and wide-open spaces, so Central Park was my cup of tea. There were so many things to see and do, but you had to get around the people jogging and crowding around for impromptu shows happening around the area. Even the public restrooms were somewhat nice. This was my kind of park!…
Growing up in a small Southern town with a population fewer than 5,000 folks when I was in high school, entering New York’s Times Square was a little daunting. There were probably more people in one city block than there were at the local grocery store where I grew up, and such varying mix of people. After…
On Sept. 11, 2001, Eric and I were only friends and I was a sophomore at a small college in West Tennessee. Like most others who can recall that far, I remember exactly where I was when those planes hit the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the field near Shanksville, Pa. Almost 15 years later, I was standing…
On the first day of our trip, we had tickets to One World Trade. It’s a massive building, and probably the tallest one that I had ever seen in person. After going through the TSA-like security line and body scanners, where an agent tried to get me to take off the belt that was sewn onto…
While planning our anniversary trip to New York, I knew that I wanted to see a Broadway show. However, I wasn’t quite sure how to get Eric on board to this excursion since he typically dislikes musicals (he took me to see a local performance of Rent a few years ago for my birthday and,…