New York

Well...I just happened to check out the family blog today, and realized Megan has taken a whole year hiatus on this thing. No our family didn't go missing for a year. Its been a great year, just our camera broke. I am quite sure nobody ventures upon this blog anymore so I thought it's safe for me to contribute for the next little while. In stead of going back in time, and updating the last year I am just going to start fresh. She must have gotten burned out, I don't know. I will start with our latest vacation. Megan and I went to NY City a few weeks back for a long weekend. For me it was my first time there and Megan's 2nd (it's usually that way).

My favorite part of the trip was the double decker bus tour. We saw everything...we sat right next to the guide and he was hilarious and knew NY like the back of his hand. Here is a pic passing the Wall-street protestors.

I was bullish this whole trip...they have to protect this thing from the protestors 24 hours a day.

We went to the Rachel Ray show, and I got to ask Fergie a question on TV. Its a good story...The show producer grabbed me right as we walked in and pulled me a side asking if I would do it. After a little make up, a mic installed and a little question asking practice, I was good to go. That was a highlight of the trip. Time Square was cool. It reminded me of Las Vegas...without the porn all over the place. Its a sight to see.

We rented bikes and rode around Central Park for a half day. It was a beautiful day. The tree's were just blooming and it was warm. We had lunch at the boat house. This is a picture of the lake in the middle of Central park. We had a great time doing that.

We stayed with my good fried Carter Skeath and his girl friend Megan for 2 nights. He works in NY and lives in Manhattan. We had a great time with them and it was good to catch up. We saw the play Sister Act on Broadway and really enjoyed it.

We took a 3 hour food tour of Chelsea Market one morning, and had a good time. Megan with the Lobster.

Us on a cool outdoor building patio during the food tour.

We went to the top of the Rockefeller Center. It was pretty cool...

We also saw Mrs. Liberty on our way to Staten Island.

Last but not least we visited the 9/11 memorial. That was great! It was really nice and will be a great place when its all done.

We spent one night at the Andez Hotel on Wall Street. It was probably the nicest hotel we have stayed at which isn't saying much, but it was a really nice room. We had a great time and it was nice to get away for a long weekend.