I went to NY back in August and had a ball with Carolina, Paula and Maegan! It took a little bit longer to get there than we expected. I was flying in from RDU, Paula from Atlanta, and Caro and Maegan from San Antonio. Some brainiac decided to walk into LaGuardia that Saturday morning with a fake bomb in a backpack so the whole airport was closed for a couple of hours! It didn't happen in our terminal, though, so it was reopened pretty quickly. But we were delayed quite a bit; I should've been there at 10 but didn't get there until almost 12. So I waited for Paula and we went on into the city. Carolina and Maegan, however, didn't fare so well. They had a layover in Memphis that turned into a 5 hour nightmare. There was a repair that needed to be done to the plane and by the time they decided to just bring in a new plane, it was storming out and they couldn't take off! We'd planned on going to a Chilean restaurant before seeing Wicked, but Paula and I decided to check out the sushi bar in the restaurant instead. We didn't want to go to the Chilean place without the other girls! And I'd been craving sushi, so it ended up working out fine. I will say, though, I miss real empenadas!
Paula and I had a great time walking around that day and then at the sushi bar - then we went back up to the room to meet the girls, who were getting ready for the show. We hopped in a cab and headed to the Gershwin Theater to see Wicked, which was amazing! I'm hoping to read the books soon - and, Wicked is coming to DPAC next year and I'm hoping to go see it again! My first Broadway show - another thing to cross off my bucket list! 
After the show, we went to Junior's, a great diner right across from our hotel (Marriott Marquis), where I had the biggest egg salad sandwich I've ever seen in my life. I was running the next morning so I figured on the lesser of two evils - it might not be the best thing in the world for me, but it was protein! Tons of it, I bet - there had to have been 1/2 dozen eggs in that sandwich, no joke.
All in all, and travel mishaps aside, we had a great Day 1 - I got to see Carolina and Paula, who I hadn't seen since Craig and I got married! And Paula and I had an Elvis sighting in Times Square.
So Day 2 started out early. I got up to catch the Subway up to City Hall Park for my run. I got a crash course in riding the subway from some guys who don't speak English, and when I walked up from the platform into the park, it was raining!
The run started a little bit late, parially due to the rain. It was the Sgt. Keith Ferguson Memorial 5K - Sgt. Ferguson was on duty with the NYPD and responding to a call when he had a heart attack and died. His mother even came through the line as we were waiting to get out numbers - she just wanted to talk to everyone and say thank you! She is quite a lady.
It rained throughout the entire race - but I still got some cool pictures. The course is basic but was very cool - you start in City Hall Park, run across the Brooklyn Bridge, turn around in Brooklyn, and finish back in the park at the fountain! It was pretty cold and rainy outside, so the girls waited for me at Starbucks, and I met them afterwards to warm up!
After changing clothes and warming up a little bit, we made our way to Battery Park to take the ferry over to the Statue of Liberty - and I was able to cross something else off my bucket list! That's 4 things so far this year, and I'm so excited to keep working for more.
So we took the ferry over and went to see Lady Liberty. We had a great time but it never stopped raining, so we didn't get to enjoy it quite as much as we would have had it been clear and sunny out. When we got back to Battery Park, we did a ton of walking around - we stopped and got some great pizza for lunch, went to Ground Zero, did some shopping - we really just did as much as we possibly could since we were limited on time. We went to Grand Central Station and I was hoping to do an oyster shooter at the oyster bar there, but my luck - it's closed on Sundays! Oh well, I'll just have to go back up there again :)
We went to a comedy show that night at Stand Up NY, where several well known comedians have made their start. We saw about 6 comedians and some of them were hysterical! My cheeks hurt afterwards from laughing so much. We met one of them outside while he was waiting for his buddies to come out, so who knows? Maybe he'll make it big one day and we can say we met him way back when he was still working his way up.
We went to Roxy's Deli for late night dinner, where again, I had the biggest sandwich I'd ever seen - but this time it was grilled cheese and bacon. We headed back to the hotel to snooze and got up the next morning for our last day in the city.
We went back to Junior's for breakfast and then took the subway up to Central Park and walked around for a little while; it really is beautiful - next time I go up there I'd really like to go to Tavern on the Green. As we were walking around the last day, we saw the Naked Cowboy in Times Square! We did some last minute gift shopping and then it was back to the airport. Just when I was getting the hang of hailing cabs and riding the subway, we had to leave!
I was in a separate terminal than the other girls so we said our goodbyes and then the cabbie took me over to my terminal. I had a few hours to kill so I grabbed some McD's and then went to the spa for a foot rub and a shoulder rub. I didn't really think there would be a market for a spa in an airport terminal, but after running that race and doing as much walking as we did, it was the perfect thing for me! I got in later that night and Craig picked me up at the airport. Hopefully we'll have another great girls weekend next year. I miss my girls already!
Now, for the news - I went last Friday (9/4/09) to the Register of Deeds in Johnston County and reserved the assumed name for my business, Idle Hands! I am now a sole proprietor. I'm working on stock now and will post more later - maybe even put up a page solely for the business. But I'm really looking forward to getting up and running! I'm constantly doing research and making lists and working on business cards and other marketing tools. For starters, I'll be sticking with photography, knitted scarves and dustcloths, jewelry and wine charms. When I get some good inventory built up, I'd like to start taking some custom orders and then branching out to other things - mainly handmade soaps and candles, but I've also got a great pattern for aprons that I'm keeping my eye out for funky fabrics to make them with. Hopefully soon I'll have some stock up on my etsy page! I'll try to get better at posting here! Until then, these idle hands will have to find something fun to get into...
http://www.etsy.com/ Idle Hands NC idlehandsnc@live.com
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