Return Trip

Every year about this time I get all nostalgic about our summer in New York. Summer of 2005 Ian and I packed up our suitcases, locked up our apartment in Provo, and flew off to New York City for 3 1/2 months. Ian worked full time doing an internship for an ad agency called Geppetto Group. I opted not to try to find a job for such a short period of time and just enjoy the city. Turned out to be a good decision because just 2 weeks after getting settled in our tiny sublet apartment in midtown we found out I was pregnant with Weston. It was great to not have to drag myself off to a job every day when I was dealing with morning sickness and exhaustion.

(In front of our apartment building on 36th Street and 10th Ave.)

We hosted family and friends during our stay and enjoyed seeing all the sights with them. While we were on our own we got to explore the less touristy parts of Manhattan, like the laundromat and the "grocery store" (there are no real grocery stores there, they are all tiny and ridiculously overpriced which explains the thousands of restaurants in NYC). We spent the 4th of July that summer playing cards in Central Park and watching fireworks over the Hudson River.

(Being touristy in Central Park)

It was swelteringly hot and humid, but we managed with our window unit air conditioner in the apartment. We entered tons of Broadway show lotteries and ended up seeing 6 plays that summer. We also helped friends, family, and family of friends have extra entries to win lotteries to shows we had already seen. I went to the ginormous, beautiful library. I shopped at H&M and Macy's. We became pros at getting around the city using public transportation. We wandered endlessly and got lost occasionally.

(On top of the Empire State Building)

Yesterday Ian found out that the Kennecott project that he worked on awhile back won an award. That award is being presented in NYC on June 22nd and we are going to be there to accept it! I am so excited to go back to NY. I am very much NOT a spontaneous person, so trying to decide to go on this trip on such short notice was kind of stressful, but now that we are committed I am SO excited. I'm glad it's next week. We just couldn't pass up an opportunity to return to the city that never sleeps for such a small fraction of the cost of a non-work sponsored trip. Manhattan, here we come!