A Tourist In My Own City.

My friend Charlie has been here in NYC since Wednesday evening. Sometimes people ask me what the city doesn't have to offer. And I can't think of much, but he sure is a marvelous addition. 

We were walking/subwaying all over the city today to see the sights. He is a virgin to the big bad city so we of course needed to hit the hot spots. We went to Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We also saw Ground Zero and Wall St. THEN we headed northward to see Times Square and Rockefeller Center, then finally a bit farther north to Central Park. Whew. 

Of all our little adventures today, the best had to have been running into these guys.

We walked by them as I declared, "man, I wish my camera wasn't acting strangely, I would love to take a photo with them!" Moments later, I remembered that Charlie has an iphone! So we abruptly turned around and he snapped this photo of us (after they coaxed me into giving them something like $2.65 of my spare change). As soon as this blog post is done, I'll be sending along a copy to Zak's sister to show her kids. They'll love it. 

Bringing a newbie through the city I've lived in for a couples months (and am barely starting to know) gives it new life. It forces me to focus on that which I love about it. Because I want to show it off!

Charlie's impromptu visit will come to an end tomorrow and life will go back to normal. Hopefully shortly after that the stove buying will ensue and I'll have all kinds of goodies to eat and photos of them to share!  

Until then, I bid you good evening.

And if you're reading this, it means you are stuck with me here on Earth along with everyone else who didn't get swooped up into God's Kingdom on this supposed Day of Judgement. Well... let's enjoy these five months of life before the Earth burns into a firey ball of hell. Cheers!