January 12th, 2010
New York is a Balm for Broken Hearts
The flight attendant said ‘Welcome to New York’, and all I could think was ‘Wow’. This is the city where the girls of ‘Sex and the City’ took place. This is where Seinfeld lived and where Saturday Night Live is filmed live! It was so big and so very vibrant. What would I do? Who will I meet (Besides my friend Mark)? Maybe I’ll get to meet my very own Mr. Big or see my own version of George of Seinfeld making a mess of things.
I caught a taxi into the city and was surprised that my driver didn’t recognize the address of my New York hotel Suites. I guess he was new, but after about 45 minutes I was dropped off in front of my hotel. I checked in and called up my friend Mark, he was at work and told me to come by. He gave me great directions on how to get there. When I stepped out of the lobby, I felt like Mary Tyler Moore in a big city and wanted to toss my hat up in the air, but I had no hat. Manhattan! I’m in Manhattan!
I found Marks place of work and he came out and we couldn’t help but smile at each other for the longest time. I met Mark a few years back at a convention and we’ve stayed in touch via social network sites. At that time, I was in a relationship, but now I’m three months out of that relationship and this trip, to a place I’ve never been before is supposed to be the balm on my open wounds.
We began to walk and suddenly he stopped, at a hot dog stand. I was so excited, I got to order a hot dog from a New York City hot dog street vendor! My first New York thing to experience, besides the taxi ride. The hot dog seemed 100 times better than any hot dog I’ve every eaten, or was that just the adrenaline running through my veins. I figured that was lunch, but then Mark to me to a Chinese restaurant off of Times Square! Times Square was so much more than what I see on the news or on a TV show; it’s huge! There were tons of people, business people on cell phones or texting on their Iphones or Blackberries. There were also tons of tourist! Mark made sure that we got a window seat at the restaurant so I could people watch. Mark seemed to intuitively know the parts of New York that would thrill me. There were some very snazzy looking business men, and one actually looked like Mr. Big!
Dan had to get back to work, so I decided to explore New York on my own! What can I say, except Wow! New York City all on my own! This was a great beginning to healing my broken heart.
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