New York City.I've been here three weeks (almost) and I'm feeling that special brand of tired a pound of coffee couldn't cure. This city will run you ragged with its overpriced lattes and eight-dollar cereals and the general inconvenience of overcrowded subway cars where you're essentially sitting on the lap of a stranger while they mutter ( Read more... )

I'm at the New York Public Library right now. This is the biggest library I've ever seen. Everything is so amplified in NYC - it's been a great few days here, but I think I'm ready to head home. I get home tomorrow night and then Thursday morning it's off to Saratoga Springs until Sunday at which point I return to Buffalo for the final leg of the ( Read more... )

September 11th, 2001. I remember my first thought when I heard the news: It’s a shame I’ve never been to New York City, because now when I do go, I’ll be part of “the after”.

I would walk the streets of a changed Manhattan, forever altered by unspeakable horror.

At the time, in spite of my initial shock, I was hardly cognizant of the scope of the ( Read more... )