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These LOs are about a great weekend we spent in NYC during the few years we lived in the suburbs. Our hotel room look right over the WTC site.
It was important for me to make these LOs about the fun things we did that weekend, in addition to the impact of staying within the WTC site, because later that year, we decided to abandon our plans to move out of state. This weekend was a factor in that decision.
Selected journaling: “After dinner, back to Manhattan for a nighttime stroll around the WTC site. We walked along the Hudson River, a little bit into Battery Park City, saw some awesome yachts & a tranquil police memorial pool along the water. Inside the World Financial Center, we saw models & more exhibits of the Freedom Tower & other future plans for the site.
I am so grateful for Greg & the life we have together.
Astonishing thing - while we took these solemn pics at the far side of the WTC site pit, a couple asked what we were taking pics of, they didn't know! "You're not from around here, are you?" I asked. Wow. Understandable - they were tourists from California - but…just WOW. *** Eventually we made a food & drink stop at a 24 hour deli, watched true crime stuff on the tainted Tylenol tragedy of the 80s on TV & caught some sweet, sweet sleep.
It always moves me to tears to see Cindy's name in the list of 9/11 victims.
The next day, Sunday - Rain, hotel, bed, TV. Then the rain cleared up (along w/ our motion-detected mini bar bill! Ate nothing from there but every time we opened the fridge to get our own drinks or look at their food, we got charged!). We took our video cam Viddy to the site. Seeing the "Remembering, Reconnecting, Rebuilding" signs at the site's Path Train Station was emotion for me. Had to ignore a stupid guy we overheard at the exhibits ("Why don't they ever put the terrorists' names in the list of victims? They died too you know." Grrrr!). Saw St. Paul's Chapel in the daytime, w/ its exhibits of the heroic recovery workers & volunteers who sought/provided refuge there during the 9/11 clean-up. We then left the area & had lunch at Green Planet in the Village (yummy Thai chicken wrap & non-dairy berry smoothie); afterwards, home from our NYC jaunt. That night, Michael's birthday dinner at Morton's w/ Charbara (Charlie & Barbara), nice to see everyone though the birthday boy was in poor spirits; had Cesar salad, warm bread, Greg & I split Chicken Christopher (breaded in Bernaise) & filet mignon - BOTH were wonderful, yum, also asparagus & mash. The best steak I've ever had in Westchester! Then time at home, "Six Feet Under," lounging, etc.… Such a wondrous life w/ The Boy!
This weekend, full of fun, family, pride, cool places/events/sights/tastes, combined w/ election results later that year, confirmed the fact that we really ARE New Yorkers. We enjoy traveling but love our lives here in the Northeast - our network of friends, coworkers, family, our professional & personal achievements & being close to arguably the best & most vibrant city in the world, a city we love! Later in 2004, we abandoned our plans to move to Nashville (though it will always occupy a special place in our hearts). We are New Yorkers & for now we will be here.”
I had this LO planned before SHCG's twinscrapbee's 9/11-related LO Challenge, but that inspired me to get this done more quickly. I also wanted to do a random variation of color blocking on these pages.
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