The City is Calling Our Names...

New York, NY, USA

January 12, 2008

Marc claims New York City is the center of the universe as we know it. The world looks to New York for finance, fashion, cuisine, theatre, music, and politics. It’s a true melting pot of humanity; it symbolizes what the United States is all about. There are all walks of life on roaming the streets. Hundreds of languages are spoken; some only understood by the people speaking them. Although we live in San Francisco and feel like it’s a big city, the island of Manhattan alone has 10 times the population. It’s big, not just big it’s freakin’ huge!

We always knew NYC would be on our itinerary, we simply love it. There’s so much happening as you walk through the streets. People exercising, brunching, drinking, screaming, honking, running, loitering, and, overall, enjoying life. If the winters weren’t so bitter and the summers so oppressive, we might be able to live in NY.

We checked into the Marriott Marquis on Times Square; using the last of our Marriott reward points for two free nights. We schmoozed with the guys at the front desk and they were nice enough to upgrade us to a room with a view of Times Square. From our room we looked down in awe at the cornucopia of excitement; swarms of taxis, hordes of pedestrians, massive TV screens, flashing lights, office buildings, advertising and marketing gone mad.

When we were finally able to pull ourselves away from the hypnotic dance of humanity and lights we went downstairs. We could hear New York calling… it was time to answer and dive in.