New York never disappoints. Remember that! Even if you are barely able to walk to due bruised metatarsals from a not so wise decision several days prior to hike all over the nationals capital in flip flops for 8 hours, it STILL doesn’t disappoint! I HEART NYC!
Sunday at 6pm, I am supposed to meet Hannah and her new beau at the top of the Empire Hotel on 63rd and Broadway for some cocktails and catching up. My sad self somehow gets the address stuck in my head as 63rd and 5th….which in any other city would just have been a 2 block correction, but in New York they have this little place called Central Park, maybe you've heard of it? Well, I was inconveniently on the wrong side of it! So 30 minutes later and with gratuitous apologies to all I finally arrive and we proceed up to the rooftop bar (aka a little piece of New York heaven). I order one of their signature drinks, a Summer Tea, and almost break down in tears- the best drink I’ve had all weekend! Finally! (You know I love you NY, but those communion size shots for $8 a crack are the most pathetic things I have ever experienced.) I give the group a re-cap of the last few days: dinner at Mesa Grill, drinks at Lillies, dancing at Mean Fiddler and the Social, watching the Alabama game with 200 Alumni at The Ainsworth and a midnight burger at The Spotted Pig. I find out that this wanna be NYCer didn't do too bad. The Mean Fiddler happens to be one of their favorite haunts and they have been to The Spotted Pig more than once! I'm feeling pretty proud to say the least.
Hannah's beau asks me a little bit about where I'm from and what I'm up to, and I wont' re-cap that whole story here as you all pretty much know it, but I will tell you that what happened next could only be described as, say it with me, a "firefly moment". It turns out that one of his friends is a former model who started her own event planning company in New York. The sole focus of her company? Planning events that support the troops. No way! He comments that he just had lunch with this friend last week, and then proceeds to shoot her off an email in the middle of cocktails asking her if she would be interested in expanding her business to Hawaii. No way! She emails back almost instantly that she is always interested and to send her my info. WAY!
I'll keep y'all posted on the developments...but for now, just know that fireflies are alive and well- even on rooftop bars in the middle of New York City!
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