We Take Ourselves With Us

This break we're heading back to NYC to binge on culture and food in our home away from home.  Of course, we need to get there first.  So when our flight was delayed by 90 minutes before we even left our home not away from home, we decided to grab an early dinner at our kitchen away from kitchen: the Charbroil .  And, given that it was the Charbroil, at 4:30 pm, on a Friday, it was already pretty full.  Oh, Charbroil, how we love thee :) Then, on to the airport, to wait. Unlike most folks at our gate (inc one woman happily headed to the Villages ... the Villages!), we had no connecting flights to freak out about, so we were mellow.  Ever better! (that's a URochester joke) Finally, about 2 hours after we should have landed, the bright lights of New York (insert Alicia Keys's voice here) came into view. This time around, we booked a package through Expedia and wound up staying at the uberhip remodeled Lexington Hotel since our no...

In keeping with our now one year old tradition of taking to the road for Thanksgiving , we set off from Rochester last night for NYC.  Or, at least we tried to ... the blustery, gustery winds delayed our flight several times and left us wondering if we would even get out.  Our spirits were raised by the sight of a new Benefit vending machine at the ROC airport, which we took as a very, very good sign! We had plenty o'snacks to tide us over.  And, Ned had plenty o'calls to make.  So, the delays weren't a problem. Soon, we were in flight, filling the full back row of the little United prop jet to Newark--bouncing our way toward the city.  (Note the cool iPad shot--something one can only capture when in the full, bus-style back row!) Given we got in late on a Monday night, our trip from Newark to our hotel in Manhattan was fairly quick.  As always, we Hotwired our stay, winding up at the super cool Hyatt Andaz Wall Stre...