My wife and I hit a milestone back in August. We were married for ten years, and as of this past Halloween, we've been together for 14 years. Pretty important stuff if you ask me. We've never really done anything special for our anniversary, especially since we had children. Since we hit that ten year mark, we decided to do something special. We were originally going to go to NYC for a weekend back (with my folks watching the kids) in August, but it was just far too hot to enjoy. So we planned it for the weekend prior to Election Day. Then Sandy hit! After talking with several people I know in NYC, we ended up keeping the plans, figuring to try and schedule care for the kids again was going to be next to impossible.
We arrived today, earlier this afternoon. We had no definitive plans in the city, just walking around and hanging out in our second city. Upon arrival we decided to just walk around and soak up the city a bit. We walked for a while and ventured into Little Italy. Luckily the power was restored yesterday to the rest of Manhattan, or this wouldn't have been possible. We had dinner at a great restaurant, Sofia's. Afterward we walked through Little Italy into Greenwich Village. This is where you could see some of the damage from the hurricane. Some folks were still pumping out basements. There was also mud and such backed up around the sewer grates from the influx of water, etc. A lot of the banners that would hang overtop the business were also tattered and torn (if they even survived) due to the high winds and torrential rains. As we walked even further, we came through SoHo as well. And we ended up walking right past the Wooster St. Social Club, the tattoo studio featured on the reality show, NY Ink. Just as we passed there, I received a text from a musician friend of mine, Nate, that I met here in 2011. He was playing in Harlem tonight and asked if we were interested in attending. Unfortunately he didn't have long left to play, but we found the nearest Subway and headed uptown to Red Rooster. It was like the tv show Cheers. As soon as we walked in, it was like everyone knew our name. Nate yelled to us from behind the organ, and his band was on point, sounding great. Later on he even dedicated a song to us for our anniversary and we danced (just us) in front of everyone at Red Rooster. It was just great, what a bunch of fun! A great first night indeed in the city that never sleeps...
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