New York City Day 1

   For my graduation, I knew that I wanted to celebrate with a trip somewhere special.  Joey and I went back and forth as to whether we would take the kids.  He asked his dad if he was available to babysit and he was.  So, that decided that we were going to go without kids.  We decided that we wanted to go to New York City.  Joey had never been before, and I had only been once before for only two days.
   Joey has listened to this radio show on Sirius radio for a very long time.  The hosts are named Covino and Rich and they have an entire community of fans.  Every year, they host a fan convention in NYC.  Joey has always wanted to go.  The timing was perfect, so we decided to go to NYC during the convention.  I decided that Joey did such an amazing job of supporting my dream of getting another master's, that I needed to support one of his dreams.
    We flew out on Wednesday morning.  There was some weather on the east coast so our flight was a bit delayed.  Joey and I were a little nervous how were were going to get to our hotel once we landed.  Luckily, we met someone on our flight that had grown up in NYC, so he told us he would help us navigate things once we landed.  What a help that was!  By the time we landed, it was dark and a little overwhelming to say the least!  We did as true New Yorkers did, and took an air tram to some train station, where we then boarded a train which took us to Penn Station.  From Penn Station, we took a taxi to our hotel.  It took a lot of different modes of transportation, but we finally got there!!!!

    Joey and I were amused to see that our hotel was an authentic New York hotel room.  It was the tiniest room I have ever stayed in!  The location was great and we spent very little time in the room, so it wasn't a big deal.  The only issue was that the room was so small we could leave our suitcases open and out, so every morning we had to zip them up and put them on top of the armoire.

Joey demonstrating how small the room was 

He could almost touch his hands from wall to wall

   After we checked out our room, we needed to get something to eat.  We looked on Yelp, and there was a restaurant that got really good reviews right by our hotel.  It ended up being next to the hotel.  The upstairs was a pretty lively bar, but the basement was a quaint little area that was much more our style.  We ordered poutine and a chicken sandwich and both were really, really good.

At dinner

Yummy chicken sandwich! 

   After dinner, we walked around the midtown a bit and saw some of the famous NYC sights.  I just love New York City!

Times Square which is literally the sea of humanity at night

   After some sightseeing, Joey wanted to meet up with some people that were there for the convention.  We met them at a bar called The Perfect Pint.  I have to admit, it was a little awkward meeting and hanging out with people we had never met before.  It wasn't awkward for long because we truly met some of the nicest people ever.  We had such a amazing time during our trip meeting new people.

   After a drink, we were exhausted from a long day of traveling and we knew we had a busy day the next day.  We called it a night.  Our first night in NYC was a definite success!!!!