Since I love music so much, I will attempt to make my blog titles music-themed. I thought Downtown by Petula Clark was very fitting because I was in New York City this week.

My hotel is in between the Empire State Building and Grand Central Station.

On the first morning of the trip, I walked out of the hotel through the spinny door and almost stopped in my tracks. The air was so cold, and I had taken a huge breath in. I had a very CSI zoom sequence playing in my head, the cold air rushing into my lungs, immediately freezing all the tissue, and my entire body breaking into a million ice cubes from the inside out.

I went to Times Square and had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe one night. Afterward, my coworkers, Ian and John, headed off to a basketball game, so I wandered around and shopped. I bought some new boots and a cute little dress for work. Amazingly, I found my way back to the hotel all by myself without getting lost!

After I was already in bed watching Nancy Grace (I do not like her), John and Ian called and wanted to get a few drinks at the bar, so I put my jeans back on and headed down for a glass of wine in the hotel lobby. Despite being up super late, I was ready to wake up early and do it all over again.

My trip to Ohio next week has been confirmed. I can’t wait to see real snow for the first time next week! This week New York had murky slush in the gutters and it was really cold, but I don’t think I can call it snow.

This time I will be on my own, without any coworkers. I leave Monday afternoon and return Friday evening.