Hilton Stamford Hotel & Executive Meeting Center

Well, today wasn't an exciting day, but we were able to get from Pfafftown to Stamford without much drama. We crossed the Tappanzee Bridge in New York, which is somewhat of a long, high bridge.  Driving across bridges like this isn't Wes's favorite pasttime (we can safely say), but he handled this one very well. We had some technical difficulties at the hotel in Stamford, but I hope to be better about doing the blogs on a daily basis.

... inhale great draughts of space; The east and the west are mine, and the north and the south are mine. 60 I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness. All seems beautiful to me; I can repeat over to men and women, You have done such good to me, I would do the same to you. I will recruit for myself and you as I go; 65 I will scatter myself among men and women as ...

... place that it just felt homey to me. I told him all the stories and filled him in on all the myths and historical gossip. I give a pretty mean tour of Nauvoo, and I say a hell of a lot more than the missionaries are allowed to. Wow, I'm kind of a geek. So, once we were finished making rope and learning how to mold a boot, we hit the road again in the early afternoon. I was ready to put some heavy time behind the wheel, so I dug into driving. We figured if we drove all ...

... because Ry Ry had business to take care of. Kerryn met us in DC. Unfortunately, Ry Ry was busy until the last day so I had to see most of DC for the first time with just me and Kerryn. Pics up on Myspace already. Not all, just a few. Remember, I don't have a camera since I broke my really expensive one years ago when I first got it. On the last day, Ry Ry got to see DC with me. We even did a tour on those Segways! It was so much FUN! We loved it. I will ...

... where every other person was a uniformed police officer. On our last night we got dressed up to the nines and felt very demure hailing a cab from the sidewalk. We watched "Curtains" on Broadway, after a very classy meal of burger and chips (when in Rome..). It was a great performance - very funny - afterwards we headed to the lower east side where the New Yorkers like to party and sipped a few cocktails and danced a few numbers.

So the beginning wasn't the best. Woke up still in my school uniform with a plate of noodles about a foot away and the remainder of a vk tropical. Looked in the mirror and some ******** had drawn a moustache on me in blue pen and there was writing all over my shirt and arms and face. Jumped in the shower and attempted to pack which resulted in grabbing a bin liner and throwing all my **** in it. This all being done in slow motion due to the hangover from hell took a while ...

... of basketball this was something to see. Lebron James, Jason Kidd, Vince Carter were all playing. Also there was Magic Johnson(got a photo of him that you can sort of see- will put it on here soon). some guy named Usher was there aswell. unfortunaltely the nets lost 87-85. Will update more about N.Y. later. Currently it's friday night and I'm in a hotel in New Jersey. My tour around the U.S. for 9 weeks starts tomorrow morning, so i'll get some more on here when I get a chance. Bye for now.

... Square, Greenwhich Village (the hippy/trendy/live music area of NY), Little Italy (why they call it that is very unclear as it has no Italian shops, restaurants, or people). Washington Square was great fun, with random people playing music and putting on street shows. Finished off the day with a trip up to the 86th floor of the Empire State building (after an suicidal 2 hour queue), but was really incredible from the top and well worth ...

... Stamford and we boarded the Amtrak train headed for points south. Here's the rest of Part 1 from Arturo's epic poem "My Name Is New Orleans," continued from Entry #5: My name is New Orleans I am Big Daddy's spirit and Big Momma's creole tomato-red polka dot dress I am underpaid attorneys and over-rated trumpet players (no matter how many Grammys they got) I am "carfare" insteada "busfare" I am "donuts and rolls" insteada "beignets and croissants" I am ...

After 6 weeks of living in Tempory accomadation we finally moved into a house of our own. The House is in Darien - about a 10 minute drive from the office so a quick commute. The plan was to take the train but I have to confess that we have both become a little lazy and the car has been used often! The house is a 'Raised Ranch' which basically means that most of the living space is on the 1st ...