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Everyone’s your friend in New York City

The kids and I are off to New York in a few hours. I’m looking forward to:

  • Italian ices;
  • Fireflies;
  • A summer thunderstorm;
  • Warm ocean water; and of course
  • My mom, dad, and sister

…none of which are to be had here in Northern California. My kids are looking forward to Dino-Walk and Dylan’s Candy Bar.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 at 7:53 am and is filed under family, travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Everyone’s your friend in New York City”

  1. gee bobg » Blog Archive » Be careful what you wish for Says:
    August 26th, 2006 at 6:35 am

    [...] Remember that thunderstorm I hoped to see while I was in New York last week? One finally struck — complete with a tornado that touched down two miles from my dad’s house! [...]

  2. gee bobg » Blog Archive » New York recap Says:
    September 5th, 2006 at 10:21 pm

    [...] There are no fireflies in New York. I never saw any in New York while growing up, but I grew up in Queens, which is part of the city proper, and I thought we might get lucky at my dad’s house which is farther out on Long Island, since I knew that there are fireflies not too far away, in Pennsylvania. But no. [...]

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