New York City was the first stop on our vacation last month. We spent two nights in The Big Apple to break up our flight overseas. While we were there we met up with Gary's childhood friend, Stanton, and his wife Erin. Stanton and Erin are both in theater and live in Queens. Our first night in town, they took us to a "speakeasy" in West Village. The building was just a white brick building, covered with graffiti. It had a door and no windows. From the outside it looked like an abandoned business, but when Stanton led us inside and downstairs, a hip bar packed with people emerged.
On our second day Gary and I enjoyed some sightseeing around the city. We took a cruise around the island of Manhattan, visited the New York Public Library, ate lunch at Grand Central Station, rode an elevator to the top of the Empire State Building, and strolled through Central Park.
On our last night in town Stanton and Erin invited us to their apartment for dinner. They cooked an amazing vegetarian chili and we talked about Rob Bell's new book, "Love Wins".
Life in the city is much different than life in Little Rock. We loved seeing how Stanton and Erin live. It's so interesting how every place you go is so unique. We hope to have the opportunity to go back to NYC some day and enjoy more pizza, shopping, and maybe a Broadway show.
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