Why One Shouldn't Travel Alone

It's not the possible muggings or such. One shouldn't travel alone because then you get pictures like these...

Yeah, I don't know anyone in this picture either. But it's pretty! This a building on Colombia University's campus - recognize it? There's a scene from Hitch that was filmed on these steps (when the funny guy and Will Smith meet for the first time).



The ice skating rink at Rockefeller is SO much smaller in real life! (Sorry to ruin that for anyone.) Yep - still no one in this picture that I know.


Trying to master the art of photographing yourself - the one arm zoom. (Is my forehead REALLY that big??) The backdrop? Lovely Central Park - it really is amazing!!!


And then some nice man offered to take one of me. See how much better it is?


A little bonus - Holy Poof of Bangs Batman!!

Numbers Game

Days spent in NYC...4 1/2
Shows seen on Broadway...3 (plus the Rockettes' Christmas Spectacular)
Happiness level...110%
Number of marriage proposals...1 1/2 plus a wink from a stranger on a subway
Number of mysterious but cool gentlemen I met on said trip...1 (enter *r****)

Days away from the office...3
Number of voicemails received...1
Number of NEW emails...190+
Number of minutes spent hyperventilating when I saw the number of NEW emails...27

Equals...A great trip to NYC and a killer day back at the office. How long until the Thanksgiving holiday??

Blind Dates

I received an email from a girl I had been in a show with a couple years back asking if I was still single. We were friends on Facebook and she was looking for someone to set up her brother with. It's a good thing she ran across my photo in Facebook! Now I can up my dating statistics for 3rd quarter 2008 to a grand total of possibly one. Hmmm...maybe I should actually send a Christmas letter this year out to all my friends and subtly (or not so subtly) remind them that I am still single and I'm always up for a blind date with men over 6' 2", who have a decent occupation (i.e. college degree with ambition to advance), are good Mormon boys, and who like to laugh. But I digress...

So *o** called me Sunday night and we chatted for a while. He seems like a cool guy - I was kind of a dork on the phone and he didn't totally laugh at me. :) At the end of our conversation he even suggested that we get together before we both leave on our vacation trips (not with each other, don't worry...that would be some blind date!) this weekend, because - and I quote - "You sound fun." (According to his sister, he also finds me attractive!) I'm not gonna lie - it's flattering to have a good conversation with a guy and know that you have a date with him that week.

Now for conflict (every good story has to have some sort of conflict or set back, right?). It's Tuesday night and he hasn't called to set up the particulars of our supposed date tomorrow night. I did get a call from his sister around 10 pm tonight asking how our phone call went - yes, we are still in middle school. She said he's shy and that he wasn't sure if he should call me back...I'm totally flattered that he finds me attractive and enjoyed talking to me. But darling *o**, it does neither of us any good if you DON'T CALL ME BACK!! *sigh* I told her to tell him (did I mention we're still in middle school?) that he should call me and we'll go do something. I even told her to tell him he can pick something he enjoys doing, so if I'm lame he'll still have a good time. She says he's just shy in the beginning...after a while he'll grow out of it. Hope springs eternal. :)

By the way, I'd just like to take this opportunity to let you all know that I am still single. I find blind dates (or the events leading up to blind dates, or even the offer of blind dates) amusing, so please send any eligible young men my way. Please... :)