Home Hum

I guess you can tell where I'm posting this from. I'll admit it was good to see the "fam" (the dog seems so much bigger!), and I do reasonate with the nice quote found in the header of Sue's wonderful, homey blog ~ "There is nothing like staying home for real comfort" ~ Jane Austen, but I really can't wait to do my next trip to The Big Apple! That being said, let me wrap up my trip here.

After much agonizing debate (in my head) I did the right thing. I cleaned the apt. a bit, packed up and got on my scheduled train. The Amtrak proved to be a fun suprise! I haven't been on the train to NY in ~15 years. The conductor was a very young, cute, nice guy. If he was "all business", I probably wouldn't have asked him. So I said, "Do you know my friend __________?" He said, "Yeah, He's driving the train tonight". I couldn't believe it! I asked if I could go up and say a QUICK hello? Of course this meant running up about 100 cars! But I did. After a quick hello, I sprinted back about 200 cars and enjoyed the rest of the trip. He did a great job of taking me home safely to my family! ( and in such great time too! Thanks!) OH, note to Amtrak - you need some Green Tea on board! I could only get a Lipton. I did try though!

Now I'll just wrap up the Green Tea portion of my trip , since sadly there is no Kiefer portion to wrap up. NYC is just not the place to get green tea! I tried to be true to my latest cause, but it was not easy. The best green tea I had was in my apt.! Even in Chinatown, I tried to find my friend's favorite Chinese Tea Shop, which I did, but as fate would have it, was closed for Chinese New Years! Therefore, the second best cup of green tea I had was at home sweet home with the Fam. Thank God, it's all good! walk gently, lpk