New York !! New York !!

Manchie and Holly spent Thursday afternoon and all day Friday seeing Manhattan. They got pushed around, soaked in the rain and walked much farther than they wanted, but saw much more than I've ever seen.

Thursday night we went to a Italian restuarant that only served French food. Friday we went to Patsy's, a pizza place. Saturday was Trio night. All good food, but the first night was the best.

Saturday we went on a bus tour of the city and got to see some of the tourist spots. Then we went up the Empire State building and took in the skyline of the city.

Check out Holly's blog for the details.

Today I took the subway down to Canal Street to look at all the knockoffs of the rich and famous goods. Walked up to Chinatown and took the subway back. WAY too crowded. Did happen to see a family from Greenville that was there on vacation. I did consulting work for the man's company in Greenville 12-13 years ago and we spoke about old times.

Lake - Birthday - NY

We were guests of the Wallaces (Marissa's family) at their new lake house over the Labor Day weekend. Found out that the kids enjoy tubing (no surprise there), Holly can still ski with the best of them, Jonathan can do all sorts of wakeboarding and wakesurfing tricks, David learns water sports quickly and Papa/Dad/Bobby can still ski.

We had a dinner for Dad/Bobby/Honey on Friday night. The pictures are from that family gathering.

The excitement grows as Manchie and Holly are preparing to travel with me to NYC this week. The passage is booked..... the apartment is arranged.... the tour bus is scheduled. All that is left is the "drugged" part for the plane. We are going up Thursday a.m. and they are coming back to Charlotte on Sunday. I'll have to work Thursday and Friday then stay over until next Wednesday.

Pictures will be posted when we return.