Big Apple, Here We Come!

Fantastic news! We just found out that we will be going to NYC very, very soon! It's only for a few days, but it's one of those places that's I've ALWAYS wanted to go to and have never had the opportunity. So here it is! Dan will have meetings in CT for one of the days, but that's totally ok. More great news, my dad and his GF will meet us there for a few days. My dad is awesome and so is his GF, Monique. They also love to babysit, which makes them even more awesome, but even if they didn't, they are totally sweet and fun to be around.
We ended up renting an apartment in Gramercy Park, near the Empire State building. That was actually waaaaay cheaper than trying to sleep 4 adults and 2 kids in either one or two hotel rooms. The apartment is quite grand too. It's low season, so we got it for 1/2 of what it would usually rent for!
Double bonus that our flights were comped by the airline. Dan was one of the very unlucky few that got totally stranded in NYC last year during the big snow storm. He was supposed to do a 24 hour trip and it ended up being 4 days....even after 4 days, we had to buy a whole new ticket with a completely different airline just to get him home. The original airline he was booked with couldn't fly him out for another couple more days!
Ordinarily, it might not have been a big deal, but Dan packed for only ONE day. 2 pair of underwear, 2 pair of socks, one suit, etc...you get my drift....he had NOTHING and only a jacket in the biggest snowstorm that I can remember.
After all was said and done though, the airline was super cool and reimbursed him the extra hotel expenses, as well as the new flight that he had to pay for. So it totally paid for the flights for this new trip! Awesome!