Wanderlust Thoughts

I went back and forth about what I wanted to do for my big 21 st birthday for months. First I wanted to go to the Bahamas... Then I came up with this bright idea to rent a cabin in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. Side note: My birthday is December 23 rd and I HATE cold weather. What was I gonna do in a cabin in the mountains? HA! Two weeks before my birthday, I still had absolutely no idea what I was going to do. Finally, my sister, Kiki and I decided that we would take a trip to New York. I had never been to the city at Christmastime and my niece, Sameera was already there as she was attending school in Manhattan. It worked out perfectly.   Even though it was cold and rainy, we had such a great time sightseeing and celebrating my birthday. We saw Keke Palmer as the first black Cinderella on Broadway and I even convinced my sister to go clubbing with me. ‘Twas one for the books! Here’s a photo gallery of Amanee, Kiki, and Sameera Take New York: Part 2! ...

Times Square This past weekend, I decided to make a pit stop in New York to visit Johnathan who’s living there for the summer, before I traveled home to Baltimore. On Thursday afternoon, I took an Über from my job straight to Tampa International Airport to catch my 2:35 pm flight to LaGuardia in New York. Once I arrived around 5:00, it took me about two hours to find the shuttle to the Über pick up area. Fail. A view of NYC from the plane I checked into the Best Western Plaza Hotel in Long Island City, Queens, quickly showered and changed my clothes. Then I head right back out the door where I took yet another Über to Johnathan’s apartment in the Lower East Side to drop off my luggage. I had to check out by 11 am the next morning and I certainly didn’t want to drag my suitcases through New York City all day long. Greenwich Village We stopped for dinner at Spice, a little Thai restaurant… It was nothing spectacular. I had shrimp pad thai and Johnathan had ...