57th Street Manhattan

to all my non-new york city friends, 57th street is considered to be one of the most expensive street if not in New York or the continental US, probably the world. you have a bunch of car dealership on the west side (such as BMW). then in the middle you have Carnegie Hall and Tower (which was reportedly the first choice of former Pres. Clinton to be his office before moving to 125th street - price was about six figures of rent per month). then in the most expensive corner of them all (57th and 5th, you have Neiman Marcus on the northwest, Louis Vuitton on the northeast, Tiffany's on the southeast, and then Bulgari on the southwest (which by the way is being renovated as i speak). on the eastern most part, you have expensive condo's and business establishments.

just say NO!!!!!

this is just a reminder to myself that every now and then, it is ok to say NO.

deja vu

NOT AGAIN!!!! that was first thing that came into my mind when i heard that another building in new york city was hit by an aircraft. i could not believe that we'll have to suffer another disaster.

i know that i might sound over re-acting, but after the 9/11 attack....who can blame me. yes, life moves on here in NYC and it does not dictate most people lives here but let's face it, it's not impossible for another attack to happen.

i'm not going to say that i'm glad that the accident that happened today was not a terrorist attack.....it is still a tragedy since a life was taken.

Very odd.....

i'm trying to do some house cleaning today, which by the way happens only once in a blue moon, when i stumble into an old travel book about alaska i purchased back in 2003. i had to stopped what i'm doing because it made me think for a minute....and then smiled. why?

back in january of 2003, after attending a friends wedding/cruise at the carribean, we all decided that we should plan another cruise trip just for fun. we all decided that since most people who went on an alaskan cruise always recommend it, we figured that it's the next trip that we'll take. as the instigator of this whole plan, i bought the travel book and also did some research. we all planned but for some reason, the plan didn't materialized. the printed documents were recycled and the book, well as you already know, was lost with the other travel books i've collected.

then during 2004 when i was still with my back then other half (now a dear friend), we planned to go on vacation on a cruise trip. and guess what i suggested, you got it, a trip to alaska.

by late 2004, we put a down payment for the cruise trip. the trip by the way is not until August 2005. why so early? if you not are familiar with alaskan cruise trip, they sell pretty fast and alaskan cruise only happens a certain period during the year. you know ship.....very thick ice...not a good match. anyway, back to my story. so the alaskan trip happened. my friends who i originally asked about the trip could not believe that i went.

finding the travel book today, i realized that i went to alaska without actually bringing the travel book with me. it just dawned on me that i went not remembering that i had a travel book.

funny isn't it that things do remind you of these certain things.