NYC - conquered

As most of you know, I spent this past weekend in New York City with some close friends and perfect strangers. Well, really just one close friend, and five perfect strangers, but one of the strangers was the sister of the close friend... irrelevant. It basically boils down to this: six girls - not to be confused with the six chicks - were gracious enough to let me crash their New York party. We had high times at all of, but not limited to, the following: the Today Show, The Light in the Piazza, The Producers, Times Square, subways, Brooklyn Tabernacle, Empire State Building, and the village.

In debriefing the trip on our way back to College Station, I shared one of my favorite moments of the trip being the church service at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, where it just so happened that I was invited to be a part of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Men's Chorus. Hilarious. That's right friends, I sang up in the choir loft at the Brooklyn Tab.

Speaking of singing, my good friend Jessica Schmale and I tried out for American Idol during our time in the City. Granted, we were only singing for one of the three judges (Simon) and it wasn't real Simon, it was wax Simon, but we tried out nonetheless. The outcome: Jess made it, and Simon hated me.

There are many other stories and pictures associated with this trip, but instead of giving everything to you on the internet, which is far too easy and impersonal, I'll take the liberty of developing my pictures and remembering my stories, so if you'd like to see/hear, then you know who to talk to.

In conclusion to this very long post, I want to sincerely thank the sisters Schmale and co. for allowing me the privilege of joining them on this trip. It truly was a pleasure.