Tag Archives: New York City

Book Row: New York Diary, Part 3

Deciding which of New York’s bookstores to visit should not have been difficult. There are a lot of choices—Barnes & Noble, Borders, Housing Works, St. Mark’s, Gotham Book Mart—but the one to see is the one we (kind of) stumbled on: Strand Books. We arrived in the city with a long mental list of potential …

28 July 2008 – 10:59 am | By tlitchfo | Posted in Books, Widely Spaced Beacons of Hope, Year of Bliss | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Almost Forgot…

My latest post, Ground Zero, is up at Milspouse.com. When we arrived we weren’t sure that what we were looking at was actually Ground Zero, the former site of the World Trade Center. First we saw the PATH terminal and a fence. We couldn’t see the site itself until we walked across a footbridge that …

23 July 2008 – 9:50 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in The Life and Times of a Navy Husband, Writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Island of Many Hills: New York Diary, Part 1

Much has been written about Manhattan, and New York City in general, but after visiting the city last week for the first time, I feel compelled to offer some thoughts. I’ve always been intimidated by New York. It holds no romance for me, only fear. It is the Big City of all big cities. The …

21 July 2008 – 7:30 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in Writing, Year of Bliss | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)

…And We’re Back

Just got back from a 3 day trip to New York. I want to write more about the visit, but the 90° heat cooked my brain.

17 July 2008 – 10:31 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in The Life and Times of a Navy Husband, Year of Bliss | Tagged | Comments (0)

Sean’s Next Conquest

The Litchfords are planning a trip to New York, NY. I wrote about it in my post Big Apple Baby at Milspouse.com. The first complication was the summer heat. I can’t imagine carrying Sean all over New York City in 85° heat in the Baby Bjorn carrier. So then we thought we’d just bring our …

4 July 2008 – 8:30 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in The Life and Times of a Navy Husband, Writing, Year of Bliss | Tagged , | Comments (0)