Monday, July 15, 2013

The Train to DENSI

Nine DEN Stars and Sweetie took a train from New York City to Vermont to attend the Summer Institute. It was so much fun! We met an amazing crew who took care of us like royalty!

DEN Stars on the train: Cheryl Woolwine, Judy Uhrig, Traci Blazosky, Gena Price, Emma Haygood, Katie Warren, Carolyn Rains, Paula Naugle, Jan Abernethy and Sweetie!

Waiting for the train at Penn Station with Traci Blazosky

With DEN Stars Carolyn Rains and Gena Price

With DEN Stars Traci Blazosky, Paula Naugle, and Cheryl Woolwine


The Cafe car where Tom served us.


Yotel

We had the pleasure of staying at one of the coolest, most technological hotel ever called, "Yotel." Here is a link to the Yotel website: http://www.yotel.com/Hotels/New-York-City


Traci checking us in

Go-Bot put away our luggage.

Sweetie was impressed with the fancy charging station.

We were so honored to meet Yotel himself!

Sweetie loves the digs for the night!




Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Cake Boss!

One of the highlights of our trip was our visit to the Cake Boss store! YUM!!!!

A Ride on the Subway

After a great lunch, we split off into groups to explore the city. Sweetie and I had ridden on the "L" in Chicago last year, so we thought, "Why not tackle the subway?"




We finally meet up with DEN Stars!

As Sweetie and I were leaving the memorial, we ran into our DEN crew!

DEN Stars - Left to Right - Sweetie and Jan Abernethy (PA)
Traci Blazosky (PA), Cheryl Woolwine (FL), Margie Rogers, (MO)
Katie Warren (CA), Emma Haygood (MI), Gena Price (MI)
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The 911 Memorial

In the afternoon, Sweetie and I headed over to the 911 memorial. Seeing the memorial was a beautiful, but sobering experience. Currently, the North Pool, South Pool, and garden are open and the museum is very close to be opening. The memorial will be opening in stages over the next few years. To learn more about the 911 Memorial go to: http://www.911memorial.org.


Freedom Tower


North Pool


South Pool


DEN Star Katie Warren!!!

We were strolling around the city, and suddenly we ran into California DEN Star, Katie Warren! She was buying a ticket to ride the Grayline On-Off Bus.



After seeing Katie off, a police officer asked if we would like to tag along with him as he patrolled the city. I consulted with Sweetie and since she kind of liked his horse we went along.


The Big Apple!

Can you believe it? Sweetie and I are in New York City!!!!





Off to the Big Apple!!!

At first Sweetie and I thought we could make it back to New York City on foot. We realized we were not going to make it in time to see the DEN crew arriving on July 10. When we spoke to some real friendly people in a small town in Connecticut, they introduced us to the nicest man. He happened to have his own private jet that he used to fly celebrities around the world. He decided that Sweetie definitely qualified as a celebrity. He was so honored to meet her, he said he would fly us to New York City to meet our friends FOR FREE!!!!!

I was a little nervous when I saw the plane, but
Sweetie had complete faith in our new friend, the pilot.



Sweetie and I had the whole plane to ourselves.
We really enjoyed all the leg room!!!!