I Love Being Here With You

I Love Being Here With You - Part I

Months ago I was able to score us a 600 sq ft suite at a 4 star New York hotel over looking Central Park for a ridiculously low price. I did not care that when July came around New York would probably be scorching hot and balmy. After all it’s New York and we have had a long standing unconditional love affair with the city for years…

New York is where Mr. Urban proposed, one romantic November evening years ago. And that’s not all that makes us sentimental about this beautiful city, the list is long. But suffice it to say that we love New York through and through….

There is one caveat though. Due to an experience I will not mention now, I refuse to travel to New York these days unless I am sure I have spacious and lovely accommodations (which does not cost me my first born child).

OK. I will mention why I say this just because I feel like you really want to know…

On our last trip to New York, during a busy Spring travel season, we paid $300 per night for a week, for a room with the width of my outstretched arms. Our luggage would not fit in the room. There was a chandelier with a LONG cord hanging over the bed inches from our faces. Dust bunnies covering the entire cord, like a wool sweater. The bath room sink was broken. The Euro Shower was nothing but a shower head hanging over the toilet, making the entire bathroom wet, which is probably why the bathroom door was warped and wouldn’t close. And to top it all, as soon as we got into bed, I felt itchy. Mr. Urban reassured me that it was just a nervous itch... it could have been, since I was the culprit behind finding us this gem of a hotel and pre-paying for our entire stay through an online travel site with a no-exchange policy!

So, I have lived and I have learned. And when I found a $600/night room at a hotel we liked for $200 through Jetsetter, you better believe we were New York bound!

The only remaining wild card was how the UrbanToddler was going to handle a long flight and the Big Apple, dining in exquisite restaurants and lounges, going to Broadway plays, and shopping Fifth Ave, all the while staying fresh in the 90 degree heat….

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