14,000 miles

200 friends

48 days

one car

one life

Day 26: Great Ideya

On Day 3 of NYC, we had a double-date: drinks with some peeps, followed by dinner with other friends. Cause that’s how we [...]

Bea y Jed en Nuevo York

On Day two in New York, we spent an evening with our hosts, Bea and Jed. Bea was one of my best friends at grad school. Now she and her husband Jed live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in a classic NYC setup: a Puerto Rican and a Jew living in a Polish neighborhood. Their son Sebastian will probably become a [...]

Day 25: Hell’s Luncheonette

On Day 2 of New York, we traveled to Hell’s Kitchen (G to the E, if you’re keeping score) to see my friend Merrill for lunch. Merrill and I met in college and have kept in touch ever since due to our mutual interest in international politics. Merrill is an incredible world traveler and over the years has sent me postcards from exotic venues like Nepal, Finland, and [...]

Wedding Road Trip Bingo

I miss San Francisco.

There, I said it. I thought maybe I’d make it the entire trip without lamenting the Golden Gate City, but it isn’t so, Joe. As we drive into New York City, which I refer to internally as the Gauntlet portion of our trip (aka most people in the shortest amount of time), my mind turns to the phrases that Chris and I have uttered approximately 425 times on this [...]