Sights, Smells & Sounds

Like we said in our first post, we have a lot of catching up to do, and we also have many more Croscar Awards to give out. . .

Katy and I are spending a rainy Friday afternoon in the apartment. We have a couple more shelves to put together, but we are down to only a couple unpacked boxes! The apartment is beginning to look like a home, so we should have some photos up in the next few days.

One really great thing about NYC is that everything is within walking distance. . .including a Bed, Bath & Beyond store. Thank goodness for that, because we have been there four times in four days.

There are many new sensory experiences to be had in NYC:
Sights -- tall buildings, lots of people, bright lights
Smells -- fresh baked bread, ethnic foods, car exhaust
Sounds -- car horns. lots of car horns. honking all the time. for no reason. especially around 7 a.m. all different types of car horns. there might be other sounds, but we can't really tell!

Okay, here is the next installment of our Cross Country Awards. . .

The Croscar for Worst Highways goes to. . .
The State of Indiana. And it wasn't even close.

The Croscar for Best Vocal Performance by a Male Artist goes to. . .
Erik Simpson, for his 3 1/2 hour iPod sing-a-long through the state of Ohio.

The Croscar for Best Vocal Performance by a Female Artist goest to. . .
Katy Simpson, who, at the top of her lungs, while crossing the Mississippi River, asked, "Does straight mean left or right?!?!?!"

For Best Performance in a Sleeping Role, the Croscar goes to. . .
Katy Simpson, for 92 consecutive miles of sleep in western Pennsylvania

There will still be more awards to come. And, we will start taking pictures soon. . .we promise.

Tonight, we are going to have dinner at Cilantro, a Mexican food restaurant just around the corner from our apartment. We'll see how it stands up to the Tex-Mex we are used to.

With love,

Katy and Erik