I 💗NY
Missing the kids, the teachers and the chaperones.. This is student tour season here in NYC sadly, we are experiencing a pandemic. My heart is not broken but it is a little empty right now. One of the things I share at the end of my student tours is ‘show your gratitude’ because travel is one of the best forms of education there is. This world is huge, diverse and we all need to experience how people live.
The kids ask me, ‘what brought me here to New York City from Alabama?’ My answer is always, ‘I had a dance teacher that brought to NYC when I was 17 years old and it changed my life. I got to be in this glorious city for 2 weeks in 1982 (don’t do the math). I saw 6 Broadway shows: Annie, A Chorus Line, Pirates of Penzance, Amadeus, Tap Dance Kid, and Sugar Babies with Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney. I went to a free Philharmonic concert in Central Park, a jazz concert on The South Street Seaport pier, so many museums and I was hooked. I stood on the top of the Empire State Building at night and felt that all of the stars are below my feet.’ And I said, ‘Okay, this is where life is.”
None of this has changed..
Right now we are ‘social distancing.’ I appreciate everyones support with this and I look forward to enjoying meeting new travelers soon.
Love letter to the universe...
