Finally in New York

It's odd that I've only been to New York once, but arriving felt like coming home. I have found that I really enjoy the east coast, and I am very optimistic about getting into business school out here.

We flew with Buddy Passes on Jet Blue. The interesting thing about Jet Blue is the only flight to New York from my area is a red eye. I've done a few red eye flights, and boy do they leave you worn out. Because we were flying stand by, initially my wife and I didn't get to sit together, but the flight attendant talked another passenger into switching me places so I could sit by her. It was a good move because she isn't a big fan of flying in the first place, and it really helps her if I'm near to lend support.

We showed up at the Holiday Inn Express at 6 am in the morning to see about an early check in. I expected them to tell us we could leave our bags but that we needed to come back at 2 or 3 pm. Instead of turning the weary travelers away, they told us they would check us in as soon as a room was clean, but that the cleaning staff didn't come in until 7 am. So we crashed on the couch in the lobby and waited for them to get us into a room. Finally by about 8:30 am, we got into our room and headed straight for sleepyville.

Around 3 pm we got up and headed into Manhattan for dinner. We ate at Sardis which is just off of times square. It was a great meal, but at the cost something we won't be repeating frequently. It wasn't quite as expensive as our dinner at Blues in Philly though.

The plan is to hang out in New York until sunday, and then head up to Boston to check out primarily Harvard, and secondarily Babson. I don't plan to apply to Babson at this point, but since they are so consistently rated highly in entrepreneurship, I want to check it out.

After Harvard we are going to visit Tuck, then we are headed down to Philadelphia for a couple of days. It will be nice to see Wharton while classes are going. It was very impressive to see it during the summer, but I don't think you can really get a feel for a place without anything going on.