I came, I saw, I kicked yankee ass in NYC with a full blown sinus infection

[BillyVance 35]

Well, not exactly. But I did take my wife and two girls up to NYC and NJ over the last 4 days. Touched the observatory deck of the new Freedom Tower (the elevator ride is out of this world!), strolled around the 9/11 memorial WTC footprints, walked by the Wall Street bull, visited Battery Park, and just happened to notice out of blind luck, Alexander Hamilton's grave next to Trinity Church while walking back to the ferry boat landing. The face of the $10 bill and victim in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804.

Also visited midtown where theater district is and Times Square, as well as Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Station and took in a Rockettes Christmas show. Another couple weeks and we would have seen the Rockefeller tree in its full decorated glory. Oh well.

I survived despite hacking up countless blobs of snot out of my lungs and feeling pretty miserable at times, but we still had a good time.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban