Andrew McCarthy or Andrew Who?

My trip to NYC with my older sisters was a BLAST! I'm not sure if I should have had that much fun without my husband and kids (don't tell them... I don't want them to feel bad.)

Although Brett has no desire to EVER go to NYC, I have always wanted to go. I was not disappointed even though the size of my hotel room reminded me of my first bedroom when Brett and I got married. It was slightly larger than our bedroom but only just. (We couldn't fit a fridge in our bedroom or a side table.

The scenery was great and the weather cooperated all weekend.

Sheri took us to China Town where I discovered some new fruit that I had never before seen in my life.

I also discovered...

Andrew McCarthy.

If you just said to yourself, "Andrew who?" or you had to Google his name to figure out who I am talking about then unlike me you did not watch Pretty in Pink and Mannequin 30 times back in the 80's. Shame on you!

To say that I was star-struck would be an understatement. We were in a store in China Town and I looked up and he was just standing there two feet away from me. He was very nice about getting his picture taken. Sheri didn't recognize him and actually said, "should I know you?" In all fairness the store owners didn't recognize him either and told him that no cameras were allowed in the store. So they told him that the camera man had to leave. We went outside to get our picture taken with him.

Although I would have liked to talk with him longer, I was afraid of what else Sheri might say. You never know with her. After all, I did dare her to lick a total stranger's ice-cream cone and she did it (a mere $10.00 is all it cost me to overcome her aversion to a stranger's germs).

Don't think that Andrew was the only star that I saw. I also had a few other encounters...

I hope I can come back soon. There is still so much left undone. Thanks to my sisters for a great weekend and to my hubby who made it possible for me to go in the first place.