Empire State of Mind
Always looking for an opportunity to hang out with my daughter, I drove to New York City this weekend to enjoy a weekend of beauty and bring a few much-needed items to help Channing get organized in her new abode. Our plans included nails, make-up, and hair. But as I see it…I was in an “Empire State of Mind” for a Girl’s Beauty Weekend. There are so many choices and wealth; you see this in the people, the restaurants, the buildings, and their history—competition for your dollar but opportunities to satisfy everyone’s budget.
I got to the Upper East Side late Friday night, but immediately, I was impressed by my daughter’s choice of living space: a beautiful, well-maintained complex built in 1911, though nicely updated over the years. I found it amazing that two people can function in a 500-square-foot apartment with their separate bedrooms. As the song “New York, New York” says, if you can make it here, you can make it anyway, especially in such small living quarters.