Looking back on 2 years ago...

in #original6 years ago

It was above my pay grade, but I had the points...

back when it was Starwood (with an SPG Amex), I redeemed my points for a few days in NYC for my birthday.

I booked a room in the W Hotel in the Financial District - can't say the night time view was bad..

1 WTC at night, outside the W Hotel

The view from the 5th floor lobby during the day wasn't bad either...

1 WTC from the 5th floor lobby of the W Hotel, in the daytime

The view from my room was more sobering and, in retrospect, more in keeping with my two day experience in the city (no ill reflection on the W, it was more a reflection of my state of mind at the time) :

View from my room at the W Hotel in FiDI

I was chasing some loosely defined desire for self-improvement via osmosis, and thought that staying in higher category hotel in FiDi (on my birthday, of all days) would lend me that magical missing something.

It didn't.

The place was awesome, but I found it insulated from the rest of town, especially at night.

My two days (and nights) were spent dashing madly about town, ticking off a self-imposed itinerary that gave me little time for reflection or enjoyment.

and now...

I'm at the tail end of a week's vacation at home - with the highlight being a dinner with my family at an Italian restaurant nearby. It's become enough.

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