My no agenda agenda for today

Can't seem to kick in gear today... One of the frustrations of being a writer is trying to write regardless if you have something to say or not. It didn't help that I had a rather restless night, my mind was "on" but I was thinking about really stupid things - such as how many people my apartment can hold for Thanksgiving this year and why do cats sleep so much? These are not mind-boggling questions and yet they did keep me up.

I just had a second cup of coffee and that isn't helping. So I'm chalking today up as a non-work day or perhaps I'll get in the groove later in the day. What I really need is to go out with my best friend, unfortunately, she has moved out of Manhattan and up to the Albany area. Sure I guess I could meet her half way at Woodbury Commons but she has a normal 9 to 5 job (which we all know means 7:30 AM to 6 or 6:30 PM). So that isn't happening on a weekday...

Perhaps I will go to Mikimoto and finally break down and buy the string of pearls with the sapphire accents I've been eying for the past year. Or maybe just get lost in Bergdorf's for a couple of hours.

I wonder if the stores have started putting holiday decorations up yet. I remember the past few summers that Hallmark started putting up Christmas tree ornaments in late July or early August. While I do understand that retailers make most of their money for the year during the holiday season it's been getting out of control for the past 20 or so years. Each year the holiday decorations come out earlier and earlier.

Ok Bergdorf's it is - I see they are now in "Final Sale" and this is always fun. I love nothing more than finding a pair of shoes that were originally $1500 marked down by 75%! So with that I will wish you a wonderful day and hopefully tomorrow I will have something intelligent to tell you about a travel destination.

Ciao!

Welcome Aboard - ok so I'm late getting on the Social Networking scene...

Well here I am entering a new stage in life, granted later than most, but, I've finally begun my social networking. If you aren't familiar with me allow me to introduce myself...

I'm Tina Smith and I am a freelance travel writer/journalist. Currently I am writing a guidebook on New York City (insert ooohs and ahhs here) and then I will move on to my next writing assignment. It's hush, hush at the moment but I can tell you that very little information is out there on my next travel topic.

Anyhow, as I said, I'm a freelance travel writer/journalist. I'm a New Yorker, dog lover, traveler, passionate cook, and, yes, still single at 40-something. Unlike many other women I don't have the "need" to have children, in fact, in this line of work, it would halt me in my tracks so I'll stick to my four legged friends for now. Although I most confess that in spite of being a dog lover, my current roommate is a finicky feline whom I adopted about 5 years ago from a shelter. While he isn't the first cat I've ever owned he is certainly the cuddliest.

So enough about me, you'll soon learn of my likes and dislikes and my quirks and idocracies such as the type of man I prefer to date and that I am (in many ways) a real life Carrie Bradshaw complete with my own "Mr. Big" - and the same on again, off again drama. Currently we're in the off again friends stage. So guys, yes, I'm available! (Hey a little self promotion never hurt anyone, right?)

But, I digress... You're probably wondering what to expect from this blog and I'll be honest, it's going to be a lot of different things related to travel. A lot of it is going to focus on Manhattan in NYC so if that isn't your thing, then get now before you become addicted.

At that I will end this introduction and post this blog, and, we'll get things rolling travel-wise in my next post.

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