New York

Last week I was in New York for a NAMM regional Town Hall Meeting. It was a great chance to talk to others in the music products industry and have some great discussions about music advocacy and keep music programs alive and well in schools.

The meeting was held at an airport near LaGuarida airport. Beautiful hotel - strange area of town -- enough said.

I flew in on Tuesday and back home Wednesday night. Well, I went to the airport around 3 on Wednesday as the meeting was over. My flight was supposed to leave at 8 and I would be back in Pittsburgh by 9:30. Because of winds in the area and a delayed flight crew, I didn't leave New York until after 10. It was after midnight that I got home.

Here was the cool part of the flights though. I've never flown into New York as I usually drive. However, flying into LaGuardia was fascinating as you could see all of Manhattan up close on the way in. And I got to see it at night on the way home. It was quite a sight.