From The Big Easy to The Big Apple

New York City is the same as it ever was, and always different.

Howdy Horn Honkers.

Between the latest hurricane, world events and the ongoing COVID crisis, I haven’t really had time to muse much on my third-week-of-August birthday trip to New York City. This was a special journey for me, meant to celebrate life, a big “new year” and the always dubious delights of survival.

I was so ready to spend time with my beauti…