Bragging Rights

Saratoga Springs is a pretty cool place to call my hometown.  I have always known this.  But now, Travel and Leisure has decided to jump on the Saratoga band wagon.

Saratoga has been named as one of America's Greatest Main Streets.  Pretty cool, eh?  I do love Broadway, and now the whole world, or Travel and Leisure readers at least, will know that they should love it too.

I am bummed to be leaving New York in less than two weeks, but I get to go back to one of America's Greatest Main Streets!  I can't complain about that!

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Check out the article.  (Saratoga is on page 9)

The Little Things

The evening after the Walmart greeting and crazy driving day I received a text message.  It was from my boss.  But, it wasn't from Phillipe.  This text was from Evan.  Evan is the quieter of the two.  He often stays in the office and simply gets work done.  Phillipe calls him "the nuts and bolts of the operation."  I see Evan every time I am at the office, but he is never the one calling me, emailing me, texting me or carpooling with me.

So, when I received a message from Evan, I was a bit surprised.

It read: "Hey, thanks for your help yesterday.  I hear you did a great job!"

I smiled for the rest of the evening.

Favorite Compliment... EVER!

Throughout my life I have received enough compliments to accurately say that yesterday's was my favorite.

While driving to the office, after my boss picked me up on the FDR (remember Phillipe?), we got to talking.  I told him about my weekend in Virginia, including the bachelorette party and the upcoming wedding.  We ended up talking about my time in Tulsa.  After a story about the wedding I was in last year, Phillipe turned to me and said, "you should write all of this.  Seriously, I am going to see what I can do.  You should be paid to write."

I should be paid to write?  Favorite compliment.... EVER!  Granted, Phillipe has never read what I have written, so he may end up retracting that comment, but I'm going to take it for what it is: my favorite compliment ever.