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My Story (501 words)
It was our second day in New York City. We had ridden the subway a few times but there was one thing we hadn’t anticipated… To give some context, let’s rewind to the beginning…
The day started out really well. We ticked “breakfast at Katz Deli” off our bucket list – bagels and schmeer. YUM! (Katz's Delicatessen is the hundred+ year old Lower East Side deli in which the duo of Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan filmed an iconic scene in the romantic comedy, “When Harry Met Sally”). From there we walked through the streets of Soho until we found ourselves in Greenwich Village where we spent a couple of hours exploring the quaint little shops. Kevin was in his element - snapping away – taking pics of everything. At lunch time we grabbed a couple of hot dogs from Gray’s Papaya – also a bucket list tick for me. (In the movie, “When Fools Rush In”, Salma Hayek gifts Matthew Perry a box of Gray’s Papaya hot dogs). After lunch we decided that it was time to catch the subway train back to our hotel.
We checked our trusty subway map, figured out where the nearest station was and which train we needed to get back to the hotel. While waiting for the train, Kevin was still snapping pics.
When the train arrived, the doors opened, and I stepped onto the train. I sat down on a seat facing the door and that’s when things went wrong! I looked up to see the doors of the train closing but Kevin was still on the platform. He had paused for a moment to photograph the American flag on the side of the train, but he underestimated how much time he had, and the doors closed before he could get on the train. We pulled out of the station without him. I was fuming! Not only was I on a subway train in a foreign city all by myself, but he had the bag with our money, phones, subway map and tickets etc.
I decided that the most logical thing to do would be to catch the train to Canal Street Station - which was where we were headed. I got off and waited for Kevin to arrive on the next train… but he didn’t. I was even more irritated – was he expecting me to make my way back to him?
I waited for the train after that, all the while my frustration levels were rising. As it pulled into the station and the doors opened, I scanned the sea of people disembarking and then I saw his familiar face. You would think I would have been relieved and happy to see him, but when he said, “why didn’t you get off the train and the next stop and wait for me?” I unleashed a torrent of angry words on him (poor guy!)...And then we marched back to the hotel in stony silence.
Today we can laugh and joke about it – our little NYC mishap.
