I have completed one hundred thirty-three (133) weeks of semi-lock down due to Covid-19. We were on vacation in Chicago and New York City this week, so we’re not on any lockdown, but whenever we were in crowds, on the subway, or indoors, we wore our masks.
Genealogy
Blog Writing:
New to Me—Civil Death Records in North Rhine
Westphalia on My Heritage. I wrote
about a database I found on MyHeritage that had death records for some
collateral Hork family members.
Because we’re on vacation, I have only kept up with
genealogy stuff on email. I attended no meetings or study groups. One night I
did get in a webinar.
Webinars Viewed:
- Mastering Digital Filing for Genealogists by Cyndi Ingle
Vacation:
Monday: We arrived in Chicago aboard
the California Zephyr, a few hours late. We walked to La Quinta where we stayed
overnight.
Tuesday: We tried to go to the
Museum of Science and Industry but our Lyft driver dropped us off at the wrong
set of museums. We didn’t have enough time to try again, so we just walked
around and visited the Field Museum’s gift shop. Before leaving on our train
that evening, we had dinner. We then left on the Capitol Limited toward
Washington, DC, sleeping overnight in the sleeping car.
Wednesday: Woke up when we stopped in
Pittsburgh at about 5:30 am. From there, we followed along a river and I got a
few good shots. This route took us through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, before arriving in DC in the
afternoon. We were a little late, so didn’t have to wait long for the regional train
to New York City. We arrived in the city at 5:30 and checked in at the New
Yorker Hotel. Our daughters came to meet us for dinner.
Thursday: I bought tickets for two
Broadway shows at the two box offices in the morning and dropped off some
laundry at the cleaners. We met the girls and had lunch together. We walked
around the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy. After dinner, we saw Music Man
with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. Really enjoyed it.
Friday: We met the girls at The
Strand bookstore and spent time walking around. Ate lunch at a noodle bar, shopped
at Buffalo Exchange, snacked at a pastry shop, shopped at a cookbook store full
of old cookbooks, did a tasting of amaros and bitters (herbal liqueurs), and
ate dinner at an Italian restaurant.
Saturday: We got up super early and
caught the Long Island Railroad to Montauk at the tip of Long Island. We did
some shopping but mostly had fun hanging out at the beach along the Atlantic
Ocean. Lunch included lobster rolls. Had dinner early so we could catch the
train back to the city at 7:30.
Sunday: Super late start today.
Everyone was so tired from the early start the previous day. We had a nice brunch
at 3:30 and then walked around the neighborhoods around NYU. We saw the
building used in the external image of the TV show Friends and another used in Sex
in the City.
I am reading: Lots of time to read on the train and before bed.
- Dressed
for Death
by Donna Leon—FINISHED!
- The Devil’s Cave by Martin Walker—FINISHED!
- Maus I by Art Spiegelman
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| Beach at Montauk, Long Island |
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| Korean BBQ |
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| After leaving Pittsburgh |
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| Lake Michigan in Chicago |
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| Colorado River |
Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great at documenting our own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. This idea came from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme.
It looks like you are having a fabulous time. Great trip!
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