Emily's Top Ten

Hello, everyone. Katie asked me (Emily) to write a guest blog about our recent roadtrip to New York.  After mulling around several ideas for the past few days, and considering I have no idea who reads this blog and most of you don't know me and wouldn't realize I'm joking 97% of the time, I decided to stick with a more traditional writing style and go with a "Top Ten" list. Now, I don't really like top tens because inevitably things get left off that should have made the list. However, for the above noted reasons I decided to go with the top ten instead of my first idea which would have been titled "I wonder if Josh & Anna Duggar like spaghetti?"

So, here goes... the top ten things about our trip in my opinion:

10.  Leaving Arkansas. It seemed so empty and there is nothing to do... which probably explains why the Duggars have 19 kids... and counting.
9.  Scoring some sweet Elvis mugs at Graceland and taking our nearly-patented cheers photos.
8.  Not paying $16 to walk a trail to the Natural Bridge and driving the back roads to find it ourselves for FREE!
7.  FOAMHENGE!  Google it.  This fulfilled our mission of finding a quirky roadside attraction.
6.  The constant love/hate relationship between us and Wendy (the GPS).  She'll talk your ear off on the open highway, but does that lady have a thing to say in the city when you need a direction?!?! Doubtful.
5.  Belting our our former road trip anthem, "Come On Eileen" and learning a new one that Katie likes to call "Sex and Spaghetti."  We also promised our selves we would learn more words to Come On Eileen before our next trip so we can sing more than just those three words.
4.  The amazing ribs I had at that little Cuban restaurant off Times Square.  Oh yeah, the full pitcher of sangria was a nice touch too.  Definitely going back there.
3.  Exploring NYC with tour guides who suck at their job and then have the balls ask you for tips.  "We are a service industry you know..."  Really?  I would not have guessed that from the sh#tty service you've been providing.
2.  Buying cute new hats from a street vendor and finding out that (a) when the vendor says "$15 dolla" Katie finds it impossible to say "I'll give you twelve" (true, she really told me she can't do it so if you'd like to sell some overpriced junk to someone who won't hassle you, call Katie) and (b) Katie did not know that her coat was brown. (she thought it was black until I pointed out the stark contrast between her brown coat and black mittens)
1. As always, spending the last night of our trip planning the next adventure!  Alaska anyone?!?!?!