My son Oliver and I were fortunate to spend 5 days in New York City during his spring break, leaving on his 14th birthday.  We stayed with our friend Judy in her wonderful brownstone in the upper West Side.  These are the things we did that resulted in Oliver having one of the best spring breaks he says he ever had.

For the past 25 years Karen has joined me on much of my work travel, doing as she pleases while I attended conferences or meetings. She now has a job that demands a fair bit of travel (much more than my work does) and I was able to tag along on her most recent trip, New York City. Having the freedom to do as I pleased while she worked was a great way to experience the Big Apple — here is what I crammed into 72 hours.

Well this was a first. I’ve been to San Francisco on business before, but this time it was a business trip for Karen and I got to just tag along. We stayed at the remarkable Fairmont Heritage Place at Ghirardelli Square, near Fisherman’s Wharf.