Throwback Thursday! If I Can Make It Here…

(2/8/14) Have you ever been in a moment or a situation where you think to yourself, “I wish I could take a photograph of this and remember everything about that exact moment forever?” I rarely have my laptop handy in one of those moments, so usually I take a mental picture. Today, right now, I have my laptop, so I’m going to write about it until I feel like I’ve captured that moment, that feeling.

It’s 10:45 pm in New York City and I’m in a hotel bar with a glass of wine and my laptop. It’s a...