Sara Faye and I married in June 1967 and this year we mark 40 years of wedded life. We celebrated last weekend by splurging on a first-time, Friday-Monday getaway to New York City. It was a delightful surprise to the primary honoree (who, unlike me, loves surprises) and she first discovered our destination when she saw the "LaGuardia" sign above our boarding gate at Houston's Intercontinental Airport. (I derived special pleasure in dropping confusing hints for two weeks before the trip.) Like millions of other visitors to America's largest city, we were awed by the concentration of … [Read more...]