BLOG #22: AMERICA'S TOP COUPLE: THE EXPERIENCE

I can't believe I haven't blogged in over 5 months! Bad Jemia! lol. Adrian and I have just been SO BUSY, I haven't had a chance to sit down and "write" (type). :)

But here I am, refreshed, happy and loving life! We've been doing a lot of traveling and had a really great summer! A summer we'll never forget!

After officially being chosen as one of "America's Top Couple" on April 11, 2011, things picked up very quickly. We were in constant contact with people from New York in preparations for our trip to NYC and our photo shoot! Shout out to Nancy & Jaime of Time Inc.!

On April 27th, only two days before we were scheduled to depart for New York, tragedy struck our area. A F4 tornado had ravaged our state. And major damage was done to North Pratt City, only a half a mile from Adrian's house. We were clearly shaken by the aftermath. Some of our very own friends and family were greatly affected by the storm and some lost their homes. While we were excited about our upcoming trip to NYC, our hearts were very heavy for the place we call home.

On April 29th we caught a 5:30am flight to LaGuardia airport! When we landed in New York, we headed to the baggage claim, where were were greeted by our driver who was holding a sign with my last name on it. The driver grabbed our bags and we were off! Headed to the big city! Our first stop was our hotel, SoHo Grand in Manhattan. It was a very chic, contemporary & modern hotel and the service was amazing. We were immediately greeted with a large basket full of goodies from our friends at K-Y :) *wink* One of the amenities of the hotel was to have a pet fish in your room during your stay. For those that know me well, know I can be a cornball and I LOVE ANIMALS, so I immediately requested a fish! 10 minutes later a Blackmoor Goldfish was delivered to our room and I named him "Jay-Z" (don't ask, I love Jay-Z and I was in NYC... It worked for me! LOL).


Once we were settled in our suite, we took a stroll around Chinatown and then made our way to Pulino's and had some authentic Italian pizza. After taking in our surroundings for a couple of hours, we decided we wanted to walk over the Brooklyn bridge. It was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. (I stopped writing this blog in September of 2011)

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Apparently I didn't complete this blog. And it's now 2014. LOL. Bad BLOGGER. 
Long story short, our experience in NYC was one of our best memories. The photo shoot was magical and the people were awesome. The exact location of our photo shoot was in the same studio that Beyoncé filmed her "Love On Top" video. Being a Beyoncé fan I thought that was totally awesome! Ha! So... We enjoyed our "15 minutes of fame," we even signed a few magazines (yes, seriously, people asked us for our autographs. lol.), and look forward to telling our kids and grandkids about us being in TWO national magazines and our trip to New York. 


~JUST JEMIA :o)