Next week, I'll be on a plane to New York City for the very first time. Back in the summer of 2001, I was 19 and took the bus across Canada (I actually went back and forth a couple times in the 4 weeks I was on the road), and on one of those trips, I went to Niagra Falls. I walked across the bridge to the New York side, which is still the only time I've been to the state.

But there was a moment, sitting in the Toronto bus station, when I saw the departure time for the NYC bus, and I thought, "Should I?" I should have, but I didn't. I wonder what my life might have been like if I did.

But I'm going now, and the reason I'll be there is Puzzmo's Crossword Con. Last year, I watched it on the live stream, but now I get to be there in person! Crosswords are one of the things I do on YouTube, if you didn't know.

If you'll be there, too (or if you're just a New Yorker who wants to give me recs), lemme know. I'm gonna eat so many bagels and so much pizza and so many pierogies, but if you've got a fave, I want to hear it.