Crazy Corrie's Chronicles

     I know what you're thinking: "how could anything equal let alone top the exciting drama of the last Chronicle ?!" Well, I don't want to undermine the sweet memories and the truly fantastic night on Broadway, but...      The morning after our extraordinary night dawned cold and cloudy. With something like 4 hours of sleep that night, our first destination of the day was coffee! Krista and I met early to grab Starbucks around the corner and also to scope out our group's breakfast joint down the street, Ellen's Stardust Diner, since neither of us had been there before. It was a charming 50's diner just 4 blocks from Hotel Edison, so we decided it would be most efficient to walk the group rather than drive.   tour guide juice!     Back at the hotel, our buses had arrived from New Jersey, and our group was assembling in the lobby to load their luggage aboard the motor coaches. It was a bit of a process with 80 people and a parking ...

     Once upon a time, my heart's desire was granted: I was scheduled to work an 8 day tour with my favorite coworker! (To my other coworkers: you are also favorite. She's just more favorite) It was the last tour of the 2018 season and we'd be hitting our favorite cities - Williamsburg, Virginia; Washington, DC; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New York City, New York.      The days leading up to the trip, were days of great anticipation and excitement. In the 6 years I've worked at ACTS, Krista and I have only worked together once and that was years ago! We knew going into the trip that it would be the high point of the year, but we were not prepared for how that would actually play out!      The first few days of the trip were standard - lovely strolls in the Historic Triangle, getting to know our group and the teachers aboard, and adjusting to each other's tour styles. We work solo or train newbies almost exclusively now, so working i...