Justin and I frequently describe living in NYC as living in a bubble. Living here is different than living in many other parts of the country and world. Last week, we lived in even more of bubble. As everyone is well aware, Hurricane Sandy blasted through the tri-state area devastating many areas in her path. We were fortunate enough to be relatively unaffected. The picture below is probably the best visual (Photo: Iwan Baan/New York Magazine - read the amazing story here ). This image shows Manhattan during the storm. Lower Manhattan up to the very southern part of midtown is dark - power went out Monday evening. Midtown and north is lit. We thankfully live in the lit section and never lost power - our little bubble in the NYC bubble. Our neighborhood remained mostly undamaged - a few awnings and canopies blown off buildings, branches and trees down, but nothing like the Jersey shore and the Rockaways. Like many of our friends and family, we watched to news to see the damage an