My Mom is in NYC, I just got off the phone with her.

[Archae]

She went to the Statue Of Liberty and Ellis Island today.

She's having the time of her life.

I can't wait to see the pictures she took.

[rug]

1. Make sure to post them.

[emilyg]

2. We are on the Ellis Island

wall of immigrants.

[hunter]

7. Most of my ancestors avoided immigration paperwork & beauracracy.

My "documented" ancestor was a mail order bride to Salt Lake City.

She didn't like being a second wife so she ran away.

[Bertha Venation]

12. Woo hoo -- good for her!

I hope she ended up happy, Hunter. Do you know?

[hunter]

13. She married a non-Morman surveyor and they were granted a homestead in the Idaho Territory.

My mom's cousin still has it. The place was wild west when I was a kid -- no indoor plumbing and a woodstove for heat.

I'm guessing she was much happier. The family she founded is still a matriarchy. The women choose their husbands and decide where to live.

[elleng]

3. Great! Hope she continues to enjoy!

My family is a bunch of New Yawkas!!!

[KamaAina]

4. Fun fact: The addresses of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are

respectively, 1 and 2 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. Suck it, Bloomberg!

Also, two-thirds of the Ellis Island immigrants never reached NYC; they caught ferries to the Jersey City side and boarded trains for destinations like Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

[Archae]

5. My grandparents and great-grandparents went through Ellis Island...

Then on to Chicago and from there to Wisconsin.

[fryguy]

6. suggest she visits Grand Central

One of my favorite buildings in NYC

[Archae]

8. She just called from there!

Honest!

She just called me from Grand Central station, she can't believe how many people are there.

From there their group is going to Rockefeller Center.

[LibertyLover]

9. If she has the time and the interest

suggest that she pay The Metropolitan Museum of Art a visit. It's a wonderful museum.

[Wait Wut]

10. Where is your mom from?

I used to have so much fun showing out of towners Chicago, especially those from smaller towns. I was just wondering if your mom was having that same, childlike, awe-struck moment. I haven't had one of those moments in so long. Tell her to have a beautiful time!

[Archae]

11. Originally a small northwest Wisconsin town.

Then Sheboygan county and now Oconto county.

Small towns.

[blaze]

15. Wouldn't it be great if she ran into a flash mob?

Seriously.... I would love to witness one.

Hope she's loving NYC. It's such a great city.

[snacker]

14. Hooray for Mom!!!

How wonderful for her!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. NYC is the best. literally, the best

proud new yorker