I have some great news to report. I promised to give an update on a story I wrote here on the blog March 3rd titled “Military Pen Pal Proposal” about my friend Jennifer Jones and her army soldier finance Scott Lee who has been deployed in Iraq. She has been anxiously waiting for Scott’s safe return to the U.S. for an agonizing 17 months total, and just last week, he came home.

Jones flew here to New York from San Francisco, and met Scott at Fort Dix in New Jersey, then the two of them came to stay with me in the city, and what a joy it was to see them together again.

Can you tell how happy she is? Just look at those dimples! We took a walk around the city when they got in, and checked out Carnegie Hall, Times Square, and a place Jones and I called our second home several years ago, the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue.

We each were dispatched to New York during 9-11 from our California radio stations, and were both sent to this hotel. This is where we each built mini remote radio locations in our hotel rooms and did live reports day in and day out. It was raining when we walked up, but wanted to snap a picture anyway…

The very first thing Scott wanted to do in New York, was to get a slice of New York pizza, and after much debate with my friends and co-workers about where to take him(everyone in New York has a strong opinion about where to go for the best pizza in the city…) the decision was made to go to John’s pizza on Broadway.

I had never been there before, and I think it really might be the best slice of pizza around. Can you imagine what this must have tasted like for someone who has been eating MREs in Iraq for all those months?

The happy couple are now off visiting Scott’s family in the south, then they will soon start their new life together in the San Francisco area.

The wedding plans are full steam ahead….no word on if John’s Pizza will cater the event.