Story inspiration from my visit to the iconic Great Hall of the Cooper Union, New York. The stories within this story are memorable recollections of July 2012: * Dinner with Roy Stapleton and his lovely wife Loisann after my non-stop SIA flight to Newark * Visit & staying with my American “family” in Clearwater, near Wichita Kansas. Rosalie Higgins & Ron, Claricia Frisch Mize, Jennifer Frisch, Catherine Mize * Adventures in Machu Picchu & Amazonia Peru led by Werner Berger, the Everest guy * Flight from Lima to NYC via Miami. Bad weather over New York caused flight diversion into Washington DC. Missed dinner with Lawrence * Bonding with son. Toured the Cooper Union where he was doing his Masters in Architecture. Learnt the illustrious history of its iconic Great Hall where Abraham Lincoln & latter US presidents made important speeches. (at The Cooper Union) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCym8LSRhk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=