this past weekend, alex and i went to NYC for his graduation/birthday present, and it was an awesome trip! he's got the pictures so when i get those from him, i'll post, but until then i'll give you the run down of events.
friday night we caught a bus at 4:00, sat in HOURS of DC/Baltimore rush hour traffic behind a woman who was, shall we say, tossing her cookies into a plastic grocery bag (yuck). however, we arrived on manhattan around 10:30, caught a cab to Pia's apartment (our host for the weekend) and she took us to a late night chinese dinner, which was delicious.
saturday we wandered all over the city, walking over 5 miles or so. we went to the south street seaport, wall st, the world trade center site, battery park to see the statue of liberty, caught the subway to times square, walked along broadway to central park, and through central park to up to 79th st, where we caught a cab back to Pia's. the weather could not have been nicer, and we had a blast people watching, seeing the sites, and taking some good pictures. my favorite might be alex in front of Bad Boy Entertainment :)
saturday night we went to a super ritzy dinner downtown in the theater district before we caught shrek, the musical on broadway! we had awesome seats thanks to discounted tickets, and the show was a lot of fun. the music and costumes were awesome, and the set was unlike anything i'd ever seen. it was a good first exposure for alex into the musical theatre genre, haha.
sunday we went to church with Pia and Adam at Redeemer (Tim Keller's church), which was great. then we wandered a nearby street fair with them, sampling all kinds of good food. we had grilled corn, watermelon, italian sausage, kettle korn, and masarepas (2 bizarre crispy corn pancakes with mozzarella cheese sandwiched between). then we caught another bus for a much shorter 4 hour ride back to DC.
all in all it was a jam-packed weekend, but so much fun! now that we've got the tourist stuff out of the way we'll have to go back for a more local experience...
3 comments:
It sounds like you guys had so much fun!! I can't wait to see the pictures. I want to hear more about Shrek!
that sounds great! and seriously i had no idea shrek was on broadway- that sounds awesome.
whoa! I just got a blog for school (hence Ms. Chin...) and remembered about yours, I am so excited for a new way to stay posted, I am pretty sure our phones are getting allergic to each other, tragic :( Sounds like a good weekend and can we please catch up soon?? Will you be around Wheaton anytime in July and Aug? Love you and miss you!
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