Easy Breezy

As proud residents of NYC, Jen and I get excited to show people around, especially if it’s their first time here. Our friend Ashley escaped her big city, DC, to spend this past weekend with us and because it was her first time here, we had a lot of ground to cover. We did many classic touristy things like eating a big pretzel while walking across the Brooklyn Bridge (beautiful!), having authentic Chinese food in Chinatown (crazy), and grabbing a cupcake at the original Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village(high calorie). Yes, food was involved in almost everything we did! We also visited Time Square, Grand Central, Central Park, Soho, Wall St., and The Statue of Liberty. Ash was up for anything and a trooper, “Easy, breezy,” as she put it. We enjoyed doing the things that make the city great but that we take for granted because we live here.

In neighborhood news, we have two new restaurants that opened up on our street, Corner Bistro and Petey’s Burgers. We had veggie burgers from Petey’s last night which were good. We were ready to try the sweet potato fries too but were disappointed they had already run out. The Wyndham hotel I interviewed at is still not open and looks like it’s going to be a few more weeks. Good thing I didn’t put all my eggs in that basket.

The classes I’m taking for the next 12 weeks (my last 2!) are going to be intense. They’re “capstone” courses which means they tie together and test us on pretty much everything we’ve learned so far. I have almost ten exams and practicals and a ten page research paper among other fun things this semester. Bla.