angela came
So... I've been pretty busy with school work until the last week or so, and I know I need to catch you up on lots that has happened in February and March. I thought I'd give you the highlights of my friend Angela's visit. She was here March 15 - 20, and we did it ALL while she was here - including some awesome things I hadn't done before!
Thursday, March 15
* Took the bus to the airport to pick Angela up, and we took the bus back to school
* Angela gave me a funky up-do and we got ready to go out
* Went to Radio for happy hour
* Went to bed around 3:00 am
Friday, March 16
* Times Square; got Broadway tickets
* Lunch in Little Italy - Angela had her first cannoli
* Walked through Chinatown (It sleeted and snowed 5.5 inches on us that afternoon!)
* Visited Lower East side Tenement Museum - New to me, and so interesting... They used census records to find out who used to live in the building, restored the apartments to what they would have been for those families, and told us the stories of how the families made their livings, etc.
* Spamalot on Broadway
Saturday, March 17
* El Museo del Barrio - They had an exhibit titled "The Disappeared" - Again, new to me, and really interesting but also quite sickening to see what governments in Central America have done to their people.
* St. Patrick's Day Parade on 5th Avenue
* Rockefeller Center, NBC Studio Experience Store, Dean & Deluca, Radio City Music Hall (Here met up with Jane and Trixy who teach at Concordia in Shanghai and who were here for an art educators' conference.)
* Top of the Rock - Also new to me, and waaaaay cooler than the Empire State Building.
* Chinatown for Shopping
* Dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant
* Dessert in Little Italy
Sunday, March 18
* Ground Zero
* Historic St. Pauls Chapel (I didn't realize you could go in here! This is where George Washington used to go to church. It was also a relief station after 9/11.)
* Wall Street and the Financial District
* Statue of Liberty
* South Street Seaport and the Brooklyn Bridge
* Lincoln Center
* Barnes and Nobel for coffee and a rest
* Central Park
* FAO Schwartz to see the guys dancing on the piano from the movie Big
* Church
* Dessert at Max Brenner, the chocolate restaurant, in Union Square
Monday, March 19
* Lunch at Carnegie Deli - The best pastrami I've ever eaten, plus homemade pickles. Worth the hype. (I hadn't been before.)
* MOMA - I hadn't been there before, and I absolutely loved it! We saw VanGogh's Starry Night. Plus, I got in free with my student ID!
* Starbucks for a rest
* Shopping in Greenwich Village
* Washington Square Park
* Dinner with Liza and Jerad, a friend from high school, at a French restaurant in the west village.
* Cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery
Tuesday, March 20
* Breakfast at home
* Off to the airport. It's always hard to say good-bye. We had a lot of fun and shared a lot of new experiences, and we were both exhausted by it all!
Thursday, March 15
* Took the bus to the airport to pick Angela up, and we took the bus back to school
* Angela gave me a funky up-do and we got ready to go out
* Went to Radio for happy hour
* Went to bed around 3:00 am
Friday, March 16
* Times Square; got Broadway tickets
* Lunch in Little Italy - Angela had her first cannoli
* Walked through Chinatown (It sleeted and snowed 5.5 inches on us that afternoon!)
* Visited Lower East side Tenement Museum - New to me, and so interesting... They used census records to find out who used to live in the building, restored the apartments to what they would have been for those families, and told us the stories of how the families made their livings, etc.
* Spamalot on Broadway
Saturday, March 17
* El Museo del Barrio - They had an exhibit titled "The Disappeared" - Again, new to me, and really interesting but also quite sickening to see what governments in Central America have done to their people.
* St. Patrick's Day Parade on 5th Avenue
* Rockefeller Center, NBC Studio Experience Store, Dean & Deluca, Radio City Music Hall (Here met up with Jane and Trixy who teach at Concordia in Shanghai and who were here for an art educators' conference.)
* Top of the Rock - Also new to me, and waaaaay cooler than the Empire State Building.
* Chinatown for Shopping
* Dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant
* Dessert in Little Italy
Sunday, March 18
* Ground Zero
* Historic St. Pauls Chapel (I didn't realize you could go in here! This is where George Washington used to go to church. It was also a relief station after 9/11.)
* Wall Street and the Financial District
* Statue of Liberty
* South Street Seaport and the Brooklyn Bridge
* Lincoln Center
* Barnes and Nobel for coffee and a rest
* Central Park
* FAO Schwartz to see the guys dancing on the piano from the movie Big
* Church
* Dessert at Max Brenner, the chocolate restaurant, in Union Square
Monday, March 19
* Lunch at Carnegie Deli - The best pastrami I've ever eaten, plus homemade pickles. Worth the hype. (I hadn't been before.)
* MOMA - I hadn't been there before, and I absolutely loved it! We saw VanGogh's Starry Night. Plus, I got in free with my student ID!
* Starbucks for a rest
* Shopping in Greenwich Village
* Washington Square Park
* Dinner with Liza and Jerad, a friend from high school, at a French restaurant in the west village.
* Cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery
Tuesday, March 20
* Breakfast at home
* Off to the airport. It's always hard to say good-bye. We had a lot of fun and shared a lot of new experiences, and we were both exhausted by it all!
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