Susan B. Anthony's House.
family walking along the Erie Canal
Would I visit Rochester again? Um, probably not. But like with any city, it's nice to visit and get away from Manhattan's fast-paced, dirty, noisy ways and see what life is like to the rest of the world.
I got to meet up with a childhood friend (from junior high).
Peter has completely changed since I saw him last (it's been at least 4 years). But it was nice. He took me out to a sushi lunch and we got to reminisce and catch up on the college years.
Virginia:
Ronna, Mark, Derek & Izzy were gracious enough to let my mom and I stay with them for 5 days in Sterling, VA. It's been years and years since I last visited. My mom drove us down from New York. It took about 5 hours and was a fun ride. Though as soon as we got there, we had to leave to DC to go to the Nationals game against the Mets. Geared up in my Mets shirt, we braved the DC Metro which blows the MTA out of the water. Very rider-friendly, clean, efficient...
I invited Brett, another childhood friend, out to the game. He brought along his friend Ross. It was awesome. The stadium is new and really sweet. We got hot dogs. I was impressed the stadium had tables with all of the fixin's including minced onions!
I know... It's sad that condiments excite me :(
Here's Brett and I:
Trivia: Brett and Peter have known each other since they were in the crib.
So the rest of the week was spent eating REALLY well, going to little league games, playing video games and on Saturday I took a trip into DC to meet up with Brett. We went to the Museum of Natural History. Saw the Hope Diamond. Was terribly disappointed by the "diamond". But the exhibit with the Nature Photographs was awesome. I think the gift shop was my favorite part of all.
Then Brett took me out to Lunch at the Austin Grill and I got the dankest burger: the Hangover Burger. Though far from having a hangover, I devoured the fried egg topped burger with grilled onions and all of that goodness.
He left to go to work, and I went on a search for souvenirs. I don't know why I do this to myself in every city I travel to on my own. I raced back to the Natural History museum to get this bug candy that Brett tried to talk me out of buying. But I felt it wasn't sufficient enough. I finally found I ♥ DC shirts, old-looking postcards and tried to find Abe Lincoln things for Will. With my brilliant mind, I went to the National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum, which luckily stayed opened late.
I got to see busts and portraits of all of our beloved (and not-so-beloved) presidents, and Nam June Paik's Superinformation Highway in the flesh!
and of course, the gift shop. I got Will a sweet Abe stovepipe hat which I later realized was annoying to transport. All in all, a successful vacation.
If my blog came in paper form back in the day, Abe Lincoln would read it!
