Washington D.C.

After NYC, I was headed to D.C. to hang out with Christy.....

We had a great time hanging out. Of course every time I see her, she seems to be putting me to work.....I helped paint her room in her new place. It was good, cause I also got to hang out with Karen.

We headed to hibachi/sushi dinner for Friday night, it was yummy!!! Saturday was filled with a bit of American History at the Smithsonian's American History Museum. It was cool, they had
Julie Child's kitchen.....

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Also they had a modern science exhibit where they highlighted birthcontrol!!


We walked around the mall for a bit and then headed back to the house to get ready for our big night out......

We went to dinner then out to a couple of bars to hang out with the children......
Sunday was a mellow, recovering day.....we went to brunch and then relaxed before we did some shopping. Unfortunately, I had to head back to Albany, but overall it was a great weekend with Christy.

Recap of the last month......NYC

Wow, it's been a long time since I've written anything and a ton has happened since the last time I wrote.

So Kevin came and visited, and over President's day weekend I headed back to New York City, to hang out with Kim, whom I went to school with in Ireland, 11 years ago! We were planning on meeting up with a fellow student, Sean for dinner on Saturday night. I arrived Friday, and Kim graciously offered to let me stay at her apartment on the Upper West side near Central Park. Friday night was pretty mellow, just met up and grabbed a beer at her local watering hole. Saturday morning, I went for a nice run around Central Park and it was amazing, glad I finally did it. After the run, Kim and I met back up and went to lunch with a fellow classmate of hers. After that we parted ways for a bit, me to the MOMA and her to do some studying.

MOMA......amazing.....four floors of great art. Van Gogh's, Starry Night is here, Dali's, Persistence of Time, and Picasso's Three Musicians......of course there is also Monet, Miro, Matisse, and Warhol, to name a few more. They also had a great exhibit for Women in Photography. I spent a good 2.5 hours here and enjoyed strolling through the wonderful paintings.

After the MOMA, headed back to Kim's place to get ready for our evening out....We met up with Sean in the Village at this hole in the wall sushi place, literally it was a hole in the wall and we were the only ones there. We tried to get the sushi chef to fix us special rolls, but he was insistent we order off the menu. So 5 Saki's later and full of sushi and reminiscing about our time in Ireland. Kim lived upstairs from me and Sean lived across from Kim. We headed out to a bar called Temple Bar, we thought maybe it would be something like an Irish Pub, however it was a pretty swanky joint. Temple Bar is a spot in Dublin filled with pubs and restaurants. After our expensive drinks there, we decided to head over to Tom and Jerry's another bar, but this one much more my style and had a couple more beers.
Christy and her boyfriend were in town so we tried to meet up, however it was a big FAIL. After Tom and Jerry's we attempted to meet Christy, but with a line and it getting late, we decided to head back, but of course no NYC night is complete without a giant piece of pie.