New York Trip

This past weekend Jenny B and I went to go visit Dan in NYC. Dan lives in Brooklyn, so it was almost like I was hanging out with Dan and Jenny Humphrey from Gossip Girl, except these two aren't related, even though we all bicker like we are. Ha.

So the weekend started out with me trekking up to Peabody to Jenny's absolutely adorable new apartment. We had some sangria and Katie and Steve came up for a visit. I haven't seen them since March, and Katie has the cutest baby bump! We may have gone to bed a little later than we should have, but we got up (before the sun did) and got ourselves to South Station (even though I took the wrong exit) and where the parking garage was. We could see it, but not how to get INTO it. After 15 minutes of circling the place, I finally decided we had to just park wherever so we wouldn't miss the bus or lose our seats. So... we did that. We got to the bus just in time, and missed the opportunity to grab a coffee or something to eat. 4 hours later we were in NYC, eating a delicious bagel and drinking some mediocre coffee at the Tick Tock diner while we waited for Dan to show up.

We had lunch at this interesting restaurant called SweetiePie where Jenny met up with some of her dollie friends- who were super duper nice!

Dan expressing how weirded out he is by all the dolls on the table... he got used to it eventually.

After lunch, we went to Central Park, to Strawberry Fields. There's a mosaic at the entrance to that part of the Park...



Umm... so I meant to finish this and post it DAYS ago. oops.

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Hi folks,
No new photos to post, unfortunately... but I wanted to share this with you... what... maybe three people that check out my blog?

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I've recently become an affiliate for them, so there's that banner on the side of the blog if you ever want to rent something, please click through that link so I'll get credit. As an unemployed girl, I can use all the help I can get. Aside from this post and seeing that link on the side, and mentioning the site once I get some awesome shots with my fisheye lens or something... this will be the last you'll hear of it from me. Most of you have already heard about this site from me anyway though, so it's old news!

ok... maybe ONE photo...

I still take photos. I'm just clearly too lazy to post them daily as I should be. So here's a hodgepodge of whatnots I've quickly pulled forth for your amusements.

Grace, my mother's cat.
Some summer flowers...



My handsome Aidan cat.
Nostalgia. Laying in my twin bed, looking out my old bedroom window, drinking coffee out of my old coffee mug, and my old CT plates over head...

Maine. Love it.
Long car ride...
Life necessities.
Waiting for the ferry...
in the fog.
Pea Porridge Pond.


The End.

Day 9- Me

Day 8- Spring Flowers

Day 7- Dave and Emma at the Park

Day 6- Concord, MA

http://www.saveourheritage.com/Barretts_Farm_Project.htm

Check this site out. This is where I went today. My family lived in that house for over a 100 years, and a few years ago the historical society bought it and built my cousin who lived there a house behind this property. Today it was officially incorporated into the Minute Man Historical Park.

For those of you familiar with the Revolutionary War: This house was the home of Col. James Barrett. When Paul Revere did his famous ride, word got to Col. Barrett that the "British were coming!". They were coming specifically to this house for the munitions stored there (enough to arm 15,000 men). The family literally plowed the canons, firearms and ammunition into the field next to the house, and when the British soldiers came to the house, they found nothing and Col. Barrett's wife served them breakfast as fighting broke out at the Old North Bridge- the "shot heard 'round the world".

Admittedly, the house had fallen into disrepair in the last 25 years or so, but remained historically accurate, which pleases the preservationists. The last few years have been spent renovating the house to it's former glory and is now being turned into a museum. A lot more work (and fundraising for over $700K needed!) to go!