This weekend has been absolutely amazing! I went down to NYC right after work and met up with Melissa, Rina, and Sevag at
230 5th. Ended up partying it up at
Pink Elephant, and finally sleeping in on Saturday.
Later on Saturday we had drinks at Rockefeller, followed by an awesome dinner at
Sangria.Sangria is a Spanish tapas place on restaurant row in Restaurant Row on lower Manhattan. The food was really good and we ended up sharing three bottles of wine and requesting Teddy, the guitarist, to play Hotel California multiple times. It was one of those really magical evenings when everything was just right and laughter was always in the air. In fact, we were such good customers we were invited to take shots of something really strong. Our waiter came over with a huge bottle filled with a brownish liquid and grapes and filled glasses for us, of course we convinced him to fill one for himself as well, we also got to taste some grapes and man were they strong!!! Like little vodka grapes!
Next morning we woke up at 5:45 am and headed to the park to get tickets for Shakespeare in the park. We apparently made it there too late at 6:30 am, because we were way too far back in the line to get tickets. Instead we hung out on a blanket for a couple of hours, had coffee and bagels, and watched a movie on Melissa's laptop. It was awesome to watch a movie an the early morning in the park! Perhaps watching Anne Hathaway in The Twelfth Night would have been cool too...
After that we headed to
High Line. An elevated park built on the old elevated railroad tracks in lower Manhattan. It was very nice. Lots of people out strolling and hanging out on the giant wooden sun chairs.
Since we woke up so early, the day was not over yet! We continued on down to the Staten Island Ferry and went over to Staten Island. Once there we stumbled on a baseball game. Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones were playing at a really beautiful stadium overlooking the water and Manhattan on the other side. I can tell you it felt really good to sit down and get lost in baseball after such a fun-filled weekend! It was also enough rest for us to get enough energy to play singstar a couple of hours before going to bed.
I give this weekend 5 stars!!
This day started at 6 am by the fire alarm. I quickly put on sweatpants a sweater, got my key, my purse, my cell phone, and then I go to the bathroom counter and get my wrist watch and walk 6 flights of stairs, out in the pouring rain, and in to a garage to wait. There, I realize I'm holding my watch in my hand, and laugh to myself how my mind works in the morning. Hmmmm, what to bring in case of a fire.... aha wrist watch! Apparently I wasn't the only one bringing odd things, one person carried his suit, two persons without shoes (in the rain!), and some forgot their keys inside.
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