Brooklyn February 2009

Hi Folks,
It's been a while since I've been to a place where I was able to take pictures. I did go to So Cal in October 2008 to Disneyland with Derek, but we didn't get a chance to take that many pictures.

So here I am about 5 months later updating my blog with the adventure that I took recently. I went to NYC 14-16 February 2009 to visit my college roommate Amy B and her newborn Brielle. My friends Lili and Jenni (my roommate neighbors from Mudd) also came along to visit the new baby girl.

While we were there we admired the 2.5 month old, and got to hang out and eat some yummy food. We wandered around Brooklyn mostly, but it was a good time to catch up and spend sometime with each other.

The reason why we made the trip: baby Brielle. She was sleeping peacefully some of the time. Other times, she wasn't so peaceful. =) She was a little noisy when she did her business, and let us know when she was uncomfortable or hungry, but cute and sweet throughout =)

Lili and Brielle say "YAY!"

Jenni holding a very alert Brielle

View of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Promenade. A lot of folks were out enjoying the nice weather!

Jenni, Lili, and Amy B

Waiting outside Grimaldi's Pizza in Brooklyn. We got there around noon. Within 5 minutes of getting there, the line was at least 15 people long. Good thing we beat the crowd!!

Amy, Jenni, and Lili waiting patiently for food!

Jenni was a little bit cold waiting outside Grimaldi's Pizza. Amy seemed to be fine =)

Yumm....Roasted pepper, onion, and garlic pizza. I'm sure our breath smelled amazing!!!

The half eaten olive, extra tomato, mushroom pizza =)

Seeing the sites in DC

On Friday, our one full day away from the bball arena, Roy and I went on a bike tour of the sites around DC. One of the stops was in front of the White House. Many people were there camping out waiting to get tickets to the annual Easter Roll, which are handed out on a first come first serve basis. I looked very dorky, as always =) I must say though, my hair was less poofy for the rest of the day thanks to the helmet...

Another stop was along the World War 2 memorial. In the background is the reflecting pool and the Lincoln Memorial.

This was taken from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the bike tour. The place was very crowded with tourists...so we fit right in =)

After the bike tour we roamed around town trying to find a place to watch the first set of basketball games for the day. We tried going to ESPN Zone and a few other restaurants (we even contemplated watching it at a McDonalds that had the game on. But we finally ended up at a place called Austin Grill where we saw Davidson beat Gonzaga, and Western Kentucky beat Drake. From there we decided to go up to the Georgetown area and go to the university there. So we trekked up the hill toward the Georgetown area and took a look at the very cute homes and shops. We ended up at Georgetown University (as pictured above). We managed to find the student center, and despite students being on spring break, we found the area that the game was being projected, and we watched Georgetown University beat UMBC. It was the first time that I had watched the game of the team that was playing from the actual university when they were not playing on campus. It was a lot of fun =)


We went back to the mall, and caught the sun set by the Lincoln Memorial. I decided that this was my favorite memorial among the many along the mall. It was great to be able to see the Washington Monument being reflected into the pool of water.

On Saturday we went to the National Air and Space Museum, where some of the items from the Museum of American History was temporarily placed while that museum was under construction. There were many cool artifacts from American culture there, including THE Kermit the Frog. He's the best!

The Wright Brothers first flying airplane was on display at the National Air and Space Museum


Sunday was Easter. Prior to the trip, Roy had the brilliant idea of attending Easter service at the National Cathedral. We went to the 8am service, and got to attend Easter service with hundreds of people. The church itself is Episcopalian, and since that what my family is, I was pretty familiar with what was going on. The cathedral itself was gorgeous and huge!