Brooklyn

In the afternoon, I wandered around Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo and then walked across the Brooklyn Bridge.





South Street Seaport

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Yesterday I visited the BBG which is free on Tuesdays! It was absolutely gorgeous. Really, it was one of the nicest places that I have ever been. I would highly recommend it to any person visiting NYC.


A little of Japan right here in New York!

New York, New York

I am in NYC for the summer, living with Juliet and Freddy and interning at the New York Supreme Court. My internship does not start until Monday so I have been puttering around, seeing the sights and getting a feel for the city. This morning I walked around Tribeca and Soho and bought a guidebook (yes, I am a total tourist, sans fanny-pack). Juliet and I met up for some delicious Chinese dumplings in Chinatown for lunch. Then, I headed over to the City Hall area to see where I would be working. After that, I walked down to the Statten Island ferry (and rode it for the free beautiful views of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty), walked around Battery Park and then met up with Juliet again to see the Sex and the City movie. I am almost a New Yorker now :)


New York Supreme Court, my office for the summer!

St. Paul's Church

Trinity Church

New York Harbor

New York Stock Exchange

NYC skyline from the ferry

Statue of Liberty

Battery Park

Mystic Seaport, Connecticut

Dad and I took a day trip to Mystic Seaport which is on the coast of Connecticut about an hour and a half from our house in Simsbury. It was a lovely day and we saw presentations about whaling, coopering and oyster cultivation.

If there was ever any question over who in my family I look like, I think this photo answers it!



Dad

No trip would be complete without some long armed photography! :)

Toronto

In Toronto, I visited my cousin, Gen, for a night and then spent the rest of the week with my mom's best friend, Jennifer, at her house in Toronto and her farmhouse about an hour outside of Toronto.

View from Gen's apartment

Gen and Me

Lilacs outside of Jennifer's farmhouse

The Farm

Jennifer's new puppy, Charlie outside of the farmhouse

Ithaca is gorges!

On Saturday night, we went to a bonfire at one of Zach's professor's houses. It was a great time- chatting with interesting people and roasting marshmallows!

Bonfire

Zach and Jane

Waterfall!

Jane and I and the waterfall

No trip to Ithaca would be complete without a trip to a winery. This one was actually a hard cider factory. Delicious!

Ithaca!

After finals, I went home to Connecticut for a few days and then I was off on a little adventure to Ithaca and Toronto. My first stop was Ithaca, NY to see Jane and Zach (Zach and I worked together in Japan and Jane, his wife, was one of my closest friends there.... well, they both were :)). Zach is getting his PHD at Cornell. I was there for just the weekend but we made the most of it!

Jane and I in downtown Ithaca

We walked through the dodgy part of Ithaca but this was the only dodgy thing that we saw. Although it was written on the side of the town library which is maybe more disturbing than dodgy.

Downtown Ithaca, teatime with the statue.

Me and nature

Near Cornell

cont....

And Shannon, the amazing friend that she is, made birthday cakes from me and Kerline (another girl whose bday it was as well!) and had pinatas which we enjoyed whacking open.

I am 25!

My 25th birthday was quite eventful with lots of little (and big!) gatherings. The weekend before my bday, my high school girlfriends and some of their boyfriends and sister came up to Boston to celebrate. We did a Boston scavenger hunt, dinner and a comedy show. Lots of fun. Pictures to come when I get them from Thad's camera.

I also had margaritas with two dear friends, Kelly and Liz, the Saturday before my bday. This picture is horrible but serves as the only proof of that evening.


And, this year my bday coincideded with the Boston Marathon which is also Patriot's Day so we had the day off. And my law school friend, Shannon, had people over to watch the race from her beautiful rooftop deck.

BBQing

Shannon decided to "go green" and do a little recycling

Cherry blossoms!

In Boston, we have them too!