I'm alive! I have not forgotten about the blog! Wow. School is time consuming. I officially finished my first semester, (one down and six to go) at the beginning of August and I have been out and about ever since. My classmates and I celebrated our success with a night on the town that at some point included a limo ride. The details surrounding the evening are somewhat hazy (note that I have my backpack at the bar because I went there directly after my last final) but I did manage to get that picture.
I recovered from the revelry in time to fly out to California for one last night out in Manhattan Beach. I landed in LA on a Friday night, made my rounds and said some final goodbyes and then by 8 am Saturday, Chuck and I were on the road. We spent a week driving from Manhattan Beach to New York/New Jersey/Connecticut and I was so burned out from school that I was happy to sit in the car and just lounge for a couple days.
The trip included a stop at the Grand Canyon, a Phish concert in Illinois, a wedding (of one of Chuck's family friends) in Virginia and a weekend in DC. I think Chuck's favorite part of the trip was discovering a previously unrecognized talent for negotiating hotel room prices (using Priceline Negotiator), his crowining glory: a 4 star hotel in downtown St. Louis for $50. In this picture he is demonstrating his prowess for both negotiating and Big Buck Hunting (which we played for an hour while the air conditioning in the car got fixed). Two days after I got back to the city mom arrived for her inaugural visit! She stayed with Elaine and me (we have a bit more space than Katie and Sheldon)
and we kept her very busy. We met the Chans for lunch (Sheldon's parents), we saw Jersey Boys, we cooked, we saw museums, we went to a concert in Riverside Park, we toured Columbia - we basically didn't stop for 4 days! Thanks for making the trip mom!
I'm alive! I have not forgotten about the blog! Wow. School is time consuming. I officially finished my first semester, (one down and six to go) at the beginning of August and I have been out and about ever since. My classmates and I celebrated our success with a night on the town that at some point included a limo ride. The details surrounding the evening are somewhat hazy (note that I have my backpack at the bar because I went there directly after my last final) but I did manage to get that picture.
I recovered from the revelry in time to fly out to California for one last night out in Manhattan Beach. I landed in LA on a Friday night, made my rounds and said some final goodbyes and then by 8 am Saturday, Chuck and I were on the road. We spent a week driving from Manhattan Beach to New York/New Jersey/Connecticut and I was so burned out from school that I was happy to sit in the car and just lounge for a couple days.
The trip included a stop at the Grand Canyon, a Phish concert in Illinois, a wedding (of one of Chuck's family friends) in Virginia and a weekend in DC. I think Chuck's favorite part of the trip was discovering a previously unrecognized talent for negotiating hotel room prices (using Priceline Negotiator), his crowining glory: a 4 star hotel in downtown St. Louis for $50. In this picture he is demonstrating his prowess for both negotiating and Big Buck Hunting (which we played for an hour while the air conditioning in the car got fixed). Two days after I got back to the city mom arrived for her inaugural visit! She stayed with Elaine and me (we have a bit more space than Katie and Sheldon)
and we kept her very busy. We met the Chans for lunch (Sheldon's parents), we saw Jersey Boys, we cooked, we saw museums, we went to a concert in Riverside Park, we toured Columbia - we basically didn't stop for 4 days! Thanks for making the trip mom!
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Downtown St. Louis!! $50 for the Hilton in downtown St. Louis!
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