New York City

I headed to New York City for another 8th grade class trip year.  The city looked the best as we left. 

I at least had a somewhat good view from my hotel room.

Of course it was raining when we got there and every worker in the Empire State Building seemed to take delight in telling our group that there was no view from the top.  I thought maybe we might see a little bit out in front of us, but just not far away.  Yeah, we could see nothing.  The kids said they felt like we were in heaven.   

A few minutes later it started to clear up at the top. 

You felt like you were on top of the world actually.  The clouds were all below us and we were above the clouds. 

We got just a tiny glimpse of some tall buildings before the clouds covered them up again.  It was enough to get some great pictures.  Wouldn't you know, about an hour later after dinner, I look up to the top and it's crystal clear.  So it goes. 

We went to a Broadway show that night and the set design was awesome.  And even though we were in the "balcony" of the balcony as Les Hambridge said.  I did get us front row seats there and everyone thought it was a great view.  It really was. 

Outside NBC Studios there are all these stone structures.  It's supposed to be art, sitting there for about 2 months.  Yeah, we weren't impressed. 

We had another great lunch in Chinatown and had to stop in at the Seid family store to say thank you for providing and setting up the lunch.  This is Sylven's mom.   

Then off to Brooklyn Bridge.  

I had to get at least one shot of the 9-11 Memorial.  I thought it was so pretty.

Then off to Times Square for the evening and the M&M store...my favorite spot!

Teacher Appreciation Week

I received this beautiful hanging flower basket from my students for Teacher Appreciation Week.   It was very nice, but as I told Andy, I have no idea where they meant for me to hang it, since I live in an apartment.  Sadly, I had to give it away.  It was a nice thought...without thinking actually involved. 

 

 

New apartment - Wildwood Park

Alright...yes, I know it's been awhile.  We've been busy and at the same time have nothing interesting going on...until now.  We are moving to a new apartment complex called Wildwood Park.  It's really not far from Westmont Gardens where we live now.  Probably just a mile away at the most.  It's actually close to my first apartment in which I lived.  We picked this place because it has elevators and laundry in the apartment.  So, here is home sweet home.  We will be on the sixth floor in the back of the building.  We will also be about a block or less from our grocery store.  Actually, we'll probably see it from our apartment window.  The place also has a huge outdoor pool, tennis court, indoor hair salon, convenience store, game room with pool tables, and a newly renovated exercise room.  All in all we "hope" this will be a good change.  We'll have to see.  We move in on April 27th.    

 

A look down at the back of the place.  We will be in the center on the left side of it. 

 

Count up.  We are on the sixth floor at the windows right above the top of the tree.  And it's also direct afternoon sunlight.   Oh, boy...thank you for air conditioning.  We are happy with the place so far because it's at the end of the hallway and our bedroom will not share a wall with another apartment.  Therefore, we plan on a peaceful sleep at night.  And this is city living folks!  Feel free to come and visit...clearDadthroat.  :)

 

University of Maryland

We went to see the University of Maryland.

 

 

 

Of course we had to stop and see all the turtles.

 

 

 

 

 

Andy was baptized at the university years ago in this fountain.

 

 

Here is the basketball stadium.

 

 

The football stadium.

 

 

Oriental East

I took more pictures just for you Grandma.  This is the line outside of Oriental East where Andy and I have Dim Sum. You have to get there early. 

 

 

Just more carts of food.

 

 

 

One of my favorite dishes.  It is sweet pork.

 

 

If you don't get there early, then you will be waiting around.

 

Honeymoon - Last Day

We spent the last morning visiting the lighthouse.

 

 

 

We had to climb the 200 some steps too.  At least there were stopping points along the way to rest. 

 

 

For some reason the lighthouse doesn't look too tall from the ground, but from the top the ground looks really far away.  Scary....

 

 

 

 

 

 

This just goes to show how windy it was that day.  Let's just say it was a little hard to get some good pictures from the top of each other.

 

 

 

Out of the wind, you can get much better pictures.

 

 

 

We went back to the fort too for one last walk through.

 

 

Then we headed over to the beach across from our hotel to end our day.

 

 

Don't let this fool you.  The water was freezing.

 

 

 

 

 

The end to a great few days.