U.S. Open

Each year NYU sells 30 U.S. Open tickets to the law school crowd and we were lucky enough to snag two. Jason wasn't to happy that he had to wait in line for 2 1/2 hours to get them but it was all worth it in the end. I got off at 3 on Friday so we were able to enjoy some Chipotle before heading to Arthur Ashe. We arrived and we were instantly in tennis heaven. It was so fun to walk around and see all the stores and activities. Jason really wanted to get one of the huge yellow tennis balls but then he found out you had to be twelve or younger. He thought about stilling one from a kid but settled for the $5 official US Open tennis ball. I guess we'll have to go back when we have kids so he can finally get one for himself.



The stadium was amazing!! We were at the top but there really wasn't a bad seat in the house. First we watched Venus cream some girl from Istanbul, she totally dominated the match and wasted the girl in the end. Jason was so into the matches that I couldn't even ask any questions. I didn't know everything going into it so I needed a few things explained but after a quick explanation by Jason he was back into the game.



The second match was none other then Rafael Nadal ... one of Jason's favorites. Despite his knee injuries he still came out with a win. In fact, the other guy was so embarrassed that he was getting beat by an injured player he decided to fake his own injury and call the game. It was a great match with some awesome volleys, although we were a little disappointed that Nadal wasn't sporting his capri's. But I loved hearing all the women yelling for him. (I will admit he is a little hot and I might have cheered for him a couple of times myself) It was so fun to watch and I was so amazed that even from our seats we could still hear the players grunting when they hit the ball.


We ran into our friends Matt and Addy and thy were nice enough to give us a ride home after the game. We don't often ride in cars so it's quite a treat when we get to, Thanks for the ride guys!!

The rest of the weekend was spent studying for Jason and relaxing for me. Saturday night we took, Brent and Holly, our new law school buddies, to the Shake Shack and we are happy to report that they loved it!! While enjoying our dinner in the park we spotted a man in his apartment across the street taking a shower. Yes, he had a window (quite a large window) in his shower and thankfully it was a hot shower because if it wouldn't have been fogged up we would have seen more than we already had. It was a great way of welcoming them to this amazing city where anything is possible.

For Labor day we decided to get one more day in at the beach. We woke up early and made it to Jones beach before most of the crowd. However, after a few hours of soaking up the sun and catching the waves on the boogy board we decided to ditch the crowd and enjoy dinner and a movie at home. It was such a relaxing day and a great start to Jason's crazy semester.