plumpkins

For YW's this week we got the girls excited for fall with some plumpkin making and some pumpkin cookies. My mom was so sweet and sent us some fall fabric so that we could teach the girls the basics of threading a needle and then put it to good use andake some plumpkins. (a.k.a. plump little pumpkins) Unfortunately we had a few issues with the floss and needles so the whole point of teaching the girls the basics of threading didn't really work but in the end the plumpkins were a success. Although I think most of the girls enjoyed saying the word plumpkin more than the plumpkin itself.



After YW's Kelli and I met up with Jason and Bryan to try out one of their favorite burger joints. (You see in NY everyone has their favorite hot spots and they have to take everyone there and convince them that theirs is better) We did enjoy Soho Park (Bryan's favorite) but I have to say that the Shake shack still makes a better burger ... sorry Bryan.

Next we had to make our usual stop with the Granum's at Pinkberry but as we were walking down the street we noticed some type of Italian festival going on, so we decided to take a look. It was fun to see Mulberry street all lite up but it started to get a little crowded and all the greasy smells were making us a little sick. But as we started to make our way out of the crowd some kid, with a very dirty mouth, ran into Bryan and as New Yorkers do, started saying not very nice things to Bryan. Then Jason thought he needed to step in and I honestly thought the kid was going to punch him but Kelli and I quickly intervened and convinced our guys that they weren't worth it. We finally made it to Pinkberry and it was a great end to a very eventful evening.

Jason recently received an offer for a summer internship from a NY firm that he is very excited about, so to celebrate we decided to have dinner and see a show. So Saturday morning I went down to the Southstreet Seaport and got tickets to Spamalot. For those of you who enjoy Monty Python and the Holy Grail ... you would love this show, but Jason and thought it was just okay. It had it's moments but in the end it was getting a little old. Despite the show our dinner was wonderful. We went to a little Argentine place called "Chimichurri Grill" where we enjoyed some empanadas and a wonderful steak with with my favorite ... chimichurri.

a must see

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend you do. But keep in mind ... it's the story of her life, not one of her stories.

I found this on Wikipedia and thought some of you might find it interesting:

In 1796, Jane Austen had a flirtation with Tom Lefroy, later Lord High Justice of Ireland, who was a younger relative of a friend of hers. Jane Austen wrote two letters to Cassandra mentioning him. In a letter dated 9 January 1796, she wrote:

"After I had written the above, we received a visit from Mr. Tom Lefroy and his cousin George. The latter is really very well-behaved now; and as for the other, he has but one fault, which time will, I trust, entirely remove—it is that his morning coat is a great deal too light. He is a very great admirer of Tom Jones, and therefore wears the same coloured clothes, I imagine, which he did when he was wounded".

On 16 January 1796, there is another mention:

"Friday. -- At length the day is come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy, and when you receive this it will be over. My tears flow as I write at the melancholy idea".[1]

It does not seem to have been a serious relationship and the love affair did not last long. However, it has been suggested that Austen might have had him in mind when she created the character Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.

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.