Monday, March 17, 2008

Andy's Birthday Weekend

The last few days have been a whirl-wind. Andy turned 31 on Saturday so we went away for his birthday weekend. This weekend was actually a 5 day trip. We started off on our journey in Connecticut to see Elaine, C.F. and the cousins. We got to see the UConn campus, then on Thursday we were off to Boston...which by the way was VERY COLD. Kyle, Tice, Ellie, Ticen, Andy and I had a great time. We went on a nice trolley tour of the city. I am so glad that we decided to take the trolley, I don't think that the belly and I would have been able to make the 2.5 mile treck around the Freedom Trail. After the 5 hour ride home, after a pit stop to allow me to puke. I think that the belly had enough of the car and that was her way of telling me that we needed a nap; thanks for driving Kyle, we made it back to Elaine's in time to watch LOST. Friday morning we went to breakfast where I had the BEST pancakes ever. I don't think that I will ever be able to eat pancakes without Ice Cream again. Friday afternoon we took the Metro North to NYC. We had a heck of a time getting a cab once we arrived. The only cab that were willing to stop for us were the gypsy cabs which we were told to avoid. After waiting for an hour for a cab we ended up with a gypsy. The cab ride was not too bad. We stayed at the Mellinuem Hilton on the 28th floor overlooking ground zero. The fun started on Friday night. We went to a neighborhood restaurant called Edwards in Tribeca for dinner. While we were there, I noticed this beautiful hunk of man in the mirror...it was Andy, but on the other side of him was a nice pair of eyes looking back at out table. After staring at him for a while it hit me like a ton of bricks, it was JOSH HARTNETT. Yep!!! What a great way to start out our NYC leg of the trip.

Saturday we took the subway to the Natural History Museum and wandered into Central Park. While there, we stopped at Strawberry Field. I took a few pictures of the John Lennon memorial and then again at the Dakota Bldg.

Our next brush with the rich and famous happened at the Dakota Bldg where I almost walked over Yoko Ono when I turned into her. I thought that she was some random Asian woman until the door man said "Are you alright Ms. Ono?" at which point I demanded the camera from Andy but by the time I got it in my hot little hands, she was gone. Shucks!!

Saturday night we went to dinner with Peter and Inez again and then off to bed to get up at 3:30 am to get a flight back to reality.

Overall I think Andy had a great birthday weekend all thanks to Amanda & Ryker for the airline tickets, Natalie and Tice for being such tour guides and to Elaine and C.F. for being wonderful hosts.