NYC!

After sleeping for approximately three hours Sunday night, I prepared for the four-hour bus ride from DC to New York. The ride went smoothly and we arrived in NYC shortly after 11 AM Monday morning. I killed some time in the Borders at Penn Station before walking up to Grand Central to catch my train to New Rochelle. On the way to Grand Central, I walked through Bryant Park, a cute little grassy area with food and lots of people. I eventually made it to New Rochelle where Leah picked me up in her soccer mom Toyota minivan. I definitely mad fun of her for that!

Given that I had been up since 5 AM, I was a little bit tired, but Leah took me back to her house where we hung out and she made me food, as a good Jewish Mother in Training would :-D. In some ways, Westchester County was exactly as I thought it would be. Charming, suburban, tree-lined streets sport huge houses (mansions), sidewalks don't really exist as everybody either bikes or drives, and the streets all zig-zag around so as to confuse foreigners.

Leah's family took us out to Sal's for some great New York style pizza. The fan favorite: salad pizza. A strange combination of lettuce, tomatoes and vinaigrette on New York style crust builds this unusual pizza. Strange as it sounds, it was pretty tasty. I would definitely eat it again and recommend it to a friend.

After dinner, we returned to the Morse home where Leah, her sister, and I put on our game faces for a Settlers of Catan match. I played pretty terribly, but we had fun nonetheless. Leah and I then watched a few clips of Whose Line is it Anyway? and laughed hysterically, a good way to prepare for bedtime.

In the morning, everybody went to work while I slept in. Leah came back from work, and we trekked down to New York City. We walked around a little, had some lunch, met up with my friend Hayley, and made our way back to Penn Station where I picked up my bus back to Washington, DC.

While the trip was not the most exciting I've taken, it was good to see Leah before she goes to Israel for five months, and I enjoyed getting away from DC for a little while. I am now back in the District and ready to go out and enjoy the city. Wish me luck!

Peace, love, and happiness.