Before we leave Boston, we are trying to visit as many people as we can. This past weekend we went to visit Carrina (Sarah's former roommate from Boston) and her her boyfriend Adam. They live in Astoria, just 9 short subway stops from Times Square in Manhattan. Carrina lives right on Astoria Blvd, which is a pretty busy street, but it wasn't very loud inside.
We left Boston at 5pm on Friday, which was taking a pretty big chance of getting caught in traffic. It did end up taking us almost an hour to get to the Worcester area - about 40 miles. After that it was pretty smooth sailing, except for the torrential rains and the ridiculous drivers going 40 mph on the interstate. We crossed the Triboro Bridge (RFK Bridge) about 9:35 and spent about 10 minutes looking for a parking space. Carrina eventually came out to stand in a spot in front of her apartment while we circled back around to park. We hung out for a while that night and Sarah and I made plans to visit an old friend from Boston while Carrina was at work.
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| Little Sarah in the Big Apple |
My friend, Kara is a manager with Starbucks near Times Square, so Sarah and I went down early to do some shopping and get a drink before we met her. Sarah ended up finding an orange dress at GAP on super-sale. That made both of us happy:) You'll see her wearing said dress in later pictures.
After hanging out with Kara, Adam and Carrina met us downtown and took us to the High Line. This place was awesome! It is a park created on an old elevated train line running mostly parallel to 10th ave. There is a decently wide walking trail and many varieties of plants and flowers. It was pretty cool to see.
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| Sarah enjoyed seeing all of the water towers on most of the buildings. |
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| Adam and Carrina. |
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| Bench. |
On Sunday morning we all went back into Manhattan to meet up with Kara, her boyfriend Brendan and Karl Vanderwoude (VW for short). We went to a place called Southern Hospitality for brunch...co-owned by....Justin Timberlake. It was amazing...pulled pork for brunch, check. After that we all went to another restaurant where almost everyone indulged in a Bulldog. This is a crazy concoction of a margarita, a shot of tequila, and a corona. If you reacted the same way to that as I did, I ask you to hold your judgement. The beer and margarita actually blended quite well.
After that, there was nothing to do but say our good-byes. It was a short trip but we saw quite a bit and hung out with a lot of good friends. We're are very glad that we got to go back to NYC before we left.
We made sure to get a shot of the Triboro Bridge from the subway platform on Astoria Blvd. Nice sunset surrounded by tons of concrete and steel. We liked NYC for a few days but being there always reminds us that we do not want to live in big city!
Before we leave Boston, we are trying to visit as many people as we can. This past weekend we went to visit Carrina (Sarah's former roommate from Boston) and her her boyfriend Adam. They live in Astoria, just 9 short subway stops from Times Square in Manhattan. Carrina lives right on Astoria Blvd, which is a pretty busy street, but it wasn't very loud inside.
My friend, Kara is a manager with Starbucks near Times Square, so Sarah and I went down early to do some shopping and get a drink before we met her. Sarah ended up finding an orange dress at GAP on super-sale. That made both of us happy:) You'll see her wearing said dress in later pictures. 
After hanging out with Kara, Adam and Carrina met us downtown and took us to the High Line. This place was awesome! It is a park created on an old elevated train line running mostly parallel to 10th ave. There is a decently wide walking trail and many varieties of plants and flowers. It was pretty cool to see.
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