11/9/08
11/8/08
The Storm Has Passed
Oh, what a weekend last weekend was. I had Laura, Paul and Derek come to visit me. First, the Phillies won the World Series last Thursday! Fans of any Philadelphia team (Flyers, 76ers, Eagles, etc.) are absolutely insane. Don't think it's cute to go into a crowd of people in Philadelphia and yell something like "Go Yankees!" because you will suffer a very painful death at the hands of an angry mob. The news reported that it was a relatively lawful win, since there was just a little looting and only 2 cars were flipped over. Only two.
Then on Friday, the Clemson Trio got here, just in time for me to make breakfast and head to work. That night, we drove to Philly to see Robin Williams. Before the show, people in the crowd were chanting "Phillies! Phillies!" as if that's who they were there to see. I suppose the excitement of a World Series win doesn't wear off that quickly. The show was hilarious, but too crude for my taste.
On Saturday, the boys left us to go to Boston to play in the band at the Clemson-Boston College game. Laura and I went first to the downtown market and got some pretty yummy treats including some chocolate that had printed patterns on it and some Scottish salmon. That afternoon we relaxed and watched tv, because we needed to rest up for our upcoming adventures. On Saturday night we drove back to Philly to see Coldplay in concert. It was amazing. Our seats were a little far away, but the show was so cool. I hope I have another chance to see them in concert.
Sunday was Laura's big surprise. She had no idea where we were going. I actually had her tricked into thinking we were going to go get on a plane, but instead we got up early and headed to the train station, where we hopped the train to New York. First we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where we explored for a few hours and had lunch. Then we went to see Uncle David run by in the marathon. He looks like a mountain man (which is perfect for the boys' adventure today to Mt. Laconte) but he was running fast, so I guess the beard didn't slow him down. We got to spend some time with Aunt Melissa and her friend Nika while they waited for Uncle David to finish up his race. We waited for awhile with them then headed on our way to go shopping. The crowds were insane because of the race and a lot of the intersections were blocked off, so it was best to just pick a person and follow them through the crowd. Shopping was a blast. We didn't buy a lot of stuff, but we had fun just going from store to store on 5th Avenue. I was so tired on Sunday from a long week at work and late nights out, but Laura wanted to go to Times Square, and I'm glad we did. The lights were beautiful and we had a great time taking pictures and looking around. After that, we took a pedicab (attached to a bicycle) with a very handsome Italian driver back to Penn Station and headed home.
On Monday I had to go to work and then that night, the boys came and whisked Laura away.
I had to spend the week catching up on my sleep.
Have a great weekend and hopefully, I'll see you soon!
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