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so, according to my standards...september 18th was the date of my one year anniversary...although some critics believe it was august 26th...and so we've agreed to disagree on that one.
anyhow..we decided that a trip to the bronx zoo would be an excellent way to celebrate, neither of us being the fancy dinner or roses type, it was just perfect...although somehow i did end up with a rose out of this. hmm.so we took the subway right on up there and hopped off and in we went to the bronx zoo. memories of my last visit, in 3rd grade, with my mom as a chaperone for the school trip quickly flashed back. boy did i like that chris wystepek back then. ha.
we went big and got the "do it all" pack...meaning the monorail, skyride, gorillas, and all...which was well worth it. especially because i had never done the skyride, or tiger mountain! the gorillas were our favorite, especially my little guy. the kids that were there were banging on the windows and sticking their tongues out at the little guy and he came over to the 
window and did it right back to them! it was great. he was great, i was just about ready to take him home.
we also enjoyed the polar bear- who wil says is really mean- and i wouldn't like if i really met him. and the tigers! those on tiger mountain, that is, not to be confused with the ones on the monorail.
we took many photos and thoroughly enjoyed our day with the animals. an fantastic way to celebrate, in my humble opinion.
so wil came up with the excellent idea of taking a voyage up to storm king art center in or around cornwall, ny. and an excellent idea it was. the place is a vast area, several hundreds of acres of land, sparsely decorated with immense, and not so immense sculptures. it is beautiful.
wil and i headed out early, to get a whole day in, stopped at a deli for a little picnic lunch and ventured into the depths of storm king. there are neat little woods trails off of the main grounds that we loved. as well as a picnic area for the lunch consumption, and a really neat old house, which they use to keep smaller sculptures indoors.
we pretty much walked the entire center and had a lovely time doing so..my favorites were this one over here on the right, as well as this really neat stone wall that an artist built, winding around through the woods and trees. it's really beautiful.
after our picnic and some serious amounts of exploring, we found a perfect spot for some much napping under a lovely little tree.
once re-energized, we continued the exploring and headed on home. a perfectly lovely day it was.
my summer went out with a bang...was quite an excellent, and welcomed, end to a blazing hot summer (although, unfortunately, the heat fights on). sept 2nd marked the long anticipated day that my BFF from SF arrived at JFK (holy acronyms batman).
we had a lovely long weekend, with time spent shopping for he-man, hulk, & ninja turtles at love saves the day, which is, in my personal opinion- the best store ever. it was quite excellent to have a buddy like lor finally be able to come and hang and experience NY my style. we had a super duper time involving serious amounts of laughter. as well as serious amounts of pizza and lots of village fun.
other highlights included the fabulous labor day roof party- attended by my warwickian buds, some UD friends, and various other fun folk. party involved a bar set up in the kitchen for mixed drinks, buckets o beers on the roof, and hors' d'ouvres made and passed out by the roomie. music was provided..although can't say i recollect much of what was played...and good times were basically had by all.
labor day also marked my last weekend of non-student status...as I began my first pre-MBA courses at Fordham that following week...there's nothing like statistics on a saturday morning at 9 am. it's quite lovely if i must say so myself. my math methods for business is actually working out well for me, but also happens to be on tuesday night...which is quite a bit more appealing than saturday morning.
and....i guess that...that just about wraps up the loren and labor day fun.
window and did it right back to them! it was great. he was great, i was just about ready to take him home.
