BOSTONNEWYORKGOODBYES

ok i really do have wayyyy too much should have posted long ago. first of all... trip to boston was a great success!! we all had a total blast. mary came down from new york on the infamous china town bus. we got dericious challah, bagels, and pizzer. we got to go along the freedom trail, went to the harbor, went shopping, visited faneuil hall (a MUST of course! a childhood fav!). we also got to visit dad's beloved harvard medical school (where we got plenty of swag). we were all so happy there, i can't even describe it. everyone was nicer, happier, and just generally had a good attitude. jordan did have to study for exams, though. oh and we ate at such delicious italian restaurants in the north end. antico forno = SO GROOD, and the best place for cannoli? easily, mike's pastry.
after we got home to dallas, mary and mark came down for a weekend. it was a total blast and we all hated saying goodbye. it's always good to have mary around since she balances my crazy but also lets my quirk shine. an important balance. we filled her up on plenty of naughty and unhealthy foods. all in good fun. mary left and then i got to go to the UNC v UC Berklee baseball game. which was at OU. so of course, logically, the only way to get there was by plane!!! courtney, annie, caroline and i all flew up there. it was SO great but SO scary. did something i was afraid of though, which made me feel good. i made it through! i did something scary!
then, obv, i came to new york. this trip has been such a whirlwind of fun there is no way to describe it. i got to meet mary and kelsey on the first day for lunch. i got to go shopping down broadway and fell in loooove with this british store "all saints." we all want to buy everything they have in the store. there are like, probably one or two locations in the US. and of course, prices are from $60-$300, but for the incredible design, i'd say its well worth it.
mary showed me around the area and i walked back with her to know where she works. i then wandered the city (in the pouring rain i might add). found mary, visited a few stores in brooklyn, ate mexican for dinner. mexican in new york = weird weird weird.
chloe came to visit me! i haven't seen chloe since we parted ways at oxford in 2005. so much has happened in both of our lives, it was crazy visiting with her! totally surreal but wonderful. we met at the MoMa which was so artistic and beautiful of us. saw starry starry night, my childhood van gogh favorite. we then ate pizza and went shopping with mary. after dropping chloe off, mary and i met our cousin brooke in time square (which is always so glamorous) for a miniature dinner and desserts at junior's. we got back SO LATE. today was crazy long and fun, too. mark and i went shopping together and then, as we were both tired, went to McJ books and cafe and just chilled until mary could make it to lunch. afterwards, i met kelsey outside of balthazar's (wonderful and traditional french cafe) and we went to the guggenheim (closed so early!) and then to 30 rockefeller plaza. obvi. we met mary's friend anna o'brien there. we all went to anthro but i wasn't too impressed, and then we at at pop burger's off of 5th ave which serves super tiny burgers that are pretty good. we went back to anna's place after cutting through central park and we watched holiday in the sun. mary was not as excited about it as i thought she should be.
tomorrow is cony island. so much fun and joy.