Lucky Saturday the 14th

Lucky Saturday the 14th To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday the 13th, fate decided to rain upon Sam and me loads of good luck last Saturday. Saturday (sans Sam): a run around Central Park a walk way down 5th Avenue Saturday (avec Sam): a lunch in Chinatown a visit to Trump Tower (where we contemplated buying Donald Trump (flavored?) bottled water) a tour of Columbus Circle a jaunt into the Time-Warner Center (where we ran into Sams freshman-year roommate, David 07, and sampled [read: read] the menu of the most expensive restaurant in New York City good thing Sam detests sushi) two front-row tickets to Avenue Q!!! (which was the most amazing lottery win ever, only rivaled by that one time I won two free tickets to see the US womens soccer team play against China in NY/NJ) four very expensive coffee-flavored quesadillas for dinner in Times Square (which made me miss MITs flexible meal plan even more) many unevenly-matched rounds of Taboo, many slices of coconut pie, and many scoops of rainbow sherbert with Ruth 07 Matt 08 sample clue WORD: Summit Ruth: The first half means to aggregate and the second half is where we go to school Mitra: SUMMIT! Sunday (avec Sam) 5 minutes of running the realization that its way too cold to be outside wearing only athletic clothing approximately 50 Belgian fries and 4 delicious dipping sauces (honey mustard, mango chutney, pesto, and sundried tomato) at Pommes Frites near Cooper Union NYU a giant whale, a family of elephants, a nearly-2000 year old piece of wood, and a three-level gift shop at the American Museum of Natural History a stroll through the southern half of Central Park (where, much to my dismay, we did not spot any celebrities) 2 minutes inside Serendipity 3 (after which we decided no frozen hot chocolate is worth two and a half hours of waiting) a colorful look at Dylans Candy Bar (where I contemplated buying a shirt that says I love nerds on it until I realized I ALREADY OWN A SHIRT THAT SAYS THIS) more unevenly-matched games of Taboo with Laura 06 and Vincent 07 a fortunate run-in with Darragh 07 in Times Square a delicious dinner at Havana Central in Little Havana an episode each of Desperate Housewives Greys Anatomy, series that Sam and I, respectively, have recently begun watching an event downtown Monday (avec Sam) a lunch at a cute French buffet near work a figure skating exhibition in Bryant Park (or so they claimed we left before the zamboni finished wiping the rink) a walk around 3/4 of Union Square a return to Chinatown, where I bid Sam farewell Special thanks to Ruth and Matt for making the trek to my apartment on Saturday night when it was freezing, especially since Ruth had her wisdom teeth removed just one day earlier! (Hmm, was this through MIT Medical?) Also, special thanks to Vincent and Laura for being our NYC experts her word, not mine. Hope you had a good time, birthday boy! Check out Sams entry for photographs of the glorious weekend. My, how the tables have turned!