Yep, that's right---I have survived my first winter. And guess what:
It wasn't that bad.
Everyone from New York laughs at me when I say that. They say that my opinion is invalid because I wasn't here for the giant storm after Christmas. But got snowed in a couple of times! I must say the icy wind and snow slush were absolutely horrible, but seeing the city covered in a fresh blanket of snow was just amazing. My favorite thing to do was to get up early and walk around outside before the plows came. Everything just looks so peaceful and perfect. I probably looked like a little kid; running around outside at 6:30 with knotted bed hair and in pajamas jumping around in the snow by myself! I just think that I would rather have winter around than have to go through the awful humid New York summers....yuk. Not looking forward to that.
But anyway, the last few days have been beautiful. Yesterday it even got up to 70 degrees! Everyone was running around in shorts and a t shirt! Today it went back down to 45 degrees (I am still struggling with the idea that the temperature can change so drastically in a matter of 24 hours.....still used to HI's constant temperatures!), but thats still kind of warm!
Seth was on spring break this week...but I definitely was not. I had multiple presentations this week and had to pull multiple late nights in order to prepare for them---speaking is one of my weaker points. My longest presentation was for Friday's lab meeting, and after stumbling through that, I am so glad its over and get to enjoy the weekend! I think its lame that our spring breaks don't overlap. My spring So lame.
So we are making the best of our weekends. In NYC, weekend brunch is a pretty big thing. Whenever my friends want to get together, they always suggest brunch! I still can't figure out the point of it, because brunch is served the same time as breakfast, and has the same menu as breakfast.....so whats the deal? Anyway, all of the good brunch places are always packed on the weekends, so we were prepared to wait, and chose Good Enough To Eat to try. We didn't have to wait that long because we were only a party of two, and it was sooo worth it!
Going out to breakfast (or brunch I guess) is one of my favorite things to do! The food was freaking incredible. Incredible!! We ended up getting french toast, bacon waffles (I know that sounds gross....but it is SO GOOD!), potatoes, biscuits, and bacon. Oh, the bacon! So good! They are also famous for their strawberry butter, which is also incredible. Ok I'm drooling just thinking about this again.
Just a note: all of this NYC food is starting to become my kryptonite. I need to stop eating like I'm about to go into hibernation and get to the gym! Summer is coming!
Since the weather is a bit warmer, people are starting to get out! Central park was filled with people today. I LOVE CENTRAL PARK! It so nice to get out of the concrete jungle and see some scenery! And now there is some vegetation and life starting to show, now that spring is here. I am always down for a walk in CP.
Some other things we did was venture over to Park avenue, where there are a bunch of giant flow art displays, from like 57th-67th? Anyway, they were awesome because they remind me that spring is here.
We also made it down to Bryant Park and the New York Public Library.
I love meandering around the city. There are so many things to see. I think thats why its so painful for me to spend so much time in my research lab---I just keep thinking about how many things there are to do and see in this amazing city! It will probably get worse as the weather gets better too. Eeeek.
:)
