can you be both a Mets and a Yankees fan?

my baseball friends will tell me no - this is impossible. to be honest though, I don't care for baseball in the least, so I'll "cheer" for whatever team you ask me to. (I only mention this because in one of my earlier posts I said I was a Mets fan.)

on that note, Best Friend came to visit for Memorial Day weekend and we decided to go to a Yankees game. so I got my $10 Yankees hat (it was a kid's hat which is why it was so inexpensive), donned my navy and white and headed up to the Bronx. although I am not a fan of baseball, I will admit that I had a lot of fun at the game. the atmosphere of a baseball game is actually quite intoxicating. sitting there eating your hot dog (nothing but Nathan's of course), drinking beer and listening to (sometimes joining in) the dozens of different chants and cheers. plus, the new stadium is really, really nice. I never made it to the old stadium, but I am not sure I would be wrong in saying that the Yanks definitely traded up. I know the other had a lot of history and was the "House that Ruth Built" and all.. but the new stadium is seriously awesome. so even though I do not like baseball, you better believe I'll be going to more games.

a weekend jaunt

one of the most fantastical things about living in this city is the weekend jaunts to the "countryside." after all, this is a concrete jungle and it's nice to see green grass every now and then (I know we have that GIANT green space in the middle of the island, but having greenery be everywhere around you is quite different).

one weekend then, I hopped on a train then with Gay Uncle and we headed up to his home in Connecticut. he lives in a gorgeous farm house complete with the most amazing kitchen I've ever seen. so amazing in fact, that it made me want to cook full course meals! [and for those that know me, me cooking (let a alone a full course meal,) is definitely few and far between.] my cooking skills only made it as far as making an omelete. however, it was probably the best omelete ever - solely due to the fact that every time I've tried to make one it's always ended turning into scrambled eggs.
(I am pretty proud of this omelete, so I decided to share it)

during the day we took a drive to go antiquing, consignment, and yard sale shopping. things that are little hard to do in the city, especially the yard sale owing to the fact that pretty much no one has a yard.
other than that we didn't do much else - mainly just relaxed. though I did play a Wii for the first time. on the giant (I'm talking huge - I'm pretty sure it's the biggest TV on the market today) TV and I learned one very important thing. I absolutely suck at Wii Tennis. I am, however, quite good at bowling. at least much better than I am in real life considering I can never seem to get a score above 100.
(kind of what I felt I looked like when trying to play tennis)

Brand New New Yorker on Location: DC

My friend and I, we will call her Man-Eater, decided it would be a fun, grown-up thing to attend the official Cherry Blossom Festival Gala Dinner Cruise.

The cruise was actually a lot of fun. sat a table with people we didn't know. and the couple next to us was quite interesting, as the woman couldn't really believe we were at the event. because I guess apparently young girls do not attend galas, but only go to bars and get drunk (her words, not mine). minus that little blip though - the night was great.

the ship was huge, the drinks were free (ok, maybe there was some truth to her assumption...but not really), the food was delicious, and surprisingly the music was pretty good too. it was also a lot of fun to get all dressed up. oh! and not only did we get all the stuff mentioned above, but they also gave each of us an official Cherry Blossom Festival cupcake and pin.
had an enjoyable next two days in the city playing tourist. went to the Capitol building, National Cathedral and the Jefferson Memorial - three places I had never been before. we also made a little stop over at the zoo, where I basically became obsessed with this monkey. seriously, this little guy was so cute!

here are some pictures of the National Cathedral:


we of course also had to go to the Cherry Blossom Festival parade. and I will admit that it was not exactly what I was expecting, but then I cannot really tell you what my expectations were to begin with. we saw a band dressed in Colonial garb, a Mustang car club, Japanese drums, and of course both the U.S. and Japan Cherry Blossom Queen. and quite randomly some floats of the Veggie Tales. they also had floats of giant Japanese lanterns with cherry blossoms painted on them. those make sense, but the Veggie Tales?? quite odd and unexpected if you ask me.

all in all, a fantastic experience that I definitely planning on doing again next year! :)