Last weekend was a jaunt out of the Big Apple to Upstate New York. I went with my friends/co-workers Carrie, Tiffany, and Theresa and Theresa's wife Katie. We went to Ithaca to catch up with our former co-worker Julia who took a job up there about six months ago. It was great seeing her again. We went to Felicia's Atomic Bar where we had amazing hot dogs because Felicia makes her own condiments.
We camped up at Buttermilk Falls which was beautiful. On a scale of 1-10 for how rustic a camping gal I am I would rate me a 5 which made this site perfect for me. I am all about camping in tents which is what we did (don't get me wrong, cabins and hotels are nice too). I am also a fan of indoor plumbing and showers being in walking distance which it was. All in all the perfect Paula idea of camping.
In town we also went to the Farmers Market, the commons, and Moosewood which is a famous vegetarian restaurant. Before heading back to the city we went to Corning which is...you guessed it...where corning wear comes from. We toured the glass museum and Carrie got to blow a glass ornament in the studio.
Back in NYC my writing class has finished for the summer. I am debating which course to take in the fall. David had two art gallery openings in one night so I got to tag along with him, Heidi, Yaritsa, and Mark for a exhibition in the Village and one on the Lower East Side. We celebrated by having dinner at one of our favorite LES spots, The Pink Pony.
This weekend I had a nice Shabbat dinner with Esther, Michael, Sandy, and Terry. I did some more exploring too. I went for a really long walk through Prospect Park. I caught part of the African Music fest and discovered the Harmony Playground which was really cool. They had a sprinkler in the shape of a harp and the water came through like the strings. They also had stations where kids could hit bars and they would play different notes.
I then went for a walk through Park Slope and Prospect Heights and did some window shopping in the vintage stores on 5th Avenue.
Today I met Heidi and Mark for a fun picnic in Central Park and it sounds like another camping trip may be in the works before the summer ends.
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Paula,
I'm with ya on the camping scale. I do tents, I do campers, but I do require indoor plumbing... Sorry to all the al natural campers out there; I like the fact that I can go take a shower/use the facilities in a enclosed & plumbing equipped environment. I'm 'high maintenance' like that. :)
Glad to hear that you had a great time. I like camping too. ;)
Take care of yourself out there in the Big Apple.
~One of your devoted readers, in GR.
=) Megs...
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