Six Flags trip

Christmas at Longwood

Lindsay: A word to the wise: Never go to Longwood Gardens in December without a winter jacket.  I loved this trip, but oh man, did I freeze.  Chris and I went to Longwood Gardens to check out their Christmas display.  We walked around in the brightly lit gardens for hours in the dark. The display was really cool because there were so many Christmas lights.  There is a very famous organ at Longwood Gardens, and the man who plays it ever year at Christmas time played and the audience sang Christmas carols.  I loved this so much.  We also saw an ice skating show which was kind of corny, but still fun to watch.

On the way home, Chris and I tried to stop for dinner at a Japanese restaurant, but everything on the menu looked absolutely disgusting so we left.  It was pretty funny.  I know, we're classy.  I remember stopping at Target because I wanted to get a frame for a present I made Christopher. It was a collage with a whole bunch of ticket stubs and maps from places we had been.  I can't tell you if we actually found something to eat on the way home, but I'm entirely sure that we did not starve.  This was a great trip and I hope we do it again.

Bodies, Brooklyn Bridge, and (Renata) Breytman

Lindsay:  Sometimes I still can't believe that I could afford to take Chris to see the Bodies exhibit in New York. It was at the South Street Seaport, so when we were done, we got a chance to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. It was awesome! Later, we went to Astor Place and met Renata, Chris' friend from BU who I had heard so much about. I really liked her. She taught me how to properly use chopsticks at the Thai restaurant she took us to, and when I asked her how she learned to use them, she said she read the directions (in English!) on the chopsticks sleeve. Chris and I walked all over New York on this trip which I thought was a pretty cool time.

Chris:  After wandering around Philly was losing its luster, Lindsay suggested that we trek north to the rugged wilderness that is Manhattan.  Both of us had been to all the usual tourist traps, but they had a lot of dead people on display next to the east river (as opposed to floating in it, as per usual) so we decided to go.  I am still amazed that Lindsay was able to stand that exhibit, as it showed dead bodies in amazing detail.  I wish that Drexel med had models like that to help with anatomy...

All that looking at dead bodies naturally made us hungry, so we had dinner with one of my friends from BU and had a good time there as well.

Rise and Shine...it's time for a Hippie Concert.

Lindsay:  Chris' cell phone went off at 7:30 AM. He saw that his best friend from high school, Bryan, was calling.  Chris and I had originally planned to go to the beach that day, but Bryan had won tickets to an outdoor concert in Sussex County and wanted Chris to go.  Chris dropped the girlfriend bombshell on Bryan, so we both went to meet him in a ridiculously redneck section of North Jersey.  Chris and I teamed up and spiked our Coke in the parking lot and headed on in.  We had fun eating Bryan's spicy pizza and playing bocce ball.  Chris and I had dinner at a diner in North Jersey and that's when I learned never to order anything but breakfast from a diner.  

The best part of the day had to have been when Chris demonstrated his hip swinging talents. He is an amazing hula hooper!

Chris:  This was a crappy concert but a good opportunity to prove to Lindsay that I had friends. There is always a good time to be had with Bryan so we went down and had a good time.  I have always been a fantastic hula hooper, and I was not about to let this opportunity to show off to my girlfriend pass by.