New York, Blizzards, and Tunnels

The first time I ever saw snowfall was in New York City. 12/26/2010. Then it turned into a blizzard across the northeast USA and New Jersey entered a state of emergency. What fun!


Can't go to New York and not watch a Broadway show. It was Mary Poppins, mostly just to watch something happier than Les Miserables and cheaper than say, Wicked or The Lion King. It was excellent in any case, even though we were late to the show.


Stayed at a hotel on 7th Ave and 42nd Street, through the blizzard. Was stuck on a train for 5 hours the day after trying to get back to New Jersey.


12/28/2010 is Inception Art Contest and snow day. Shoveled snow for the first time. Made snow angels, made tunnels, and had a snowball fight! But no snowman :( The snow didn't really stick very well...


We are headed to Washington DC next. Library of Congress and Smithsonian, here I come!


To finish off with a joke from a friend's friend: I was with a group of friends and pointed out that there was a Blizzard outside. All the Koreans ran out to go see it. ._.


(Kudos to you if you get the joke =P)

Shipyards and Tears

Yesterday I went right up close to a shipyard...that was fun. Took a lot of pictures. Unfortunately, I was wearing white boots and pants (because I didn't know we were going to be doing all that climbing, and in icy, muddy grass/water at that). We had to cross a cemetery to get to the ships, which was tiny and mostly forgotten. The graves dated around 1820's to 1830's for time of death.

Not sure the age of the ships. We weren't really supposed to be there.

Then we went to watch Les Miserables the musical. It was phenomenal, loved Fantine the most--but of course, she dies after the first quarter of the show. It figures. I also liked the main character, Jean, and Eponine (though how she grew from a white little girl to a black one, who knows?)

I especially enjoyed I Dreamed a Dream and Empty Chairs at Empty Tables. I almost made it through the entire show without crying, but I definitely had tears come the end when Fantine and Eponine came to take Jean Valjean away. Though I was near the edge twice before: Eponine's sudden, expected but really random death, and Gavroche's horrendous ghostly singing exploding off-screen death...