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They've finally arrived...Hopefully, I'll like em for a while!

Top: Straight down; Bottom: Side-swooped!

The Green Monstah!

I went to a Boston Red Sox game for $5! Sat right behind home base, ate a slice of pizza, some cracker jacks and did the wave! Photos of my ticket stub to come to prove that yes, I did indeed walk up to the ticket box at the 6th inning, say "Hey, do you have any tickets for sale?" and was handed over two nice tickets for $5 bucks each (normally valued at $45, at least!). Thank you no show fans!

And what a show! The stadium is tiny, intimate and a really great Boston experience. I've never seen so many baseball fans in one place at one time...but that might just be because I've only been to one Astros game before, where you're lucky to fill up half the stadium. Go Red Sox...or what ever team you would like to place at the end of that sentence. I should say, Go live sports games!

MIT & Harvard Campus Tours

I recently acquired a new co-worker who has treked across the seas to work a few desks over from my own. Jorge is his name and he is from Spain! Last weekend, he proposed going to tour the campuses of MIT and Harvard to take a gander at the world reknowned architecture of both schools. So, we did. And these are just a few photos of the buildings we saw... Above is Matisse's Geraniums, just because it crossed our path on the tour and caught my eye in a lovely way.

MIT area first:

German Firm Behnisch Architect's Genzyme Center

Frank Gehry's Stata Center


Orange Berries! and Aalto's Baker Hall


Saarinen's MIT Auditorium and Chapel


Harvards Campus:

Corbusier's Carpenter Center and Machado & Silvetti's (my firm!) Harvard One Western

A wonderful collection of memories!

This past weekend, I was given a fabulous gift--one the commemorates so many of my closest friends, family and cherished memories. Mr. Mori presented me with an old window frame and a bunch of meaningful gathered photos printed on transparencies, to create a collage of memories! After an hour of arranging, we had created a beautiful piece of art, which is now hanging on my wall in a perfect spot in my bedroom. Thank you, Michael! As for the rest of you, you'll just have to visit me to see if you made it to the wall...(:

Keep it in the family...

Check out my sister's blog. You will find many adorable pics of her and her husband's babies. Baby dogs and cat, that is.

http://www.jenniesredcruiser.blogspot.com/

Labor Day in the Big Apple

7:00 am, Saturday morning, hopped on a Chinatown bus in the heart of Boston's Downtown and with little delay, headed down south for the big city of New York--to see some friends and make good use of a three day holiday weekend. The bus ride was dirt cheap, just as uncomfortable as any traveling experience that involves sitting for prolonged amounts of time, but overall pretty nice. It set both me and my wonderful partner in crime, Mr. Michael Mori, down on solid ground within four hours and from there, we set off to see the town.

The first day was devoted to Lower Manhattan. Myself and a small group of friends started out in Soho, then traveled in a big loop through the East Village, Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park Area, and then looped back into Soho. A list of must-sees compiled before the trip led us to the pictured works of: 1. Herzog & d'Meuron's 40 Bond Street Residences 2. Tschumi's Blue Building on Delancey 3. Pier 13 (or something) on the waterfront 4. Roger Marvel's Elevated Acre 5. Machado & Silvetti's Battery Park Project & 6. The nice grassy spots for some relaxin at Battery Park. Beyond the things depicted, we also visited the previous footprint of the World Trade Center. And by that time, we were well worn out and slowly made our way back to homebase (my friends Keiko and Sarah's place in Soho) and took naps...

Herzog d'Meuron's 40 Bond Street; Tschumi's Blue Building:


Roger Marvel's Elevated Acre:


Machado & Silvetti's Battery Park Project:



Later that evening, I had a chance to meet up with a good friend who I've kept up with over the past few years, Miss Rachel Hamilton. We met up with her at her new apartment in the East Village and enjoyed a nice meal of Indian food and desserted upon Tasty Delite afterwards (just like in Sex and the City!).





The following day was devoted to Upper Manhattan. After a subway ride up to 81st street, the morning was kickstarted with a flea market visit and a walk through Central Park. Then a trip to the Moma, the Folk Art Museum and the Guggenheim, all full of people swarming through the museums, soon drove the group outdoors. But to revive our spirits, the group headed over to Pink Berry to try out the delicious yogurt sensation. The evening was then full of archi reunions and delicious pizza from Lamberti's. A quick walk over to the famous Magnolia's cupcake cafe and a drink at a Grenwich Village beer garden topped off the night.

Folk Art Museum:


Sittin outside the Seagram Building & PinkBerry:



Guggenheim:


Cupcakes!



The next morning, the last day in New York, involved a long relaxed bagel breakfast in Central Park. Lounging on the grass and people watching filled a few hours, and following, a group of friends and I walked up to Columbus Circle, enjoyed the view of the city from a little coffee shop and then headed over to the nearby FAO Shwartz and Apple Store. A quick goodbye to the city...and then Michael and I headed back to the chinatown bus to the smaller, less busy city of Boston.