Weekend Update

How do the weekends go by so quickly? Last weekend we celebrated President’s Day (yay!) and it was one of those three day weekends that you look forward to all winter since once you start working, you don’t get holidays like you used to in college. One of the things I miss most about school is the fact that if you didn’t want to show up…you didn’t. Now I don’t have that luxury (as if I ever took advantage of it during school, either :)). Anyway, for President’s day, Chris and I drove to upstate New York to visit the Outlet mall! A picture of Chris on the way up:

I made him wear my sunglasses since it was slightly sunny out (although you can’t tell from that picture) and since he was driving, I didn’t want the sun to blind him!! The drive to the outlet malls is only around an hour (very short, actually) and since we got a late start to the day, we had to eat lunch at the outlet area (in the food court). Chris, being the country gentleman that he is, treated me to the best mexican lunch at Desert Moon:

Also, in the spirit of being tourists and wanting to capture the memory of our great trip to the outlet center, we made a PRESSED PENNY!!

There are a ton of shops at the outlets, including Brooks Brothers, Burberry, Kate Spade, Juicy Couture, St. John, Off 5th, Chanel, Lacoste, Escada, Gucci, and others. I didn’t end up buying anything (although there were some great sales in honor of President’s Day AND I did see a cute cashmere sweater set at Brooks Brothers) but Chris made out with a shirt. Was it worth it for the drive? Maybe not…but it was an adventure and everyone should go at least once. I can see myself going back again if I was better prepared and started earlier (good thing I took a map for the road and signed up on their email list!).

Since moving into my apartment, I’ve had a couple problems (most of them have been fixed/dealt with). For instance, when I first moved in, I noticed that it was awfully drafty in my room. Reasoning? The heater was broken. (Fixed by buying a space heater for a couple of weeks and then having the actual radiator fixed). Second problem - mice. Solution? None so far, and I’ve seen one running around the past couple of days. Third problem - BED BUGS. So, I’ve never dealt with bed bugs before and I didn’t know what it was, but after carefully looking on the internet and reading about bug bites, I’ve come to terms that I HAD bedbugs in my mattress (it was a full-sized mattress that came with the room). Here are the bites to show you how badly I was eaten up:

I don’t know if you can tell from the picture, but I have around 8 bites on my right hand. I also had 5-10 bites on my legs and a couple on my back. I noticed it after President’s weekend, which is odd, because I’ve lived in my apartment since Feb 1st. Either way, I had to throw out the mattresses that came with the room and move my old twin sized mattress from David Li’s apartment back to mine. So far, I haven’t had any more bug bites (cross your fingers and knock on wood). Living in NYC IS TOUGH!

In other news, I decided I wanted to cut my hair (spice things up a bit). I had the hairstylist cut off FIVE inches and here’s the result:

I wasn’t really happy with the results, but at least it isn’t incredibly short and I’ll be able to grow it out quickly. I used to think I was a short haired kind of girl, but now I think I’m a long haired girl (for now, at least).

This weekend, Chris and I went to a musical (Gutenberg! The Musical!) on Friday night (after having lobster rolls at Mary’s Fish Camp - delicious, but we both thought Pearl Oyster Bar was better). On Saturday, we headed to The Armory Show at Pier 94 to see up and coming modern artists. Here are some of my favorites from the show:

And my two favorite pieces from the night:

1.

An actual watermelon. As in, a real watermelon. uhhh…yes, this is considered Art. I wonder how you would sell something like this….$0.29/lb? …. I LOVE WATERMELON and I can’t wait until the spring when I will eat copious amounts while watching Law and Order.

2.

When Chris and I first walked by this piece of “art,” I thought it was real garbage (it was towards the end of the night and I saw other people cleaning up). After closer inspection, we read that it was actually a piece of art (and made of copper). People are so…creative! After the art show, we headed to Korea Town and had an awesome dinner of dol sot bibimbap and kimchi jigae. I haven’t been to Koreatown in a while, so it was SO DELICIOUS I COULD’VE HAD TWO PORTIONS! Okay not really, but it was still really good.

Today I ran errands, got my life together, and started thinking about what to pack for my upcoming VACATION! I’m headed to San Jose this THURSDAY to visit my brother AND MY MOM! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I am TOO excited! It’s going to be tough to get through this week since all I’ll be thinking about is my upcoming trip to California! YAY!