New England/New York Extravaganza 2006!

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Josh, Bao and I had a great time exploring the CIA at Hyde Park, NYC/Columbia and bumming around Northampton.

The drive to Hyde Park was beautiful complete with New Englandesque fall foliage. Bao shot a lot of footage for Timberwolve Tracks. Maybe you can talk him out of a copy of the video. The tour of the CIA was very interesting and came with a sample palmier, which was delicious. I briefly contemplated applying myself, but then came to my senses.

We left for New York around 7.30 on a Saturday morning and made it to the city just in time for Josh's tour of Columbia. Although I lived in the area for a summer, I never spent much time exploring the campus other than the student center and library, so I enjoyed the tour as much as Josh. Afterward, we met up with Grace for a bit before heading to the best Chinese restaurant ever where we greedily consumed the best Sichuan seafood dumplings ever (sorry Dad). We scooted through the park, checked out the craziness of Times Square and wandered around the village before returning home, where we promptly passed out.

The boys were bumped off their flight Sunday affording us unexpected time which we used to explore Amherst College (perhaps now on Josh's radar)and eat some more delicious food. I'm still full from last weekend.

All in all, we had a pretty good time and they're pretty good kids.