Rest of East Coast
July 15th, 2008 | Published in Personal Journals by Danbee
Sorry for the fast and furious posts, but I’m trying to catch up while I have good internet…
Day 27
Sat June 28, 2008
Destination: Philadelphia, PA
crashed at John Glowa’s apartment
cleaned up around Ariel’s house, then off to Assateague Island
drove out of maryland and to chincoteague island, then to assateague national seashore
built sand castle, flew the kite, i swam a bit - water was FREEZING
dried off, outdoor showers, i had sand everywhere
drove to philadelphia
on the way read wikipedia articles about sausages
got philly cheesesteaks at Steve’s Prince of Steaks
then drove to John Glowa’s apartment - having his housewarming party
partied late into the night - played rock band for the first time
Day 28
Sun June 29, 2008
Destination: New York City, NY
stayed with Dean (free culture guy)
woke up, went to giant indoor marketplace in philly, right down the street from john’s apartment - look up online!
boys got more cheesesteaks for breakfast, i got a crepe
marketplace was expansive, sold all kinds of foods, even a book store and a beer garden
live band in the center where lots of people were eating and chatting
after eating, got in van and drove to Lancaster, where Dan is from; working on a farm for the summer
showed us around his old job at Laserdome
arcade place with laser tag and laser light show
got private showing of some laser light stuff, some of it Dan designed
told us about the technology, his old boss, what the job was like
then we went to an overlook over the river, hung out there for a while
then went to dinner at chinese place
dropped off Dan back at his house
drove to NYC
drove on New Jersey turnpike on the way
True Dreams of Witchita: bridge into NYC called Williamsburg Bridge, yelled hey man now this is babylon! as we were driving across
got there late at night
found Dean’s place
sleep
Day 29
Mon June 30, 2008
Stayed in NYC
stayed with Dean
got up early
went to subway, got day passes
rode to downtown Manhatten
went first to Veselka for breakfast
very hearty, very filling
then wandered around a bit, decided to go to Central park to walk off breakfast
then went to chinatown for dumplings and beer at Joe’s shanghai
chinatown ice cream factory - yum huge scoops of ice cream
walked around some more
went to Grand Central Station to do a dry run of flashmob, make sure we knew where we were going
got off at wall street
wandered around times square, went to toys r us
decided to find FW Schwartz
LONG WALK
got street vendor hot dogs on the way
FW Schwartz - very classy toy store, man in redcoat costume greets customers
i played on piano floor
saw trains, giant doll houses
rode subway back to Grand Central
waited at designated spot for people to show up, but no one did
so we rode the subway to Coney Island
i took lots of pictures inside the subway
got to Coney Island, bought hot dogs and beer at Nathan’s
huge beers
wandered around the carnival area
finished our beers and rode the cyclone
walking on our way out, carny gets us to play a darts game
fast talks his way into $15, we get a stuffed animal
we get back on subway, try to meet up with Dean, confusion ensues
kind of wander around the village area
end up just going back to Dean’s place to chill then crash
late at night, so the train stopped a few stops before ours, we had to transfer to a bus
bus was effing crowded, and they didn’t announce stops
luckily we were sitting next to some ppl who let us know this, also asked which was our stop
one guy said his stop was right before ours, we could watch him
we did, but bus missed our stop, so we had a long walk to get back to Dean’s place
Dean and his roommate went to nearby chicken place to get some food
we said we were pretty full, i helped Dean with his fries
just chatted for a while; still kind of bummed that no one showed up to flashmob
conversation turned to comic books, Dean gave me some book titles to look up
crash sleep yum
Day 30
Tues July 1, 2008
Destination: Boston, MA
stayed on 5e
drove out of new york
grabbed breakfast at mcdonalds
picked up Christina at a park in Providence, RI - haha hitchhiker!
drove into Boston, parked in front of sr house
dragged our things up to 5e
GRACIE KITTY! everyone says she got skinnier, but i thought she got fatter. maybe fluffier?
at 4:30pm had irc live chat hosted by miro
that lasted about an hour
i had gossip time with greg
went to dinner with David at Cinderella’s in central
met up with some of David’s friends from RSI
took them back to 5e for party that night
alex called together beer pong
Christina, Xiao, Greg Perkins, Tim Rades, lots of 5e alums showed up
Day 31
Wed July 2, 2008
Stayed in Boston
Stayed on 5e
woke up late
got lunch at La Luna with David
planned to see Wall-e later with alex, tim rades, and others
went to Star to get some food stuffs - cheese, birch beer
i was craving fresh food, also got some hummus
alex, vio, and others went to chinatown for food before movie
me, david, tim rades met them at the theater
Wall-e: CUTEST ROBOT MOVIE EVER
Day 32
Thurs July 3, 2008
Destination: Acadia National Park
camping
got up, went over to sr house to check mail
left boston pretty early
drove up coastline
got to Maine - looking for seafood!
went to Kittery for brunch at Weathervane Seafoods
famous for their salad bar
sat behind this girl talking about schools that don’t need SAT’s, her friend selling fake pot to another friend
this girl was hilarious - stupidest girl i’ve ever heard
decided to visit the Redhook brewery and take a brewery tour
tourguide was a jolly bearded man, looked like he was drinking beer out of a water bottle the whole time
more driving along coastline
very cute, quaint towns, lots of gorgeous shoreline
stopped in Belfast to walk around, take pictures, eat dinner
i had lobster! yum… ^.^
drove to Bar Harbor, where we camped in Acadia National Park
took us a little while to find cuz we got into town after dark
