My NYC Food Itinerary

5 dumplings for $1?!@$!! Can you believe that?? I am Sooooo there for lunch after my meeting..

Making a day trip to NYC tomorrow for work but injecting as much food as I can of course! I've already identified my restaurant victims (rubbing my hands together with a glint in my eye)...

Lombardi's for dinner... Mmmm my first NYC pizza~ 

We had waaaay too much fun with macro 

The Smell of OJ and Dry Erase Markers

Oh, the good ole' days....

Nerdy as this may sound, even preparing for exams was fun. For macroeconomics, my study group and I would meet as frequently as needed in one of the Taubman carrels in the mornings. Dressed in my baggy comfortable "exam" outfit, I would walk the all too familiar Mass Ave and then JFK Street, and along the way grab my box of munchkin donuts from Dunkin Donuts. Even before sitting down, I would already fire away potential exam questions to Cheryl, Sarah and Carol while pouring myself a glass of OJ. Surrounded by donuts, juice, fruits, bagels and cream cheese, an onlooker couldn't help but smile at us and our rapid chatter about gross domestic product, unemployment rate and interest rates. We were too cute.

To Carol in Bolivia...,
Sarah in Boston...
and Cheryl in India...

Here's to the only girls that could make learning macro fun!~

2006, Here I come

Another night out with my girlfriends at Chi Cha last night. When I got there, I realized that it was a belated b-day bash for me, complete with 6 candle lit cupcakes from Love :) Got serenaded by my girlfriends along with our neighbors inside the lounge and got *this* close to being supremely embarrassed in front of a certain someone-- thanks Nat and Tania! Surrounded by houka smokers, glasses of pinot grigio and caiprinhas, pumpin' music, and an eclectic mix of DC denizens, had a great time kicking off 2006.

Afterwards, I must have looked like a looney sitting at Dupont station laughing out loud, while reading my b-day card. I especially couldn't hold back the laughter after reading Alexa's note:

Esther-
Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're all that I want to be.
You are the wind beneath my wings!
Happy Birthday!

Haha~ I guess you had to have been there... 2006 is going to be a fabulous year!!