Took the red-eye flight out Thursday, arriving in the Big Apple early Friday morning. Arrived at the Carlton Hotel to not surprisingly find out that the room was not ready for check-in. Waiting for my parents to arrive and being all achy from spending the night on a plane, I took the subway down to Chinatown and got myself a $40 massage. That felt better. My parents arrived and we got sushi for lunch and then shopped around SoHo for a bit. In the evening, Debbie picked me up and we got some drinks at a bar called Le 26, soon joined by Katie, Kit & Debbie’s boyfriend Saevar. We…

I just had a really wonderful evening hanging out with LaToya…we just talked and talked and talked under this beautiful night (today was so nice and sunny). We started off with dinner down at the waterfront at Red Robin (yeeeeeeaaah), sitting right at the dock as the sun set…and then continued our conversation sipping wine up on my rooftop. It was awesome. I truly appreciate that she’s continued our friendship despite my breakup with Brendan. I really got to know a lot more about her tonight–she’s an awesome chick. Yay. Lately, I’ve been surrounding myself with good conversation with various women here in Seattle. This last weekend, I traveled down…

I had a really great weekend with my friend Willie visiting from San Francisco. We started off having the most amazing seafood dinner–copper river salmon of course–at Waterfront. The weather was perfect as we sipped our wine to a beautiful sunset and ended up talking for hours and hours. On Saturday, we headed off to a baseball game at Safeco to watch the Mariners vs. White Sox. In the evening, we watched a fun, silly Asian American play about love and relationships (aptly entitled sex in seattle) followed by a fun party at LaToya’s to celebrate her birthday. Yay. I really miss having friends that have known me for so…

ack, just got invited to a SEVENTH wedding this summer. at least this one’s somewhat local.

another fun evening–Liz and I went to see the Yale Whiffenpoofs perform at Benaroya last night. yay a cappella. afterwards, we caught up over drinks and food at the Triple Door. It’s interesting–we talked about what it meant to be a Smithie. For both of us, there was a sense of community, family, bonding and sisterhood. I just feel so comfortable around my Smith sisters. She and I could’ve talked for hours–it was great seeing her.

My trip to Washington, DC was quite packed, considering I was there for less than 48 hours. The first pleasant surprise was finding out that I was flying first-class both ways across the country–I had gotten my tickets using frequent flyer miles in the end and just assumed I was going coach. Wahoo–that was nice. I had a chance to catch up with Li Mei, see thousands of Harley Davison bikers, view the WWII Memorial, visit the International Spy Museum (very cool), and of course attend Linda’s wedding at Mount Vernon, VA. It was really good seeing Mei, Sabina & Linda–three very good friends from Smith. I miss them dearly.…