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The three Pastorii in NYC! New York, New York Start spreading the news You're leaving today (tell him friend) I want to be a part of it, New York, New York Your vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray And steps around the heart of it, New York, New York I wanna wake up in a city, that doesn't sleep And find your king of the hill, top of the heap Your small town blues, they're melting away Don't make a brand new start of it, in Old New York You always make it there, you make it anywhere Its up to you, New York, New York! -Frank Sinatra Last March, my sister, Anne and I flew to NYC to see our younger brother, Dan. While we didn't have a ton of time to explore the city, we did have lots of quality time with our brother and a few of my good friends from Boston College (Kenny), Macalester (Cara and Nick) and the Fogarty Program (Miranda, JZ, and Anastasia)! Here are the highlights from our St. Patty's Day weekend in NYC: Top dining experienc...

Unlike Seattle, where we had 6 months of showers to welcome beautiful spring of more showers and lovely flowers, like daffodils, tulips, rhododendrons, cherry blossoms and peonies, the ground "Up North" was still thawing out from our 16 inches of snow we received in APRIL! However, we basically skipped spring and are now in full blown summer with temps in the upper 90s! April snowstorm  The trees are just started to form buds, and a daffodil or two started to peak up from the ground and the hungry black bears have come out of hibernation and enjoy free meals on the weekly garbage day (I guess that's why they say don't put your garbage out the night before). The lilac bushes are starting to pop. Welcome back Mr. Black Bear! Hiking at Gooseberry falls Luckily, we have all officially come out of hibernation and sprung into summer! Within two weeks we went from 12 inches of snow to a weekend with temps in the 80s and then hit records for Memorial Day weeken...