Electric Lib

Real Carnegie Update

Here 'tis, the promised update about the whole Carnegie adventure. It began early in the morn at Alice's, where a few moms, a bunch of girls and Sam all headed off to New Haven Connecticut (we planned to stay in Alice's family's cottage in CT, so we took the train from New Haven to New York City). Kate, Sam, Alice and I volunteered to ride in the littler car with Sam's mom (as opposed to the van), although unfortunately for me, I got stuck in the middle in the back seat, even though I'm the biggest out of Kate, Alice and I. But it was alright. Then again, Kate and Alice have mastered the art of annoying me and succeeded in doing so for a while. Which basically involves hitting my cd player so it skips, playing rock, paper, scissors right across me, staring at me from either side, etc. I know, they're too cruel.

All was well upon arriving to New Haven, except due to a parking situation, we missed our train and had to take one an hour later. We finally did arrive in NYC however, and Kate and I were pleasantly surprised to see that it was Fashion Week! That didn't have much impact on our visit though, it was just neat. Then we went to the wax museum and then to dinner. Then, what we were all there for, the VYO concert at Carnegie Hall. There were loads of Montpelier people there, and plenty of Phish fans (who occasionally felt it necessary to hoot and hollar when Trey was out there, and were also dressed in their t shirts and baseball hats which was pretty funny/odd, but very Vermonterish).

The orchestra was very impressive! We met up with Abra and Julie to congratulate them after the show. Then a bunch of us went out to get dessert at this place that was covered with pictures of celebrities that had been there, so that was neat. We had to quickly say goodbye to Abra and then rush to get taxis so we could catch the 12:22 train to New Haven. We got back to the cottage a little before 3:00 AM. Which translates to us staying awake for 21 hours (since I got up at 6:00 AM the morning before). We then slept for a bit and had breakfast and drove back home! It was a wonderful trip, but I'm glad to be home. Now it's nearing time for me to head to bed, I'm sleepy!
Posted by lib at September 15, 2004 08:47 PM