Let's talk about the weather.

Linda!!!



This was the soccer field the kids played at when I was babysitting Saturday. The parks are ridiculously beautiful right now.




Little girl I babysit took this picture.


Also this one.



Linda and Joanie. We are at a hookah bar so that Joanie can show off her belly-dancing skills, and Linda can show off her Arabic/Egyptian-speaking skills, and I can show off my baklava-eating skills.



Me and Joanie. This photo looks like it was very well planned but actually it was the only way we could both squeeze into the picture. We had a very cramped little corner table, which we only managed to get in the first place with our various skills. Actually, though, the last time we went to this place, Joanie got up and danced with one of the waiters. They were so impressed that this time they gave us a table even though they were technically not seating anyone, and on our way out one of the managers offered Joanie a paid gig on one of their performance nights. It's cool to have awesome friends.




BAKLAVA! We ate the cherries before anyone could take a picture, or else it would be even prettier. But really, who puts cherries and whipped cream on the same plate as baklava?



Little boy and girl I babysit at the Morningside duck pond.



Joanie dancing. It was hard to get a good shot because the view through my camera was pitch dark.



Fish we ended up feeding when the duck and goose weren't interested.


Formatting is too hard on this thing, hopefully the juxtaposition will be interesting for all of you and mentally challenging so as to prevent Alzheimer.

Loooooooooooove,
Eva

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Joanie, Anna and I (future suite mates--Joanie and I will be in a double togeth) went to Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera House last night with our English class.



The woman whose hair is in the bottom right corner of the photo is my English professor who took us all. The seats were pretty serious, but there were little subtitle screens on the backs of all of the chairs which was fun and made things a lot easier. The libretto was not necessarily enjoyable, however (in the program they defended it by saying that Verdi, the composer, had insisted on the librettist choosing words based on their sound on stage rather than any literary qualities, so it makes sense that what little there was would be lost in translation. Lots of nice irony, though, which is how I like it.)



Anna, Joanie, and Gigi--all on my floor and in my class. We got yelled at by the usher, but continued to take photos. How could we not?!



Anna and Joanie had great outfits.



You can't see anything in this pic, but I promise I did as well.




Linda wanted credit for these pics. I'll post one of her one of these days.




This was the Seder that I'm sure I've already told all of you about--it was excellent to be able to socialize with grown ups, eat delicious food ("Hillel Sandwich = apple-nut mortar + Matzah, Matzah ball soup = DELICIOUS.), and of course learn about Passover. And when it was all over I got to take home a Trader Joe's bag full of hand-me-downs home. Love Julie.



Jane and Julia, on our way to Julia's Aunt and Uncle's apartment for delicious scallop pasta, avocado and tomato salad, chips with Guacamole and bean dip (gotta capitalize guac as it is the most important part of any meal), and chocolate AND banana cake for dessert (they let us take the remainders of the dessert home with us, and needless to say they disappeared within a night.) I also still managed to squeeze in some moo shu pork and cold sesame noodles later on that night (a favorite on our floor--thanks to mom for introducing me to Empire Szechuan).



Marshall and JC! Ventured across the street to come see us.



Marsh and Joolia being adorable. Also, Anna's room being adorable.



JC and Dominique (other future suite mate). Adorbs.





Yasmeen being gorgeous as usual.

Aaaand that's all!

whining

I'm sick. I think the babies transferred their cold to me, except it's so much more intense for me because all they have to do with their lives is watch Maisey and eat cereal and I have 2 programming assignments to get done this weekend as well as cleaning my room (we're hosting an accepted Bnard student Sunday) and I was going to go to the Bronx Botanical Garden, but clearly that will no longer happen...
But here are 2 pics of the lovely ladies in my life. We sat out on the lawn by college walk to do homework (work on our tans) the other day when it was warm.

Roomie:



She's got fabulous bone structure and fabulous hair, as you can see. She's also a fabulous room mate. I'm honestly not sure how I could have made this transition w/out her.


Future Roommie:



Also don't know what I would've done here with out her.

In a nutshell: Strong, beautiful Barnard women.