Birthday Weekend

So, I'm not so good at this blogging thing. I mean, really this lack of blogging isn't helping me land a book and movie contract a la the Julie and Julia blog. So anyway, I can't just cram all of my adventures in to one post, so I'll do a little at a time and hopefully eventually catch up. So this post is about my birthday.

My birthday was May 28th and I turned 22. For my birthday my dad came to visit! We had a blast.
First we went on the Staten Island Ferry. This is a free ride past the Statue of Liberty to Staten Island. We took pictures and tried to explore Staten Island, but then we quickly realized you can't really do much without a car, so we went back. On the way back we took a picture in front of a bridge that we thought was the Brooklyn Bridge...it wasn't.



Also...notice dad's face. hehe.

So another great story I love, Dad has found that he has a bit of a heart for the homeless. We were going into the subway and there was this guy asking for change and dad was like "you know, I have some here in my pocket". He put the change in the man's cup. The man then proceeded to say "bless you man, you're awesome" as he was extending his fist for a fist pound. Then my dad and the homeless man shared in a brotherly fist pound. It was heartwarming, and semi-hilarious.

Dad took me to see West Side Story on Friday night. I was happy and shocked. (He isn't much into people breaking into coordinated, harmonizing, and unison dance and song) But it was nice and we had fun. I especially enjoyed the moment during intermission when dad texted mom saying it was "half-time". ha.

Saturday we set out for Yankee Stadium. It was pretty much amazing. Did you know that Yankee stadium has a Sushi Bar. Yep. Talk about classy!
Favorite Moments
1. Swisher's walk-up song was "Push It" by salt n peppa. hahaha
2. When Jeter gets on base they have a screen flash that says "Jeter Meter" so clever!
3. This guy.



4. The overwhelming presence of Yankees fans. I didn't feel like a minority.

Things that were NOT my favorite
1. The fact that people where different teams shirts to this game. I can respect that they may be wearing a Cleveland shirt because that is who the Yanks were playing, but why were people wearing Cubs shirts? I even saw one Football Jersey! Come on pal...wrong sport. I developed a pet peeve when i saw this. Kinda like my pet peeve about mixing different team paraphernalia.
2. If you were wondering, the Yankees do not allow air tight containers into their stadium. So, those of us who brought our spray SPF 30 to the game had to throw it away and buy a $5 mini-tube inside.

On the way home dad got to experience some Subway entertainment when a little old man with no teeth spoke and sang a monologue in which he was supposed to be a man and his wife arguing about something. It was interesting.
When we finally got home, (which was late. That game lasted forever!)We went upstairs and the Getz family had a cake for me! It was so nice! And the cake was delish!

Sunday dad and I went to Central Park. We got a Jamba Juice and walked around. It was a really pretty day. Dad kept pointing out different parts of the park convincing me that it was where they filmed Home Alone or other scenes from movies...of course I believed him. I never learn.

We walked down 5th Avenue and saw them filming scenes for The Smurfs movie. Neil Patrick Harris is in it! He wasn't there though. It was an extras scene at FAO Schwarz.

And that was pretty much our weekend. We had so much fun! It was definitely one of the best birthdays I have ever had. Thank you all for your calls and texts. I'm lucky to have so many great friends! Love you all!
-Han