Grafton/Boston Adventures

We drove from New York to Grafton, MA to visit the brother-in-law and it was a beautiful drive. The weather was nice and the scenery was so green. Much different from the Socal to Norcal drive...all dry...booooring.

Playing with the kids :)

Purgatory Chasm

This is my favorite picture :) 

Yes, the adult rolling down the hill is husband. 

Boston view from Cambridge

MIT

Boston

New York/Brooklyn Adventures

We visited New York and Brooklyn over the past weekend to see my hubby's sister and her husband, well I was really only there for a quick trip, but we managed to pack as much as we could into a short trip. The weather was really nice, not too hot, not too cold, and we walked a ton. Lets just say, my feet are not made for walking!

From a Brooklyn rooptop at sunrise

 

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

 Bonsai tree sculptures

 

 Throbbing feet ;)

 Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge

 I spy me a statue...

View of Washington Park and surrounding...this is my favorite pic.

Highline Park - an old elevated railway line turned into a 1 mile long park.

Traffic watching on the Highline.

 Lion King on Broadway - The show was breathtakingly fabulous.

Times Square

 Best Halal food ever - The Halal Guys

View from the Empire State Building

We also spent a few days in Grafton, MA to see my hubby's brother and his family....more to come in a later post :)

The LA County Fair

My labmates (aka people I work/slave away with) took a fun trip to the LA County fair last week with our PI (aka boss) - my lab is just too cool. This was my first time at a fair and I was kind of excited, even though I was still dealing with shingles pain, uh. Overall, it was a great day.

Here are some shots from our day:

Note: I didn't go on that ride. I enjoyed having my feet planted firmly on the ground.

Fair food may look amazing, but it definitely didn't taste amazing, sadly.

Bee exhibit

 Can you find the Queen? She's larger than the other bees and has a circle of worker bees around her that pet and groom her all day long. Here's a hint: she has a red dot on her head - the dot is not natural. It's for the bee keepers to identify her.

Pig races. My little piggy won the first 2 :)

 I won a chocolate covered banana for it (courtesy of the person I bet against, haha!). It didn't taste good.

Clydesdales

Fried Oreo