Wild Crazy 30th Bash

Our 30th bash was a trip to the fun and happening town of Ithaca, NY.  It's where we spent four years of our lives, where we met, and where we fell in love.  We were originally going to go to New Orleans, but it was a good thing we didn't because Hurricane Isaac rolled through town earlier that week and would have definitely killed our plans.  But, we had the wise foresight to opt for a trip down memory lane in good ole' Ithaca.

So, on labor day weekend (the weekend after my birthday and the weekend before Aslik's bday) we flew to Philly, then took a little turbo jet prop over to Ithaca.

Before I start my picture reel, I must preface them with the admission that in an effort to get this post written up, I have opted to post my pics sans photoshop.  I'm currently in NJ, but my laptop is home in Houston with Aslik.  I managed to upload all of my pics to flickr before I left so now I can still post them.  Posting pictures without editing kind of feels like stepping out without your makeup on...oh wait, I don't wear any makeup anyway! Ok, well then nevermind, I'm going to be shameless and show you the pics anyway.

So, our most important stop in Ithaca was our alma mater - Cornell University!

Listened to that clock chiming every hour for four years...

The top of libe slope - had to climb the giant slope every day my Sophomore year.
Aslik has no sympathy because he climbed that hill for 3 years!

Where we had our first lunch "date" as friends

Where Aslik took me on our first real date - it was a  fantastic(free)
Jewish dancing/spoon playing concert.  I believe we lasted about 10 minutes.

West campus view of the slope - I lived in the tower on the left my Sophomore year.

View of my Arts Quad from the top of the clock tower

One more look at the iconic clock tower and Uris library...spent countless hours studying there.
Aslik, on the other hand, never needed to study...no fair.

We even caught a rare sighting of the Big Red Bear on Ho Plaza!

We also visited one of our favorite spots - Robert Treman Park

Amongst our friends, this is known as the "Magic Spot".  It truly is magical
when you climb into the gorge and enjoy the waterfall up close.




While hiking, we saw these people walking their pet.....goat.  Seriously?!?


We drove out to Taughannock Falls, or, er....where Taughannock Falls is supposed to be. It's the tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi.  However, because of the dry summer, there was no water.  Shocking!!

We spent some time driving along the Cayuga Lake wine trail.  We did a little bit of sampling, but really went for the scenery.  I made Andy do a photo shoot with me.

On the grounds of Sheldrake Point Winery

Sorry, the color of this one is so different from the one before even though it's the same scenery.  I changed the settings on my camera and couldn't edit the two to look similar.




Seneca Falls Episcopal Church

Of course we had to do a fun picture as well....I said gangsta pose and somehow I
managed to come up with my fobby pose.....maybe I'm going for fobby gangsta?

We had a fabulous time, ate great food, and got to enjoy a weekend in the nice and temperate climate of central NY.  Turning 30 wasn't so bad.....:-)