As most of you know, I only write on a rare occasions. I usually don't because of my poor writing skills, especially compared to the rest of my family. But Chelsea has been bugging me for 2 weeks to blog-- So I'm blogging about my interesting life- or so it was for a week. Chelsea this one is for you. This past Spring Break I flew down to see Chelsea in Washington D.C. While in D.C./NYC, Chels and i basically did three things- shopping, eating and of course some sister bonding. I would tell you all the deets about my vaca but that could take up 10 pages, so I will do my best to briefly inform you of everything! From screaming at Obama's helicopter to dining in JFK's old house to getting winked at by Corbin Bleu, Chelsea and I experienced the East Coast like celebrities. Not only were we practically famous, we ate out at all the famous places too. Some of those being; Busboys and Poets, Georgetown cupcakes, Eastern Market, Little Italy and Suefside. We also ate at Gadsby's Tavern, where George Washington stayed, (but Chelsea can tell you about that one later). The Saturday that I arrived Chelsea took me to the city of D.C. and we walked around looking at at the sights/cherry blossoms, we also went paddleboating right by all the monuments. On Monday Chelsea skipped work for some serious shopping in Leesburg, which normally takes only 45 minutes, but thanks to my mapping skills we got there in just under 2 hours. Wednesday it was take your sister to work day and I got to go to a pretty interesting meeting about living conditions for women in Africa. Right after that, we went to the Peruvian Embassy, where an author spoke about being bi-racial. Thursday we headed off to NYC and nearly missed our bus and I got to see the wrath of Chelsea (but I'll explain more about that later). When we got there we didn't really feel like walking around much, so we took a tour boat ride. It lasted two hours, and 30 minutes into it, Chelsea and I were ready to jump off. We thought it would be a good idea to sit outside on top... until the wind reached 300 miles an hour. After reaching land, it was time for us to go to In The Heights starring Corbin Bleu. It was the best broadway show I have ever seen! Especially after Corbin winked at us. After the show Chels and I contemplated on getting a picture taken with him for $60 but we thought the money could go to something more useful- fake designer purses. On Friday, Chelsea's birthday we shopped most of the day and soaked up the essence of NYC. We decided to put our names in the lottery for Wicked, if you won you received FRONT ROW, $25 tickets. A couple minutes after we put our names in, they called Chelsea's name!! I was so excited I wanted to scream, but then I realized I was in a public place-- I could barely contain it. I think Chelsea was a little embarrased of me but hey, how often do you win FRONT ROW $25 tickets to a broadway play in New York? Because we won tickets, we had to change our bus tickets to a later time to leave that night. Little did we know it would soon become the worst bus ride of our lives. After leaving Wicked a little early and racing to catch our bus, the bus was late. While we waited we were surrounded by mysterious drugs, baby daddy's and a bus driver who didn't speak any English. Did I mention that I had the worst migrain ever and Chelsea was acting like Medusa so we would get there on time. Let's just say, I was near tears. Putting that aside, everything in NYC was surreal, I couldnt believe I was actually there. It's non-stop craziness and I loved every minute of it. Chelsea is a blast and we always get along so well. I had such an awesome time and I experienced the East Coast just the way I wanted. Thanks Chelsea!
Here are a FEW pictures we took while there:
First day in D.C.; Townhouses in Georgetown
Paddleboating
Cherry Blossoms
Dinner at JFK's old house-- No big deal.
My little African kids
La Casa Blanca
Statue of Liberty; Boat ride from down under.
Times Square, giving ourselves Sephora Makeovers
Haling a taxi for the first time; I was a regular.
Sitting in Central Park.
In the Heights- Corbin Bleu totally winked at us.
Winning front row, $25 tickets to Wicked.
6 comments:
Hey little "D" great post! Finally I get to hear about your fantastic trip to Chelsea's house. Beautiful sisters in D.C. and NYC, showing people how to have a great time. Loved all the pics!!
(P.S. You will have to enroll in YVC because our house was too quiet and lonely without you and you were sorely missed.)
Hooray, Darla! I'm so excited to see you posted, finally! Now you just have to keep it up. I laughed right out loud while reading and Chels has some friends over in the front room--just totally embarassed myself. Why don't you post more? And I LOVE the pics! You're such hotties!
I won't lie I've seen Chels be Medusa a time or two, but she def knows how to show anyone a good time. Im glad you guys had so much fun! I feel a little left out that I didn't get to visit, but oh well. I guess that's what I get for being stuck in Pootah!
DA,
Thanks for finally posting! And in my defense you were so busy taking pictures of celebs and trying to save the homeless someone had to be responsible. I really miss you! When are you coming back?
I loved hearing and seeing about your DC trip. It sounds like Chelsea was the perfect guide for you. She loves "crazy busy" as much as you do. Ricker just looked through the pictures and said he misses Chelsea. Glad you guys had so much fun. We missed you at the parade this year.
Chelsea is indeed the perfect tour guide. Mom and I are going to try to get out to see her again sometime this year. The thought of Chelsea and Lil D alone in NYC is a little scarry.
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