Happy Independence Day, Peeps

July 4th, such a great holiday. I went to South Street Seaport yesterday and enjoyed the festivities with thousands of New Yorkers with a shared love of the 4th.

As a group we got a table at Uno, which was so perfect. The food was good and greasy, as all July 4th food should be, and we had a supreme seating arrangement that gave us a view of the fireworks without having to go out in the rain.

The theme of the evening was "Take Your Time." We got our table about 5 pm and the fireworks didn't begin till 9 sooooooo we had to draw dinner out into a 4 hour event. With a group of 12 girls though, it's definitely possible. Luckily with all the shopping and what not around the seaport we could take turns holding down the fort at Uno so no one was forced to actually sit for 4 hours.

Here's the view from our table. That's Brooklyn across the water. The Brooklyn bridge is pretty much right on the other side of the shopping mall. Although you can't see it in my picture, we also had a view of 3 of the New York City "waterfalls" from our table (http://www.nycwaterfalls.org/).

Uno was delicious. I'm kinda surprised that I haven't had any food that I didn't particularly like since I've been in New York. I've heard some stories and what-not, but so far all my food experiences have been excellent! So excellent, that I often eat more than I should. As you can see, Angela and I were full by the end of our dinner (and we shared!).

We tried to show y'all just how full we were in the pic on the left, but clearly Angela is better at expressing herself than I am (hahaha).

And in case you were wondering, yes, Angela is my long lost little sister. We look quite a bit alike...

Speaking of sisters, I think yesterday was the first time I felt a real amount of homesickness. It was super fun to watch the fireworks, which were really beautiful, going off on the pier with my New York friends, but I couldn't help feeling a little sad that I couldn't share the fun with my family as I usually share the 4th of July. So anyway, I'm fine, just missed 'em.

This morning is very gloomy. Extremely overcast and a little drizzly. I think I'm going to the Brooklyn Museum tonight so get excited for more updates!