"It's Been Way Too Long Since I've Done a Blog" Blog

(Also called the longest blog ever...). Today is July 1st (Happy Birthday Elisabeth!) and, contrary to what I was expecting last semester, I have kept busy all summer. Between work ( The Center for HIV Law & Policy), the Moot Court competition, and entertaining (Vincent's in town, see pics below) - I have had very little time to just kick back.

A blog is long overdue and there were many events between last March and now that were deserving of individual blogs. Ahem, let's start at the beginning...

Gina, Daniel, Amy, and I took a wonderful 48 hour spring break vacation to the City of Brotherly Love...





Here is the only picture of all four of us at Ben Franklin's grave...



























We were all a little surprised how cheap the orange juice was until we got it...



Best pretzels EVER! Thank you Robert Repino...


And of course, like total tourists, Daniel and I had to pretend to be Rocky Balboa...





And naturally there is video evidence as well...






THEN there was the St. Patty's day party that Daniel and Amy had at their apartment in Brooklyn (we decided later that it was indeed legendary...)





























THEN there was the end of my first year of school.

Well, there aren't any pictures to commemorate this event but I'll just say that I have never in my entire life felt as great a sense of relief. The year was grueling, awful, challenging, and yet deeply satisfying. I am pretty sure that there's a special part of hell (where all of the lawyers go) that is just a repeating first year of law school. Great to be done though - it's too bad there aren't any pics, oh well.


Here's a picture that represents how I felt that day...















Okay, THEN there was my Parent's surprise anniversary. They didn't suspect a thing and everyone agreed that the event was a success. Here's the video slideshow that was presented that evening.



... and some pics from the event...


The exact moment of surprise...































My little brother Vincent has been in town for the last few weeks and my favorite Maui-ian friends (Erin and Misha) have been in town as well. We've had alot of fun - here are some highlights..























































































































































































I will post more regularly from here on. There should be plenty of interesting things on the horizon this summer in the greatest city in the world.