Sarah's Graduation

Larry drove to New York with Karen and John since I was already there and I met him at the Hilton where we were staying.  I had to walk right by Uniglo from Grand Central so that's how I happened to go there again and this time I found a jacket that I liked.

We had a wonderful dinner at the Capitol Grille in the Time Life Building.  When I knew that we were going to be eating there it reminded me of when we ate there for my parents anniversary.  Not at the Capitol Grille but on the top of the Time Life Building in a restaurant called Tower Suite.  When I researched it, I found that it closed a long time ago but also that it was featured in an episode (4/29/2012) of Mad Men.  I remember it being a prix fixe menu and very elegant.

The Capitol Grille was on the ground level and there was nothing fixed about any of the prices.  They could go high up!  But everything was delicious and it was an enjoyable evening.

 Larry got a piece of birthday cake since it was his birthday on graduation day.

Graduation was outdoors at Fordham and instead of it raining it was hot.  We sat for all the speakers but the handing out of the diplomas was taking place at different venues in the afternoon.  We left before that and I don't know if Sarah even stayed for that.  We never did see her that day.

The station was right outside the campus to get us back to Old Greenwich and we arrived just in time to get on the train, get back to OG, get my car which I left at the station and drive home.

We were going to be home for 13 days before we took off again.

Georgia - April 26 - May 5

Today is actually July 3rd and I haven't posted anything for 2 months.  I am going to try to recap, at least in pictures what's gone on in my life, which has been a lot, in those 2 months but will be putting it all in chronological order as if I had done this in a timely fashion.  So this first entry will encompass everything from when we left Florida through Allison's graduation on May 4th.

We went to Michael's lake house in Georgia on April 26th.
We played golf, tried to stay warm, the weather wasn't exactly great, played some golf, drove around the area and spotted this snake.

 We went to our favorite restaurant in Greensboro, The Yesterday Cafe, and got a Blue Plate Special.

 We each got the blackened grouper, but different sides and they have the most delicious cornbread!

 For dessert we shared their famous buttermilk pie.

We left on May 3rd and went to Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA and stayed with Doris and Michael in a villa near to Auburn University for Allison's graduation the next day.  Unfortuantely the weather was cold and rainy and we even lost power for a while when we were trying to get ready for the graduation.  Fortunatley, the graduation was indoors.  We met Ally and a friend for dinner the first night at Irish Bred Pub in Opelika, AL.

 The next day we met at Ally's apartment.

 and then went to graduation

Larry and the graduate