I am here! Brooklyn seems relatively unaffected by the hurricane so far! I spent the last two days in Clinton Hill weathering out the storm. We went for a walk around 8PM last night and it wasn't too crazy out, though in other parts of the city it seems like it was. This morning we walked over to DUMBO and saw few downed trees and about 5 foot high flood waters on the buildings at the waterfront.
The subways, however, seem to be a completely different story! Nobody will ever go back to work I think. I would be surprised to see even limited subway service resume before next Monday but it could be longer. They started running buses today and full service is supposed to resume tomorrow. Both the bookstore and the MOUSE office still have no power, not sure when anything will happen in Lower Manhattan again.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Halloween Sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012
SANDY!!
Friday, October 26, 2012
October Trips
The last three weekends I have been able to leave the city which is something that almost never happens so I was very excited about it! The first weekend I went up to my friend Anna's Family's house on Grindstone Island, one of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River. There is no bridge to the island and no roads on the island so the only way to get around is by boat! On Sunday we took a boat ride in a crazy old wooden power boat and we scooted around some of the Canadian islands, going into Canada for an hour or so.
Here is the crazy house we stayed in, it had at least 5 bedrooms and a giant room upstairs with 8 beds in it!
Here we are on the Sunday boat ride and then the view of one of the side houses down the island:
The following weekend I went up to Rhode Island with my friends Eric, Anastasia and Rachel to Eric's uncle's house to do a big apple cider pressing. We went up a day early to explore Rhode Island a little and to explore some thrift stores:
Then last weekend I drove up to my friend Naomi's grandma's house near Ellenville, NY for her birthday. We spent a long time walking around in the woods looking for a swimming spot but never found it! I forgot to take any pictures except for this one of her in the house on the phone:
