but, by the way, the subway here is stupid.

My parents were here over the weekend. They stayed with us in the dorm, too. (Just in case you were worried, they both got a bottom bunk.)

We went into the city yesterday. Had lunch in Chinatown with our boss and some people we work with, then walked to the Brooklyn Bridge. It was gorgeous! Then we went to Ground Zero, St. Paul's Chapel, and Battery Park (where the sculpture that used to stand between the towers has been relocated). It was a pretty emotional experience. There was a banner inside the church from Mom's hometown in IL and, the one that made me cry, a banner from Oklahoma City. There was a woman walking around in front of the temporary plaque of names screaming, "Bush is the terrorist who killed all these people."

Heavy stuff.

We also went to Times Square, took a boat tour around the island, and went to the top of the Empire State Building.

On our six-month anniversary.

The Chrysler Building is my favorite thing about New York. It literally took my breath away.