Party in the ROC

Megan & Katie at Salinger's, August 1, 2008

We spent last weekend in Rochester. I haven't been up there for an extended period of time in quite a while, so I tried to pack as many of my Rochester favorites in as possible (most of which included food...). We went to Mex and I got my huuuuge platter of delicious Mexican food and some margaritas to polish it off and definitely didn't miss a stop at Abbott's for chocolate almond frozen custard (seriously...I could roll in that stuff. Mmm...). I finally got to spend some time with Megan, my college and post-college roommate. It was sort of odd to be in her new apartment-- one of the rooms has all of our old living room stuff, so it was almost like being in our old apartment. Kind of bizarre for me. We had a good time, though. I was lucky enough to get up there during Park Ave. Fest, an annual arts/crafts/food/music festival held in my old neighborhood. My big purchase was a necklace (see below) made of pewter (I think) and painted with enamel...totally neato burrito.

My Park Ave. Fest Purchase

On Sunday, we stopped in Orchard Park on our way back down here. I got to spend some time with my parents, my sister and my grandmas...all in all, a very nice weekend.


On a side note, I just have to say THANK YOU to all of my family and friends who have donated to my Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes campaign. You guys are the best!! I set an initial goal of $500, and in only a couple of weeks, I've already reached $575! This is a cause that is hugely important to me, so I'm very excited to boost up the goal a bit. The walk is on September 28th at The Pittsburgh Zoo; donations can be made here.