A Rainy New York Morning

Today is a rainy morning in New York City! Here is a picture of Amanda on her way to ABT for classes this morning. Thankfully, our apartment is really close to ABT (400 feet door to door) so we didn't have to leave until 8:25 to get there at 8:30 (when they open the doors). As we arrived, they were opening the doors, so Amanda went to the back of the line and entered the door about a minute later, so she didn't have to be out in the rain too long! It is raining very hard and there are flash flood warnings today. Our apartment is on 20th Street between Park and Broadway and directly across the street from Teddy Roosevelt's childhood home.

Today Amanda has yoga, technique, pointe, and dance history. The technique and pointe classes are a little longer than usual, so she is tired but is having a great time! She is enjoying meeting the people here--the students are from all over the world. We have been relaxing in the evening by watching "Friends." I bought the complete series DVDs before we left, so that has been fun, and it seems appropriate since the show takes place in New York City. Tonight we are planning on eating at an Italian restaurant (La Pizza Fresca Ristorante--it is pictured here) that is actually downstairs in the same building we live in! I posted the picture here. We hope you have a good day!

Beth and Amanda