M and E Live by the Sea: Rochester

Well, it's been a while since we wrote anything, so I'd better catch you up on our recent trip to Rochester.

We were in Rochester in June to celebrate the wedding of some good friends. It was a great wedding and while we were there we had the opportunity to catch up with our other friends and family.

We arrived at the airport on a typical rainy, dreary, and grey Friday afternoon in Rochester. We picked up our rental car and headed off to our first stop.

As soon as we hit 390 I couldn't help but feel a sense of openness and freedom. I was in awe of the lane choices I could make! You see in San Juan on a Friday afternoon, you'd be lucky if you could get the car up to 45 miles an hour let alone be able to change lanes when you want. It was highway bliss.

Anyway, we arrived shortly at John and Randy's home where they graciously hosted us for a few nights. We settled in and had just enough time to catch up before we headed off for our next engagements. Maria was helping to setup for a baby shower she had the next day, and by virtue of existing, I was helping out too. We did what we could quickly, because we then had to meet the Kumar's for dinner, and I had to get to bed early to be up at 5 am for a drive down to New York City for my friend's bachelor party.

It was craziness from the time we landed until the time we left.

It was a long drive down to NYC and back but it was a great party for a great friend and luckily, I was just a passenger in the car. When I got back to Rochester I was grateful to arrive at a party Randy had put together for Maria and I.

The next day we took some time to relax in the morning and catch our collective breath.

At this point I can't remember everything we did, which should be a lesson to all of you who plan to recount a story to write it down soon after it happens.

But here is what I do remember:

We got to catch up with great friends in Rochester, celebrate a birthday, Maria got sushi with Sarah while I ate a garbage plate with Andrew, but we didn't make it over to Dinosaur BBQ, Maria got her hair did while I fell asleep watching Big Fish, I spent an entire day with my nephew playing catch, shooting pigeons, and avoiding the police while he skipped school (typical boy stuff), we spent time with my family, ate some of my favorite hometown pizza, saw all three falls at Letchworth and had a picnic in the park, ran a 4 mile trail race, saw our friends get married, played cards against humanity until 5 am, had a late brunch and hopped back on a plane headed for San Juan.

Like I said, it was crazy. And it was great to see everyone that we could while we were there.

When we left Rochester to move to San Juan, I wasn't so keen on the idea, but Maria was ready. After having gone back, Maria didn't want to leave. We both miss all of you back home and hope to see you in San Juan and we'll try to see you whenever we can get to Rochester.

Until then, wish us luck with this tropical storm, although it shouldn't be too much trouble for us since it's passing to the south.

Lovely view of San Juan as we were taking off for Rochester

I love watching the chickens roaming around the yard at Ethan's house. And their eggs are delicious!

We forgot we saved the top of our wedding cake. We decided to eat it while we were visiting since we wouldn't be back in August. It was better on the wedding day :)