Last Day of Xtreme

Wednesday was the last day of class, so we said our goodbyes to the group. After heading to Ground Zero (see below) we went to a party that Luke, Jason, and Alisha had put on for all the photographers coming to visit NY. There were a ton of people there and it was a lot of fun!

Ground Zero

Wednesday night we visited Ground Zero. I didn't know what to expect, but when I got out of the cab I was a little sick to my stomach. The weight of the reality of what people must have gone through that horrible day in history overcame me. No matter where you are in New York City you can always count on it being noisy. When I stepped out of that cab, you could have heard a pin drop... it was so quiet. My heart goes out to all of the people that this tragic act of terrorism has touched. I do know one thing - after seeing how much was destroyed and thinking of all the people that were affected, I know that America can bounce back from anything and that American's will not stand for injustice. God bless America!

INSPIR(RED)

Tuesday night a group of us went to dinner. Then we went shopping at the GAP. We all bought something from the (RED) campaign. If you haven't heard about this yet, the (RED) campaign is awesome! A bunch of companies/people got together (The GAP, Apple, etc..) and for every (RED) product sold, they are donating half to the HIV/AIDS cause in Africa. So please get out there and buy (RED)!

After our adventure in the GAP, we went for a walk through NY. It was Halloween. We didn't see as many weirdos as I thought we might, but we weren't near one of the many Halloween parades throughout the city. We did however see the Ghostbusters! We ended up at Serendipity for desert. MMMMMM!!! This is the place that is in the movie "Serendipity". Good food! Huge deserts! Even bigger bill!! (as you can see below)

My Xtreme Masterpiece

We had to present a masterpiece at the end of the seminar and here is mine and my other favorite...

NYC Cont...

Monday night we went to dinner at the Mesa Grille, Bobby Flay's restaurant. Some of you may know Bobby Flay from the food network. Lauren Clark is a huge Bobby Flay fan and made reservations. There ended up being 15 of us. Charles ordered a birthday desert for Davina and it wasn't even her birthday. But it WAS hilarious! After dinner we took the subway down to Times Square for some photos. Wow! That place is lit up like the middle of day. Then back to Hotel La Quinta in Midtown to get some shut eye.