Kyle and I went down to NYC to watch the U.S. Open. I've been watching that event for over 20 years and this is the first time I'd ever been there in person. We really had a great time.
We went down on Friday and got to Katie's apartment about 1:00. She took us on a tour of New York - Times Square, Empire State, Battery Park, China Town, Little Italy. We met up with Becca and her boyfriend Tom for the latter half. After dinner in China Town, we had bubble tea - milky, iced tea in various strange flavors with large black balls of Tapioca in the bottom. You get these fat straws and suck up the tea and tapioca balls - crazy!
Saturday we hit the subway for the trip to the stadium. After a short wait in line, we rush in to Armstrong stadium to watch Gasques and Lubacic. Then we went to Ashe to watch Nadal and Blake (Blake won). Then to some outer courts to see Malisse and somebody. Then back to Ashe to see Agassi and Berdych. Then doubles with Mahesh Bupati and Somebody Damm against Lubacic and Acic? Then to Armstrong for Robredo and somebody. Basically, we overdosed on tennis. We didn't leave until about 11:00. Got back to the car at Katie's and left for home about midnight. Pulled in the driveway at about 3:00 AM. Ouch!
We had a great time though. It was great seeing Katie and Becca and Kyle was totally overwhelmed by the tennis. A pretty good trip...
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