long weekend recap

After finishing up work on Friday, Lauren and I departed on a redeye flight for a long weekend in upstate NY.  I didn't know what to expect from upstate NY, but thankfully it ended up being surprisingly fun.

Friday:

- Board 11:00PM flight to Syracuse, with a one hour layover in Chicago.

Saturday:

- Arrive in Syracuse at 9:30AM.  Picked up our rental car, a white Mustang, and headed out to Vernon Downs Hotel.  Unfortunately, even though we called ahead numerous times, we still had to wait almost two hours in the lobby before getting to check into our room, as their standard check-in time is 3:00PM.  In the meantime, we watched Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, which was pretty good.

- Attended wedding at Hamilton College in their campus chapel.

- After resting for a bit, we took the wedding trolley to the reception at the Oneida Community Mansion House, which used to host a some kind of wild free-sex social experiment.

Sunday:

- I was extremely excited once I learned we were only 30 miles away from Cooperstown, NY - the National Baseball Hall of Fame!  It was awesome, and Lauren was nice enough to be patient with me as I went through the entire museum (although I easily could have spent double the four hours we were there).

- Checked into Artful Lodger, our B&B in Clinton, NY.

- Watched Tropic Thunder - awesome movie!

- Got some mediocre pizza which we had to eat on the floor of our B&B room as we didn't feel like sitting outside with some other people in the living room area.

Monday:

- After my day of baseball, it was Lauren's turn to decide the itinerary.  We ended back near Cooperstown to visit the Bear Pond Winery, Ommegang Brewery and the Fly Creek Cider Mill, all really fun destinations.

- Our 7:30PM flight out of Syracuse was delayed, such that we barely made our connecting flight in Dulles before landing in San Francisco at about 1:00AM.

- Took the shuttle bus back to Anza Parking and finally returned back home!

All in all, a great weekend!