Living Pharr: Hello there, strangers :)

Yes, it has been a month and half since my last post. And, I know there was a long lag time between that post and the previous post. However, over the 12 weeks that made up this semester, I have had 10 tests, weekly clinical assignments, weekly lab assignments and the list goes on... Of course, the good news is that I am done! YAY! And the even better news is that I landed an internship at Bellevue Hospital for the summer - BIGGER YAY :) I am very much looking forward to working at a hospital as renowned as Bellevue. And of course, this will look very good on my resume ;)

Even though Matt and I have been super busy, we have managed to make some time for fun :) Over Memorial Day weekend, we went to Baltimore, Maryland. So, we got to add another city, another state and another ballpark to our respective lists ;) It was a very fast trip (about 36 hours), but we fit a lot into that little bit of time.

Saturday in Baltimore

When we arrived, we first went to lunch at a place our friend, Trish, recommended called Captain James Landing. I unfortunately did not get any pictures, but I should have. The tables were set up with mallots and plastic utensils, dressed in heavy paper (for all of your crab-leg-eating-messiness) and each table had its own plastic, over-sized beach bucket to use as a trash pail. It was great and the food was just as good.

After lunch, we headed towards Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles. See, Matt and I have several life "ambitions" - one of them is to hit all 50 states and another is to hit all of the US major league ballparks. So, our trip to Baltimore helped us gain a new state and a new ballpark :) We saw the Orioles play the Kansas City Royals. It was a really nice ballpark. It reminded me a lot of The Ballpark in Arlington - same kind of look and feel.

Matt, me...and my arm ;)

Saturday night was date night in Baltimore. Props to Matt for planning date night in an unknown city (he actually planned the whole trip as I was swamped with school - sweet husband :)) and finding one of the most romantic restaurants I think we've ever been to. We went to Kali's Court, which had a dark, swanky, old-world atmosphere inside, and the outside seating was surrounded by vines, trees, shrubs, flowers and any other kind of greenery growing all over. You really felt like you were in a secluded garden. To top it all off, the service was wonderful and the food was very, very good. Good job on date night, Matt!

My entree ~ mahi mahi with jumbo lump crab and risotto (so good!)

Matt's entree ~ seared sea scallops with bacon risotto and lobster sauce

Sunday in Baltimore

Sunday was really all about cruising the harbor. We had a lunch cruise set up and just kind of lazed around until then. The lunch cruise was very fun and a great way to see the city. I took a ton of pics on this cruise, so I will narrow it down to a few :)

Our vantage point from the inside

All the pretty boats

Fort McHenry - the inspiration for The Star Spangled Banner

Baltimore fading away (before we turned around, of course ;))

Trying to get some scenic shots on the top deck, but didn't work out too well - but we still look good ;)

After the lunch cruise, we went up to Federal Hill, which is supposed to have the best views of the city. I must say, the views were pretty good and I got to use the panoramic function on my camera phone :)

And, of course we made time amidst the madness of these last few months to celebrate our 4-year anniversary :) We had heard about The River Cafe, a very classy, elegant place on the river in Brooklyn overlooking Manhattan. It is a really special place and was just perfect for our anniversary dinner :)

The View