Friday Things #7

It's finally Friday and here's my message to everyone at work.

Here's our weekly roundup to kickstart the weekend.

Sidra

1. My roommate and I had an adventure day in Queens!

After picnicking with some friends on Sunday, my roommate and I looked at each other and decided that an adventure was order. We visited the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows park, so the outside of Arther Ashe stadium, got amazing food truck tacos, wonderful Indian fusion food, and ended the adventure by picking up dessert from Martha's Country Bakery. Queen's is quickly climbing the best borough power rankings.

2. I visited the Bronx Zoo

The Bronx Zoo has been on my bucket list ever since watching the movie Madagascar, but I have to say this visit was a little overwhelming. It might be because Milwaukee has a world famous zoo, or just that as an adult I understand how sad zoos can be. The walk through the zoo was very scenic, and I appreciated that many of the animals were rescues.

3. The French Open is happening?

After rediscovering my love for tennis during the US Open, I was surprised/excited to learn that the French Open is happening after being rescheduled due to Covid. I've really been enjoying having tennis on in the background while working.

4. The first presidential debate

5. I had a four day work week

Covid cancelled all of my travel plans for 2020 and I recently realized that I still have almost all of my vacation days for this year that I need to use. This week I decided to take a day and indulge in some self care - face masks, knitting, binge watching Netflix - it's been great

Ekta

1. I ordered a new skateboard!

My goal is to learn how to do an ollie but it's really hard on a longboard. So I've decided to purchase another board to practice on. I think she's a beauty but time will tell.

2. Had an incredible time discussing the debate with friends from college.

Our Columbia chat is pretty quiet but there's nothing like a raging dumpster fire debate to get all of our messages to start flowing

3. I made plans to hike a 14er with a friend

I've been trying to plan a trip with my high school bffl for 10 years and it's never worked out. But now that we have a goal in mind - grey and torrey's peak and a tentative date I'm hoping that this plan will come to fruition.

4. I started construction on a dress

I've been an avid subscriber of Coolripa's youtube channel for many year but I've never tackled a sewing project before. I decided to construct a dress out of some left over fabric my dadi has. I've enlisted my dad in this journey. So far we have a circle skirt and some weird pentagons for the top.

5. I tried a bunch of new recipes this weekend with my dada as my sous chef.

We made halayang ube, lotus root stir fry, tom yum soup, pad kee mao, vegetarian crab cakes, vegetarian lobster rolls, and lemon bars. It was exhausting and so much fun!