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There's a search engine (powered by Yahoo!) that is called Good Search. You can choose a charity you like, and each time you do a search through them they give $0.01 to that charity. I know, it sounds like so little. But honestly, I do tons of searches every day for the stupidest things, so even that will add up. So check out their website and see if they can find what you're looking for.

The Modern

Well I had the best graduation celebration last night. Gay took me to The Modern - that nice restaurant at MOMA. 4 hours and 7 courses later (plus petits fours and a special graduation dessert) we were stuffed!

It was great. They brought out a special pistacio chocolate concoction on a plate that had "Congratulations" written on it in chocolate and it was just all wonderful. And can I just say "chocolate tart." I highly recommend it.

We had a table looking out on the sculpture garden and the restaurant itself is fabulous. The best part was that when we sat down Gay knew the man who would be serving us (she apparently goes there enough to know people). Then, another guy came out and she knew him too! He had helped her get the table last minute. She is so connected!

Down Dog

My sister Heidi is giving away the fabulous Mommy & Baby Yoga DVD she produced. That's right. If you see "An Inconvienient Truth" and send the ticket stub to her all you pay is shipping. Sound too good to be true? Well check it out at the Down Dog Productions website. This offer only lasts through May 2006 - so hurry!

And don't you just love the logo!

Tassles

And finally (a week later) here are some pictures from graduation. They let me walk even though my thesis isn't due until August 1 (the fools). And Kathleen went to Washington Square Park with me yesterday to take some nice pictures of me with my hood and the whole outfit. Very fun.

me and the arch in Washington Square Park

Felicia snapping her fingers at me in line

Me in the park (again)

The Three Graduates - Alicia, Alex & I at Grad Alley

Sheetal & I at Lincoln Center for graduation

Art City

In Florida I also spent some time exploring the Art Deco in South Beach. Lots of places to see and great design.

Gators and Sunshine

Well, thanks to work I got to go down to Key Biscayne & Miami, FL last week/weekend. They sent me on a 3-day conference to learn more about my job and how to do it well. That was all nice, but the best part was staying at a beach resort for 3 nights! Of course, that led to me having a little too much fun on the beach after the conference let out Friday. I'm more red than tan, but I still hold out hopes that it will fade to a lovely shade of brown. After the conference I moved into a $20/night dorm bed in South Beach (work stopped paying at that point). It was on a little pedestrian street called Espanola Way with great little shops and restaurants all around.



And only 2 blocks from the beach - which I visited, but only after the sun went down.





I also got to go out to the Everglades - about 45 minutes from South Beach - and see alligators and turtles and other wildlife. We rode in a fan boat and got to watch some Gator Wrestling too!







All in all, a great trip!

Waves of People

I ran into another protest Monday after class. I came down into this massive sea of people coming down Broadway (again) - this time to protest the harsh immigration laws currently being kicked around in Congress. For an article and pictures of what went on in LA check out this article in the LA Times. The photo galleries are amazing, there were so many people. They also have a great article on what political ramifications the protests might have.