A Visit

Today I took advantage of the fact that all my classes were canceled to go have lunch with on of the most devoted readers of this blog... (yes, Shirin you have some competition) my grandmother! After lunch we went for a walk along the Potomac river near Mt Vernon (George Washington's house) and the leaves were unbelievable! I've never seen them so bright.

The only other noteworthy thing (at least of the noteworthy things I would put on a blog) to have happened recently is that I got my hair cut - a lot. So I've included a picture of that too.

Great seeing you Grandma! And see you again soon.

Me, Grandma, and a beautiful tree
Same idea

No more hair

Virginia's Vineyards

Tiffany, Sohail, and Alex at our first stop.

The view from the first place. In the background were mountains but they didn't come out in this picture.

Sohail and Alex

Saturday Sohail and I went with a high school friend of his and his wife to visit some of the vineyards in Virginia not too far from DC. This weekend the leaves were far more colorful than last and there was a slight fog that hung over the landscape so the drive was beautiful. The wine ranged from very good to horrible! What was nicest was seeing all the old farm houses that had been converted into wine tasting areas. It was a blast and way better than studying for evidence which has taken up the rest of my waking hours...

Harper's Ferry hike

This weekend, I took the MPRE (an ethics exam law students take before they can sit for the bar and since we're inherently unethical I found it to be harder than everyone says it is... for example, who knew that you can't put a $20,000 payment for your client in your own bank account in the Caymen islands for safekeeping?!).

But the real highlight of the weekend was that after the test Sohail and I went for a hike near Harper's Ferry, W. Va. The weather was great and the leaves were starting to change color. At the top of our hike was an overlook with an amazing view. We could see the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers which is also where W. Va, Virginia, and Maryland meet. Plus, Harper's Ferry is a really cute town where some homes and storefronts have been turned into replicas of what they would have looked during the civil war. The rest of the town is mostly crafts shops and restaurants. It was a wonderful day.

For all the frenchies reading this blog - this is real americana. Come visit me and I'll take you here.

One of the streets in town. Really there are only two so I guess this is 1/2 of downtown.

What more can I say?

Look at the leaves!

A view of Harper's Ferry from the mountain.

The Potomac river

On the way back down.

On our way to get the "custard" Harper's Ferry is famous for. I thought custard was like pudding but either I have it wrong it there's another definition for custard in W. Va. but there it's more like soft serve ice cream (much better the pudding in my book!).