Costa Rica Suckers!

Costa Rica was AMAZING!!! We all have to go.......It is really tropical, and a constant 80 degrees. Katie, Brett and Ali all went for about 11 days, I couldn't take that much time off of work so I was there for the last 5 days of the trip. In those five days we went on a zip line tour through the jungle which was really fun, you basically clip to a zip line really high up and just hold on for the ride as you scale down a mountain side.

The next day we went on a monkey boat tour through a really amazon style river and fed the monkeys, it was so cool! the little monkey's were fearless and would come right up and grab the food out of your hand when you ran out of banana some would lick your hand clean it was unreal!

We also took surfing lessons and surfed on our own for the last day. Surfing was really hard and works allot of muscles i didn't even know existed but it was a rush. I swallowed allot of seawater though so after a few of those i wasn't feeling at the height of my health if you know what I mean.

The seafood down there is worth the trip alone, I think that was the freshest fish I have ever eaten in my life. The favorite was probably the fish tacos, man i am having withdrawals from those things.

The second night I was there we ate in a tree house restaurant, that only seats about 15 or so and you have to reserve ahead of time for them to buy all the ingredients that day. This restaurant is waaay up high in a tree that overlooks the entire jungle and ocean. It was gorgeous! Our friend Brett had his birthday a about a week ago so we had a second birthday dinner for him. It's hard to tell from the pics but it was very high up. The Chef was a local lady who basically cooked her real authentic home style cookin, while socializing and during dinner, the owner took pictures and at the end of dinner we had a little mini slide show of our whole night. A friend to the Edmond's family and now all of ours who lives down there has the CD of the pictures for the whole night so when we get that i will put up some more pics. So that was pretty much our trip, any additional time we had was spent sleeping laying around at the pool or getting ready to throw up from over stuffing ourselves with the amazing food they have down there.

Me and Katie.....the story

So Katie and I have been dating for 5 months this month yet it feels more like 1 year. She is an amazing girl and we are both very happy together which is kind of an important piece to the puzzle. Ha-ha. We have two little terror's that always keep us amused. The yorkie is Mason and the Pomapoo (Pomeranian poodle) is Luca.

We have been doing a lot together, trying to do as many new things as possible. So far we've gone on a spur of the moment road trip we went through Phili and got a hardcore Phili steak and cheese sandwich with cheese whiz and sautéed mushrooms and onions (I have never felt like I wanted to poop more than after I ate that sandwich.lol.)

Then we drove through D.C. and did a speed tour just driving past all the important sites, we're not much in favor of all the touristy stuff. After that we proceeded south to Virginia where we spent a couple days with her extended family, and it was a blast!

On our way back we decided to take the scenic route which ended up being about a 6 hour drive through the deep woods of Virginia, reminded me of something out of a horror movie. While we were driving I was enjoying the scenery when WHAM! An animal hit my car; I thought it was a raccoon or something so I kept driving. Katie then informed me that an owl had just hit my car. I went back to check it out and sure enough this huge beautiful owl was lying crippled on the side of the road. I wanted to make sure that it was dead so I moved it and it twitched, I couldn’t believe it so I grabbed a blanket I had in the back of the car and wrapped it up to take it to a ranger station. We drove 45 minutes back to the ranger station at which that time had just closed. While we were driving the owl starting freaking out and trying to get away, Katie is terrified of any bird so this was quit eventful, I could barely hold on to him anymore so we got out of the car and let him out and luckily he flew up to the nearest tree. Thankfully he wasn't too badly hurt; he was just stunned so when he came to he wanted to get away. We named him Homer.





I went to Florida to visit and meet her immediate family who live in Ft. Myers in a beautiful

home on the river. We went to the beach about 3 days in a row, it was an amazing 80 degrees

meanwhile back in New York it was 20 and snowing. That was a lot of fun and on Saturday night I made a HUGE Mexican fiesta with homemade Seron chips and homemade guacamole and salsa, mom's famous stacked enchiladas, fajitas, Spanish cilantro rice, and black beans. Everyone raved about it.

One of our favorite things to do here in the city is try new restaurants every week. Being in Manhattan, there is an endless supply of restaurants to try out so it never get's old. We love and appreciate food like a fat kid and a cupcake. Lol!

In a couple of days I am flying to Costa Rica to meet up with Katie and her friends, the wait is killing me! Especially because I know that she is already there basking on the beach. I am so excited to go; I will put up pictures when I get back in a week. So that should fill you in a little on the two of us......for now.