Let's get science-y!

You all know science is not my thing. But occasionally I like to wander around the National Museum of Natural History. They have dinosaurs! And jewelry! They recently opened a beautiful new Ocean Hall, and who doesn't like marine animals?

As you can see, it gives the feeling of being underwater. The screens around the top show constant video footage of marine life. I think the architecture of the hall is my favorite. Apparently the arches in the ceiling had been covered up for years. I also love the blue skylight.

The jaw of a great white shark. Compare to the size of the person standing behind it.

The architecture of the building definitely gives off an old-museum feel. LOVE IT!

I also took some neat pictures of the stairwell.

Take-off

Blake and I recently rented bikes and rode down to Gravelly Point, which is located on the Potomac adjacent to Reagan National Airport. It's a popular spot for watching planes take off.

It's also got a nice view of the Washington Monument in the other direction.

Apple pickin' time!

Last weekend I went back to Hartland Orchard with Lacey and Lauren for our annual apple pickin' adventure. I love getting out to the countryside; it's so beautiful.

We trekked through the orchard on the hunt for apples...

But they had all fallen off the trees...

So we had to "pick" our apples from the crates...

Pretty!

Our next stop was the pumpkin patch.

Apparently it takes two people to cut a pumpkin off the vine.

We all show off our prizes.

And now for some gratuitous shots of the farm:

They still got the right stuff

The year was 1990. I was ten years old. My wonderful mother took me and about 5 of my friends to see the New Kids on the Block at Dodger Stadium. It was the best night of my childhood life, and I never thought I would get to experience it again.

Fast forward to the summer of 2008 when I hear that NKOTB is reuniting. I was so excited, I bought concert tickets the day they went on sale. I scoured my parents' house for old NKOTB shirts and memoribilia. The day of the concert arrived, and I was so giddy I felt like a schoolgirl again. At the arena, you could feel the electricity in the air as thousands of grown women waited for their former teen idols to take the stage.

My roommate Mary came with me. Why can't people learn to take pictures that are in focus...GOSH!

You could count the number of guys on one hand. This one was wearing an awesome retro jacket.

The sellout crowd filters in just before the show.

The lights dim. And everyone goes bananas.

And it's ON! (That's my boy Joey in the pink shirt. *Swoon*)

I'm a sucker for choreographed dance steps.

About halfway through, they decided to shake things up a bit and appear on a stage in the middle of the arena. Again, the crowd went bananas.

It was a great show and definitely brought back some memories. Unfortunately, Jordan didn't bring me up on stage and sing "I'll Be Loving You Forever" to me, but you take what you can get. (For better pics of the concert, visit the DCist website.)