5/22/2012

Family Visit for Graduation

Last week, these good looking people came and visited. My parents and Cass' bro, Colby, came out for my graduation. We  had an awesome time touring the city for the last time.

Everything worked out perfectly. The weather was beautiful, we didn't have any problems getting into our favorite restaurants, we got discount tix to Jersey Boys, and my parents even ventured to eat (and enjoyed!) the halal food from the cart on 6th and 53rd.
We walked into a building at Rockefeller to find a restroom and discovered this incredible, sprawling, mural by Frank Brangwyn and Jose Maria Sert called "Man's Intellectual Mastery of the Material Universe."
Heidi getting her fix.
Random author talk at Bryant Park. The hilarious Ali Wentworth and Justin Halperin.
Cass loved Halperin's Sh*t My Dad Says so she asked him for an autograph on the back of a piece of paper she found in her purse. He set aside the paper and signed a copy of his new book, I Suck at Girls,  for her instead. He is awesome. And Ali Wentworth was hilarious, too.
Spotted Louis C.K. shooting in LES.
No itinerary in New York is complete without a trip to Meatball Shop.
The weather was perfect. The evenings were beautiful.

Tales From the Underground

A few pics from our families' visit to NYC.

Law School Graduation

One of my favorite parts of my law school graduation was a moment in the speech by the student speaker that referred to something said by one of my favorite professors, Professor Chirelstein. 

The student was describing how law professors often end the semester: with a brief discussion of the larger themes of the course and a few words of wisdom. He described a few of his most memorable law professor send-offs, and one of them was Professor Chirelstein's. I still remember it vividly. 

On the last day of class, Chirelstein - a strange, scowling, and hilarious professor - looked around the room and said, "Over the course of the semester, I have come to hate most of you...but fortunately for you, I don't remember any of your names." I loved his wry humor.

It feels great to have law school behind me and I was happy to have my family there to celebrate and cheer me on.