Hey look sometimes she does get off campus!

OK so moving away from campus for a bit I have recently been into New York City with my host counselor and his wife and a family friend to visit the 9/11 Memorial and we had lunch at a diner in Greenwich Village. I also attended the “taste of Caldwell” event with my host counselor and his wife where local restaurants gave you free tastings of some of their fare. Recently we also attended the “Taste of Broadway” here at the college which was two stars from Broadway here on campus singing some hit songs from different Broadway shows. It was a spectacular evening!
In January I went with two members of my host club and visited the Thomas Edison Museum (along with the club’s president and his family), and then we went to the Morris museum (http://www.morrismuseum.org/collections/guinness/november.html) where we saw Lego art work (http://brickartist.com/), music machines and anamatrons (living dolls). The exhibitions were really amazing we were even treated to a performance of the machines and dolls. Afterwards I was treated to dinner at the best steakhouse in New Jersey (so I was told…it was certainly the fanciest one I’ve been to they even served escargot). It was a really great day.
I went to a Bon Jovi concert at a huge local festival by the beach on Sunday the 20^th of May which was amazing and can now be taken off my bucket list. I also have tickets to see Meatloaf in concert in July as he is performing only 18 minutes from my campus (I’m also hoping to attend a Toby Keith concert when I go to Chicago to visit RI - possibly at the end of August/start of September depending on price).
Next March I have plans in the works to spend my Spring/Easter break in Alaska visiting local clubs and taking in the scenery (I figure I have to use my winter gear at some point while I’m here and Caldwell doesn’t seem to be in the mood to make that necessary). I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights and the clubs around the area that I am planning to go (right below the Arctic Circle) have sent a GSE team to New Zealand this year.
Today I am going to lunch with two ladies from here at the college who are planning a trip to NZ in November and want some advice on where to go, what to do, what has changed in the last 11 years (which is the last time one of them was down there), and what airlines are best etc. So Im looking forward to being able to tell them a bit about NZ and what I love about it and help them find ways to make it the best trip possible.