All Hale Yale!!!

In our quest to visit all of the Ivy League colleges while living on the east coast, we set out on a voyage towards yet another school. On Saturday, October 25th, the Brimmers took Yale by storm. We tromped around campus, uncovered secret societies, and pillaged the library. One might even say that We Came, We Saw, and We Conquered!

Robert Frost proclaimed that this was the most beautiful courtyard he had ever seen. Craig agreed! This is the courtyard is in the "Berkley College" complex.

This is the Nathan Hale Statue in the Old Campus courtyard. Apparently the CIA asked for a copy but the Yale Board decided they wanted to have the only copy so they said no. Well, the CIA didn't like that much so in the middle of the night they sent a crew to crawl over the fence, make a plaster mold, and recreated the statue. There is one outside CIA headquarters.
Hey Kristin....looks like you aren't the only Law Dawg in the family! Here's Ellen during her Yale Law School orientation.




PEABODY MUSEUM!!! Dedicated mostly to paleontology, the Peabody Museum was full of dinosaur fossils and other fabulous things - like a Siamese twin rabbit fossil....eewww.


Vanderbilt Hall - the original housing for women when they were first admitted to Yale. The "princess suite" is reserved for any heir of Vanderbilt that attends the school.
So studious! Here's Ellen cramming for the big exam that's coming up. Actually, Ellen's trying to study up and figure out when the train leaves.

Finally done with studying, Ellen heads out of the library. Libraries at Yale are meant to look like cathedrals, so subtle. Well, it's time to board the train back to NYC and leave New Haven. . . but before we go. . ...
. . .in case you missed it on the last blog - here we are with BOBBY FLAY!!!!

New York Food & Wine (and Bobby Flay!!) Festival 08'

Talk about a great NYC Celebrity Sighting....we met Bobby Flay!!! For Ellen's birthday Craig raised the stakes of great presents and bought tickets to the New York Food and Wine Festival. We had tickets to two events - Getting Real w/ Rocco and Cooking with Bobby Flay. For these two self confessed "foodies" it was an absolutely perfect day! Rocco taught us to make a quick version of paella and a black pepper and sour cherry glazed steak (ummmm!!!). Bobby's presentation was quite timely - Thanksgiving dinner! If we weren't already hungry, smelling all the delicious things cooking right in front of us absolutely made our mouths water! And then we had to run home to start cooking - trying out some new recipes!

Bobby Flay hanging out with the Brimmer's - just a normal Sunday in Chelsea Market!

Rocco and Ellen exchanging "best tips" in the kitchen. He really learned a lot!

Here Craig is getting some tips on how to get your wife to do all the cooking...

Another sighting - Morimoto!! While we both think we are amazing cooks, we weren't quite ready to tackle sushi so we opted not to go to his demo...maybe next year!

And here he is in action! Bobby Flay mixing it up with a turkey and some dressing. Smells so good that I need to stop writing and start cooking - so many great recipes, so little time!! Until next course!