Finally made it up to see Maya’s cat, family, and hometown for a few days this Fall Break before coming home…the most relaxing weekend I’ve probably had throughout all of Cornell :) Maya and I kept joking about the “exciting things” we did in Rochester… so here they are. I thought they were exciting. 

Day 1: garbage plate from Penfield Hots (pretty sketch), go through most of Maya’s childhood things (except for amazing home videos!! but including stories, agendas, and various family trees), walk around the neighborhood, Bananagrams with the family Rajamani. 

Pictured here: Fluffy commands the Bananagrams area as Mama R looks on lovingly.

Day 2: piano playing & apple crisp, driving adventure to see Our Lady of Mercy and the Ukranian Orthodox Church, having all the samples at the Pittsford Wegmans (the mother of all Wegmans-complete with Tea Bar inside), Erie Canal, puppet show with children, antiquing, and Shop around the Corner with the family Rajamani. Dinner conversation on Saturday included Mama R apologizing for taking time away from our going clubbing. “I’m sorry…did you just say clubbing?” Mama R: “Yes, I’m sorry if you wanted to do that.”

Pictured here: Interacting with several children at the Pittsford Library (Maya: “for a while there it seemed like Clifford and the golden retriever were trying to be friends. No idea what the skunk and hedgehog were doing though”). I look 5, except for the fact that my head’s pretty big. My mom, when seeing this photo - “Who’s older? YOU OR THEM.” 

Day 3: Waffles for breakfast & Sunday comics, and then road trip to Syracuse that Kiran planned so that we could hang out over lunch (Mama R: “Lisa…is this a date???” Me: “Oh my gosh no.”)