:)

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Trip to NYC

So last week a couple of friends and I went to NYC to attend a career fair for Financial Engineering students at NYU.
Still, we had some time to enjoy the city. Here are a few pics. I would like to thank PJ and Yann for these great pictures.

On our way to Detroit airport

Time square

Our regular meeting point: Mc Donald's at Time Square opened 24hrs a day (enfin un pays où on n'est pas prisonnier des 35h...)


We mainly used the metro, which is kinda dirty but quite efficient to roam through Manhattan at peak hours

Yiming, Yann and myself


We went to the Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum: Modern Art section

Metropolitan Museum: Modern Art section (ctd)


We went to a presentation on credit risk at Sofitel Hotel with wine and hors d oeuvre degustation during the afterwards networking session, that was really cool.


In the limo to go to the bar. From right to left: John (commodities trader), Mazen (Supelec and Michigan alumni who has helped us a lot with great pieces of advice), PJ and myself


Let's go clubbing

Time Square at night time

Time Square at night time (ctd)


Time Square at night time (ctd)


Time Square at night time (ctd)


Toys R us at time square: Keshav, Yann and myself


Toys R us (ctd) : PJ, Yann and Keshav


The Empire State Building


The Empire State Building (ctd)


Flatiron building at Madison Square



Madison Square: metallic sculpture of trees


Madison square: I wish you were here Sarah, you would have loved it!


Madison Square + bogoss


FAO Schwartz: the most famous toy store in Manhattan



FAO Schwartz: this picture's for you Sarah ;)



FAO Schwartz: these were all made of legos



FAO Schwartz: it's a boy!!!



FAO Schwartz: Yann and PJ getting ready for Halloween


We took one of these ferries for Staten Island to go cross the bay. That was a nice ride!


The Statue of Liberty


Downtown skyline

no news? --> midterms

the midterm period ends on Tuesday right before my trip to NYC

Trip to Kerrytown

This morning I woke up and realized that eating so much fast food was not good for me. Therefore I decided to go and make something healthier. I got up, stared at this lovely poster above my bed that PJ and Yann gave me as a present...

When I opened the door of the fridge, I saw I had nothing except the option to go back to the fast food restaurant...


So I decided to go shopping at Kerrytown, which is just 2 blocks away from my house :)

Oh yeah, I forgot, I pick up the wall street journal every morning in the grass

A glimpse of my neighborhood on my way to Kerrytown

I love this frontyard

Kerrytown here we come


That Zingerman store is very popular in AA since it has a blend of "exotic" products hard to find in the US


This is the terrace of Zingerman's café. The style is very European as you can see



Inside Zingerman's


The employees were very friendly =)


Their cheese

American people love cheese and are ready to pay a high price for it...
(the price is per item)


Some more cheese


Some more bread

The pavement gives a particular flavor to Kerrytown compared to any other district in AA

Kerrytown (ctd)

This is were the market takes place, like in Europe !


What happens when

On that square where there is the store where I went to buy some food there was something going on...


Belly dance!!!! yeehaa!!!

And a really good singer later on.

This is the store where I bought everything I needed: you may be thinking about cheese and French bread...

... Nope, organic hamburgers !! (I desperately love American food haha)


They turned to be very tasty :)