Princeton

So, we went to lunch at Chevy's and of course we overate, which worked out really well because we weren't tempted to do any snacking when we went to Princeton (well, not much anyway). After lunch we bought Sarah's ipod at Best Buy, she got a white Nano and of course Samantha said she wanted one. I told her that she could get one for Christmas even though she has an MP3 player. Yes, I know I'm a terrible mom! They are too materialistic, blah, blah, blah.

Anyway, we went to Princeton next. I took tons of pictures. We parked the car in a parking garage and walked toward Nassau Street. We passed a gemstone store and were told that the girls could get free rocks. This is a great racket, are you going to get a free rock and then just leave? No, Sarah and I both got earrings and if you bought two, you got a third pair for free. And Samantha got one of those necklaces made out of magnates. Here's a picture of our loot:



Then we walked to Nassau Street and went into "A Touch of Baroque" which is like walking into a museum. Their stuff is beautiful and funny, I really like to look around.

There is a wonderful church across the street with beautiful tulips:







This is Holder Tower:



I think this is a chapel, it is not part of the university:


This is Nassau Hall:



These were taken at the Princeton Public Library:




That was their gift shop! Yes, a library with a gift shop! They also had a cafe, 3 floors of books, beautiful furniture, on every floor they had computers to access the Internet. It is probably the best designed, most visually appealing library I have ever seen.

Princeton is a really cute town. If you are ever in NJ, you should stop in Princeton and walk around and visit the little shops. There's a bakery right across the street from the library that has a very good bread pudding muffin.

We did get to see the movie, I will post a review some time this week (I'm back in school, so posting should be lighter--it should be, but that doesn't mean it will be :-).