At the beginning of September, we visited Ezra’s brother and sister-in-law in New York/New Jersey, went to a friends’ wedding in Sidney, Maine at a beautiful music camp called: New England Music Camp, AND surprised my parents in Seattle for my dad’s 63rd birthday!
Let’s start with the New York/New Jersey visit…
We stayed with Ezra’s brother and sister-in-law in New Jersey, and almost every morning I was able to go out for a run and see this…
This is during one of the long walks we took on the weekend!
One evening, the four of us met up with Diane and Bart for dinner at the Strip House. Best. Steak. Ever…
Oysters to start!
After dinner, we went to the Canal Room (owned by one of our friends), and got to hear a live 80s band! They were amazing… 
We also did a “touristy” walk across the Brooklyn Bridge 🙂
Randomly saw some street performers along the way
And had a walk through Central Park!
On Monday, September 9th, I surprised Ezra with his early birthday gift: tickets to the final match of the U.S. Open!
He was super excited 🙂 We sat pretty high up, but luckily even those seats were great! We were able to see every point clearly, and we didn’t feel so far away from the action.
Nadal (in grey)
and Djokovic (in red)
By the end of warm-up, the stadium was completely filled!
It was a PHENOMENAL match, and Nadal (ranked 2nd after Djokovic) won! 
Run. Eat. Sleep. 