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After failing to get rush tickets to Avenue Q, they return to McSorley's to be abused by an Irish waiter. They note with amusement that "the cheese plate" is some slices of cheddar, raw onion, and a sleeve of saltines. Then they meet George for $1 stand-up (worth every penny) at the Telephone Bar in the East Village. Then George and Bryan head home while Leslie meets Danny. Here he is in his workplace. He's the volunteer coordinator at a nonprofit bookstore/cafe in Soho that raises money for homeless AIDS victims.![IMG 5048](_data/i/galleries/menalto_albums/travel/20050219/IMG_5048-sm.jpg "IMG 5048 (2031 visits) L&D head back to Brooklyn for a benefit party. "What does this party benefit?" it occu...")
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L&D head back to Brooklyn for a benefit party. "What does this party benefit?" it occurs to Leslie to ask about halfway through the evening. "Someone's sexual reassignment surgery." As it turns out. Awesome.
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After dancing among the lesbians like absolute freaks for an hour or so, Leslie and Danny make the somewhat questionable decision to walk home in the snow.
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Danny.
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After breakfast on Friday, Leslie and Bryan head to Harlem, so that Leslie can see at least one new thing in New York. Completely camera-weary, they take not a single picture. But Leslie can't resist some shots from the plane window as they leave from La Guardia in the afternoon.
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Bryan and Manhattan.
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Bryan and bridge to New Jersey.
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Goodbye!
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MESA day: kids compete in math and science events, like this egg drop.
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Judges crack all the eggs after impact to make sure they weren't hard boiled.
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Emily's judo competition
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Lining up for the anthem...
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Leslie and Emily
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Students pose with the Mexican flag...upside-down and backwards...during Cesar Chavez march.
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Mr. S and Mr. M inexplicably on a tractor on Cesar Chavez day.
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Leslie and Amy in front of the Parthenon, which you can't see. But it's there.
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Amy and Delia in Percy Warner Park
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Delia in early-spring-forest landscape
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Delia and Amy walk approx 6 miles.
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Amy photographs a brook.
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Leslie: I can't believe you guys are walking this far in flip flops. Delia: Well... [Leslie mandates photo stop.]
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ew
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Leslie, with stylish rolled-up pants, and Amy, in front of a view that would be much prettier if the trees had leaves
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said view
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Spot the owl!
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again
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Girls and boyfriends: Amy, Carl, Michael, Delia
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The Privates. Note the sign on the chest (it was technically Easter).
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Delia on Easter morning, unloading the alcohol.