the road is life: it must be love.

when i moved to new york, i didn't really come with a bucket list. so, after being here for about 7 months, i guess i'm making a list up as i go along. so far, i've added/checked off a yankee game, attempting a met game (i'll get there!), seeing the alexander mcqueen exhibit at the met, and a bunch more i'm sure i've overlooked. the us open was added to the bucket list just by chance and i'm SO glad i went! my friend lauren and i decided to get ground admission tickets which let us see any match except those in Arthur Ashe Stadium. we weren't sure we would get to see anyone "big" but we knew that just being there with all the greats would be an experience in itself. well, we were SO surprised at how lucky we got with our tickets!

we set up camp in Louis Armstrong Stadium around 10:30am and didn't end up leaving the stadium until 6pm! we got to see #20 Janko Tipsarevic from Serbia win a 3+ hour match. it was long and we were tired for them! then we won the jackpot--#1 seeded Novak Djokovic from Serbia played #22 Alexandr Dolgopolov from Ukraine. we figured it would be a quick match but boy were we wrong! the first set was better than amazing--Dolgopolov proved to be quite the competitor, only to lose the first set in a tie break of over 30 points! unfortunately, he didn't have the stamina and Djokovic won in 3 straight sets.

if anyone lives in NY or the tri-state area, or if you're a tennis fan, i would seriously consider planning a trip to the US Open. i would go back in a heartbeat! take a look at our adventure :)