that girl who rides the horses that dance

Roc. The 585. The Roc. Rochacha. Flower City. Flour City. Whatever you want to call it, Rochester has been my home for the past six years. A week from Sunday, I am moving. I am leaving the city. I don't know when or if I will return.

I have some very exciting news, but I want to wait until everything has been confirmed before I share it, but I do have a place to live. I'm looking forward to sharing my news with you all in a few days!

I have been reminiscing about Rochester the last few days, and wanted to share with you all a list of things that I'm going to miss when I leave.

In no particular order:

1. Rochester Institute of Technology
2. My sisters of the Delta Lambda chapter of Alpha Xi Delta. 
3. My pony (temporarily)
4. Irish Rose Stables
5. The lilacs in the spring. 
6. Related, the annual Lilac Festival. 
7. Further related, the various festivals that Rochester hosts throughout the year. 
8. The Roc City Tattoo Expo
9. Walks along the banks of the Genesee River
10. Mt. Hope Cemetery
11. Brockport
12. The way the leaves change colors in the fall
13. Icy Lake Ontario on a windy day
14. Lake Ontario in the summer
15. The first few snows of the season
16. Warm summertime rains
17. Not having to use air conditioning until July
18. The 19th Ward
19. Living within 10 miles of the airport all six years
20. The Tiger East End Express
21. Living in downtown
22. Running on the loop at RIT
23. Running my 2.5 mile loop around the University of Rochester
24. Amerks games at the Blue Cross Arena
25. The RIT Men's Hockey home opener during homecoming
26. Brickfest and Rockfest
27. Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe
28. Dorje Adornments
29. The fact that RIT was built on a swamp
30. Three Brothers Winery
31. War Horse Brewery
32. Wine tours along the Finger Lakes
33. Seabreeze
34. Seneca Park Zoo
35. Niagara Falls being only an hour or so away
36. Being able to take day trips to Toronto
37. Party buses to Buffalo
38. MacGregor's
39. Wall Street
40. Jeremiah's Tavern
41. FreezeFest
42. California Rollin'
43. Seeing the Genesee River frozen over
44. Ice skating at Ritter
45. Games at the Polisseni
46. The cute Starbucks on Monroe Ave
47. The "secret" road behind the airport that lies next to the runway - perfect for watching planes take off and land close up!
48. Dribbles in Chili
49. Insomnia Cookies (they deliver to RIT!)
50. Calio's
51. D.P. Dough
52. That delicious Hibachi place in Pittsford
53. The cuteness of Penfield in the fall
54. Red Wings games at Frontier Field
55. Tilt
56. 140 Alex
57. Toronto Pride
58. Garbage plates
59. RIT "lore" (the RIT Bear story comes to mind)
60. Strong Museum
61. Corning Museum of Glass is only an hour away! 
62. Buffalo
63. The bars in Buffalo that don't close until 4am
64. The gorgeous and modern Starbucks on Mt. Hope
65. The tiny yellow flowers in the spring
66. When the snow melts for the final time
67. Nighttime walks on campus
68. Gordon Field House
69. Mud Tug
70. The College of Science
71. The Visiting Chef from D'Mangu on Mondays and Wednesdays
72. The salads from the Student Alumni Union
73. Nathan's
74. Authentic wings
75. He's Chinese 
76. The Hot Pot
77. Abbott's
78. The secret bar above the wine bar on South Ave
79. Corn Hill
80. Cobb Hill
81. The Genesee River High Falls
82. The Calkins Road Wegman's
83. The Genesee River trails
84. The ability to bike anywhere
85. Being able to walk from the Amtrak station to my old house
86. Painting the Greek rock
87. The public libraries
88. My professors
89. The cheap gas from Coastal on East River
90. Delta Sonic's free vacuuming
91. The cheap car washes from Royal
92. The RIT Hockey legacy
93. The RIT Lacrosse legacy
94. The Center for Campus Life
95. The Quarter Mile
96. The tiger statue on the quarter mile
97. The sundial in front of Gracie's
98. Chocolate & Vines
99. Mendon Ponds Park
100.  Artisanworks