NYC Road Trip: Ames to Dublin
Things seem to be getting nicer the further east we go! We left Veronica’s house with a breakfast in hand, and the rest of her homemade cookies in a little paper bag. It was another easy drive as we crossed into Illinois, Peoria was a cool looking city, we both thought it might be worth a visit someday in the future.
After crossing into Indiana we started getting hungry and turned off into the small town of Covington to look for lunch. The main road into town is bordered by seemingly endless cemeteries, including a combo cemetery/golf course! We had some fajitas and then got back on the road.
We finally arrived at our stay for the night in Dublin, OH. This is a very happening city and is a “tech hub” of the midwest. It’s got trendy coffee shops in historic buildings, and a brand new gentrified millennial nirvana commercial district. It was a very comfortable place, and the weather was warm and windless making it even better. John originall planned to go to Cleveland, but I convinced him to go through Dublin so I could meet up with my former boss at Quantopian, and current friend and mentor Jean Bredeche. He recommended a vegan focused eatery (the first since leaving the west coast! haha) so John could get a proper meal. He got this cool bowl, the picture doesn’t do it justice. And he raved about it as the best falafel his ever had. John finally got a good meal this trip!
Jean and I hit up this food court a block down for our meals, but because it was near closing the only place left was this mexican joint where I got a steak burrito bowl. It was great, and I especially loved how they chiffonaded the lettuce, making it much easier to eat. It was amazing to catch up with Jean in person. Quantopian was the single most formative experience of my life, and I will be grateful to everyone who was a part of it. Of course, I had to wear my Alphalens shirt :)
Thanks Jean! Tomorrow is our last driving leg, here we come Jersey City!