saturday continued

after brunch we went to the hell's kitchen flea market. got some obama in '08 t-shirts. st. patty's day inspired. it wasn't a very impressive market, but a market all the same. had a canole. and then stopped in to the cupcake coffeshop for some jasmine tea and a bathroom break before meeting ted to head over to MoMA. someone handed me a flyer about the big bang theory. i'm not sure what the message was, but ultimately it was expressing pity for those of us who take stock in the theory. it basically gave a bunch of scientific facts and said if you believed it they congratulate you for having more faith than all the christians combined and they feel sorry for you. whatever. the universe isn't 3000 years old.

so ted, rich, and i walked through rockefeller center to get to MoMA, that skating rink was so much bigger when i was a kid. we got close to central park, ted was hungry. we dipped into a building where ted knew a good burger, but the line was long and we stopped in angela's rock n' roll deli instead before meeting stephany in the park. listened to a jazz quartet, took some snapshots at strawberry fields, people everywhere. a beautiful day. we walked and walked. past the bandshell and people dancing on roller skates, roller blades, and a segway to disco music. frisbees, dogs, babies in strollers, bicycles. lovely. ted was about to do the potty dance, we made it to a starbucks on 77th and lexington. the dirtiest bathroom in nyc. not what i expected on the upper east side. stopped in to look at some puppies before we headed back to the hotel. when we got closer to the hotel there was this shoe store. nikes. ranging from $80-$4000. rich got a pair. (not for $4000) called thanksgiving. looking at them makes me want to eat sweet potatoes.

we met ted and stephany again in brooklyn to have some pizza at grimaldi's, but the line was 60 deep. we walked back to have pizza at a place called oven instead. it's on henry street next the the blue pig ice cream. another delicious meal. seems like all we did was eat and walk. but it was great.

the first day it took a minute to get acclimated, but by then end i was ready to move to ny.

i'll be editing pictures this week and have them posted on my flickr page.