Today was my first "day" in New York City -- at least day time. The first thing we did was take the R to the 6 train to get to the Upper East side. While riding the 6, I fulfilled a life long dream of riding the 6 while listening to Jennifer Lopez's CD "On the 6." Surprisingly enough, the song I picked finished withing the exact amount of time I was riding the 6. Fate? I think so.
For brunch, we went to Sarahbeth's in the Upper East side, which was amazing. It was this adorable little brunch place with quite a few old people. Sara and I decided that you can tell if a brunch place is good depending on how many old people you see there. Old people know their brunches. I was going to take a photo of these 3 old ladies, but Sara said that would be ridiculous and forced me not to. The food was delicious; I had Crispy Potato Waffles (think latkes, but in waffle shape and fluffier).
Afterwards, we walked to the Guggenheim. It was much bigger than the Peggy Guggenheim in Venice (at least in my opinion). They had this great exhibit on Louise Bourgoise and their permanent collection was fantastic as well (Pollock, Van Gogh, Manet, etc).
After spending a few hours at the museum, we went in search of the Belvedere Castle in Central Park -- too bad it took us forever to find it and possibly longer to find our way out of Central Park. Finally, we ended up on the Upper West side. We didn't really explore, as we were on our way to Greenwich/West Village.
I had a list of things to do in the West Village -- eat at Bamn, hang out in Other Music, and move the giant cube. Too bad none of them happened. The food at Bamn actually looked kind of gross and Other Music was closed. People were sitting around the giant cube, so that didn't happen either. We also went on a long hunt for a bathroom. Finally, we ended up at S'mac for dinner. Delicious, although I probably should have gotten the Nosh size.
Tomorrow will be busy as well and Sara's mom is coming.
31 August 2008
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