LITTLE
ITALY
After work Friday I met up with Meg, another intern
working near the financial district, and we went to Trader
Joes by NYU. Since Trader Joes is inexpensive (and amazing) it was
chaos. But dried mangos & trail mix are always worth it.
After, we headed over (with
about a half-dozen apples and other groceries stuffed in my purse) to Little Italy. We shopped
around a bit and met up with some other interns for an authentic
Italian dinner … Nude Julius Caesar statue and all …
Little Italy has so much personality. It also has
cannolis on every corner. We heard Ferrar is the
place to go and it was a good choice.
We also made our way over to China Town and then Times
Square. Which were really fun.
MY DAY JOB: THE ULTIMATE TOURIST
I’ve decided Saturdays are going to be dedicated to all
things New York. And just straight fun
In the morning we ran along the Hudson
River. There was a huge group, “the shore walkers”—at
least a thousand walkers who just walk along different NYC shores every
Saturday morning. I’m seriously considering joining.
Then we went to Central Park for a
picnic with a group from the YSA ward. It was like no other picnic
I’ve ever been to with YSA members. (not that I have ever attended one but I
can only imagine…) Anyway, we had French bread, spreads of different cheese,
salami, fruit, and cookies freshly baked from the bakery.We had such a good time meeting some of the locals here!
Next we
hopped over to Donut Plant. Sadly, they were out of their
seasonal menu item, the banana pie donut, but we split a few different ones.
My
favorites: crème brule, peanut butter & jelly, and coconut cream.
Donut Plant is pretty close to the highline & Chelsea
market so we walked over, enjoyed the view, and window-shopped.
We also went over to SoHo where there is the best
shopping, ever including Chloe, Ben Sherman, Rag & Bone, Madewell, Tory
Burch, Free People, and so many more including awesome local boutiques
After what felt like an eight-hour treadmill session, we
were pretty tired and decided to head over to Times Square to see the new
Spiderman. Our movie didn’t start until pretty late so we had some ample time
to walk around & enjoy some talented performers like this guy…
(“freeeeeedom”)
Don’t
worry he had his BFF with a video camera on top of things so you should be seeing it on MTV at
any day now… and I’ll be in it for sure!
Our ward meets at the NYC temple in Lincoln Square right
across from Julliard. The area is amazing and has great restaurants including
Magnolia Bakery… so of course we went to as soon as church was over. After
fasting all day, few things have tasted better.
Banana-Bread
Pudding: the best
At church a group of guys invited
us to a barbeque at their apartment on the upper-west side.
OK the upper-west side has quickly become one of
my favorite places. We got off at 79th and walked down to 72nd…
it was the coolest walk. I can’t wait to go back and spend some more time
there!
Their apartment was on the first floor with an attached,
private courtyard in the back. The courtyard was all brick and line with
dangling lights, the sun was setting and it was a beautiful night. We had such
a blast getting to know everyone and felt so welcomed!
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