Two posts in two days!...is the world coming to an end? No, it's just me caving in to the demands of my adoring public and making more posts. Specifically, Jo telling me she's given up reading because I never update. So yeah, basically I'm just caving in to one person. But she adores me, right? And she's the public, right? Semantics. Shut up. Stop laughing.
Well another reason is I didn't write anything about my New York experience, so here goes:
- (Adrian, this one's for you) My trip kicks off on Wednesday night with a chance meeting at the airport with an incredibly drop-dead gorgeous half-Japanese, half-Chinese girl, Kristen. We were both early for the flight, happened to be sitting next to each other waiting at the gate, and hit it off instantly, chatting about everything until the boarding time. Next, my row happens to be empty, so Kristen asks if she can sit beside me (only an idiot would've said no). I've got aisle. She had her choice of window or middle. She chose middle, which was conveniently right next to me. =) I'm thinking, damn you gotta be kidding me. We talked the entire flight, she was apparently visiting her sister in lower Manhattan. We both took the NJ Transit to Manhattan, and even shared a cab from Penn Station since we were both headed uptown.
Now here's where it gets confusing. She asked me for my phone number, saying we should go out together in New York. I gave her my Toronto cell. I then ask her for hers, but she didn't know her sister's number off by heart. Before I can say anything else, we arrived at her sister's. She promised to call me.
But she didn't. A whole week has passed now, and still no call. Here I am thinking, here's a drop dead gorgeous girl with a great personality, we hit it off, she asks me for my number, and I'm thinking, what are the odds of this happening?! But no call. Someone up there is mocking me. Sigh.
- Thursday was pretty much touristy-day - James was at his Columbia interview all day, so I had lunch with Chloe at Mangia and walked around midtown Manhattan til James was done, then we went to Rockefeller Center, Radio City, Carnagie Hall...all the big spots.
- Ate cheap at Yoshinoya - $5 for a fast food big box of teriyaki chicken and beef! Pretty good deal. Then ate at Cold Stone, with its hour-long lineup but absolutely incredible ice cream - but the thing was a friggin' meal in itself. But it was damn good....I now long for a Cold Stone in Toronto. The most filling ice cream ever in my life. They mix in your ingredients (I had caramel, espresso, etc. in mine) right in front of you, it took us another hour just to finish it. Of course, seeing Al Snow and Coach walk in to lineup for ice cream as well distracted us too. =)
- Speaking of wrestlers, we met The Rock. Yes, the candy-ass whippin', eyebrow-poppin' Great One. Sat right next to his table, in fact. Really nice guy. Popped us a "hey guys, how's it going" and a wink and smile before proceeding to sit down with his party. I'm just like....WTF? The one time I decided to leave my camera at home, too. But while we oogled, it was obvious the native New Yorkers couldn't give a rat's ass - they probably see celebrities all the time. But that was cool to us! "Yo...isn't that the Rock?" "Nah, that's just a lookalike..." Dumbass.
- Ran into Bernice in Times Square, which was rather odd. We see each other in church all the time, but never knew each other's names until we ran into each other and exchanged weird "what the heck are you doing here" looks. Ah well, I guess that's another way to find out someone's name. =)
- Ate at Tom's Restaurant, of Seinfeld fame. Big mistake. They were extraordinarily cheap with the meats - an expensive reuben sandwich had one slice of meat, loaded with cheese and sauerkraut. And it gave us diner heartburn.
- Saw the big empty space that was once known as the World Trade Center. It still shocks me.
- Ran into Margaret and her friends in Century 21 - I swear, I run into that girl in the weirdest places. Got them to go to Avalon for clubbing that night (that's for you, Rena!)
- Clubbing in New York, I have to say, I think is a little overrated. It's aiiiight.....but of course, we didn't hit the big-time clubs with the 3 hour long lineups....but drinking in New York isn't bad at all =P
- Had dessert at Serendipity. Yes, the restaurant of the movie Serendipity fame. The inside is completely different, and there was an hour-long lineup, but it was well worth it. My frrrozen hot chocolate dessert was the size of my head.
- Made sure I locked the door to my unisex clear-glass-door washroom stall at Bar 89 so that it'll ACTUALLY FOG UP...unlike some people...haha
- Got to spend some time with Adrian and get to know what Eric has to deal with a little better....he's absolutely hilarious!
- As much as I had fun, I was miserable at the same time. It was friggin' cold in New York. Even though I did my homework and checked the long-range weather forecast, New York's 10 Celcius feels like -10. I didn't bring nearly enough clothes to keep warm, got sick, and sniffled everywhere I went. But....
- ...ultimately, life is good. Chloe, James and I all arrived at the same conclusion. We're enjoying life, having a nice dessert in Little Italy in New York, travelling...it just doesn't get any better than this. I lead a charmed, blessed life. I really shouldn't complain so much. At least one thing I know I'm thankful for, is that James didn't go to UT or I didn't go to McGill. Like Chloe says, we fight and argue so much like some old couple, that if we were ever roommates, we'd hate each other after the first month. So I'm glad we're so far apart, that's what keeps our friendship going strong. =)
[sotm] Chantal Kreviazuk's In This Life.
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