Why we love NYC

So while walking down the street you imagine you're surrounded by brownstones and the like. And then, all of a sudden you run into what looks like a backdoor entrance to a multipurpose room in an elementary school. Up you look and low and behold there's a sprial staircase down the front of this buildng leading to where? Possibly behind the door. Yet you're semi outside while on the stair just to go back inside?

There's nothing like drinking under an elevated railway park and a gigantic, concrete structure. I had le bicyclette rouge. Was very tasty.

A few blocks away is an apartment building. Once inside, two steps down, and out the front, you're on a mini bbq balcony. Brings new meaning to front yard.

Continuing the stroll and happening upon a small country cottage with a picket fence on top. O fcourse. I would have it no other way. The best part was right after this a super jacked man in a muscle tee started jumproping.

Directly accross the street from our lovely sculptor's cottage is the Milk Bar. They have some strange desserts there. Mostly I think they're overpriced. They actually want to charge $44 for a pie that looks like an elementary schooler bought a crust and dumped a can in it. I had the strawberry shortcake soft serve with chocolate syrup. While it tasted like strawberry shortcake it had a strange saltiness to it, as did the peaches and cream. I will probably not go back there as my favorite thing there was the "compost cookie" and I can smash up some crap (pretzels, potato chips, coffee, oats, butterscotch, chocolate chips) and bake it myself. hah!

More interestingly though is this building below. How I have never noticed it before the other day I have no idea. It's the Kiels building on 13th and 3rd ave. If you look closely (or scroll down) it looks like what might be a single family, wood house, with yard, on top of a NY brick building. The first question that comes to mind is "who lives up there?" The second is "is it legal?" The third is "can i go see?"

Finally, the awesome part of new york is that you can enjoy your childhood games in a bar. Basically for free. Each game you play you get a ticket and 10 tickets later you get a drink. Pretty good deal in that NYC. Might as well play skee ball all night!

Saturday excursion

So Saturday's excursion started at exactly 333pm when we decided that we had to get Mike's.

I got my new usual, 1 slice of french toast, 1 egg scrambled, 1 turkey sausage, and a little bit of corned beef hash. All this for $4. Totally delicious. After the breakfast near the old Alma mater we rode to that Williamsburg.

Our first stop was Catbird NYC, a store which i love but cannot afford anything at. We moved on to Verb Cafe where I got the worst iced cappuccino that, oddly enough, was also $4.

Below is a much better $4 purchase made afterwards to calm my anger towards my horrible iced cap.

It's pretty awesome, right? It's a wooden postcard. Anyway, while buying this I noticed a bear just chilling on the counter and wanted to have it. However, it was not for sale =(

Our next stop took us to my favorite furniture store: A&G Merch
Just look at him. The boar. Look how cute and leathery he is. I want him so badly. Too bad he's $60. He would've so loved to ride in my basket home.

The best discovery we made was on the way to the Scultpure Center. See those neon pink shoes? Yes, those are the most recent addtion to my shoe collection. I got them at Alter. I also found what might be the coolest wallet in the world by Maxx & Unicorn co. The bifold wallet is so fun. I want it in orange and have left them my number and a message. Hopefully they'll make me one and get back to me on it.

We finished the night at Lounge 47. My fellow rider used to work there and recommended the food. Pretty awesome Fish tacos and Herb lamb sandwich. No pics. Sorry for the lack of food coverage lately. I've been far too hungry to remember to take snap shots.

The sandwich shop

So I went to the cambodian sandwich shop again on Tuesday night. The original plan had been to see 500 days of summer but due to a plotting incident we missed it. Hungry, annoyed, and tired the only thing we knew would console us was food! Clearly I ate
the sanwich before taking a pic of it first...again...

I love sunflowers. Aren't they just the happiest looking flower!

The bunn has been upset
with the humid weather as of late and has taken to fluffing himself to extreme fluff levels and then just lounging in swan boat mode.

Sunday

So Sunday brunch started at 130pm when hunger beat out laziness and we decided to head over to Chavellas. The original plan for the weekend ride had been to go out to Governer's Island, but with the late start and no desire to leave familiar territory, we set out for a ride through our old neighborhood.

You know the place you're eating at must have decent food if it can stay open on a mostly deserted street, with a view of a rehabilitation center, and horrible service.

The view from my seat. So gorgeous. And I say this with utmost respect for Prospect/Crown Heights but I do not believe that is a fancy old homes for happy, retired, old people.

My breakfast sandwich in its half eaten glory.

That MB's undercooked, 'embryonic', huevos rancheros.

The after brunch stoop sit.

After biking through the old 'hood, stopping by that French Cleaners (Stuart and Wright) for a little stuff action, and getting an ice tea from Tillies, we decided to get a whole Sicilian 'pie'from non other than the famous Luigi's Pizzeria.

No that's not it. I didn't get around to taking a photo so that's an icecream sandwich from the day before. It's a bench. How awesome. I want one.

Kid robot

I'm sure you've all heard of KidRobot and know of Hubert, Reginold, and Edmund Braves (not pictured)

(and yes that is a knight that says NIE! in the background)

and know that under that nice bushy tail is a dark and roend butt hole, but what you might not have known is this:

Yes, that is correct. That is a female SMORKIN LABBIT. It has a vagina. Or a recent enema....

You have to love that Frank Kozik, a Spanish Texan, developing such characters! The modern collectible.

WOW! Look TWIN LIONS on HOEWARD ST!

Lunch

Since my recent joining of a GYM (dreaded, yes I know) I am proud to say that I am on a Health KICK.
I have not kept snacks at my desk for a whole week. I know. I know. It's AMAZING. You wonder how I do it? Well, for lunch I had BBQ. Instead of indulging throughout the day I sat down to a nice hearty meal of MOIST brisket and schubb white bread from Hill Country.

After my grueling work out I came home to enjoy a nice tall glass of icecream and coca-cola, referred to by some, as a black cow.
No photo though. They must be devoured quickly to prevent melting.

I can hear some of you whispering in the background. Saying things like "what health kick?" "is this considered dieting?" "is she trying to lose weight?" Yes yes, it's all true!

Ecounters

When you hear the word Encounters you might think of aliens, clandestine meetings, or just shit you keep on the DL.
But you're all wrong. I'm referring to:

"I asked them why is it that a sophisticated animal like the chimp does not utilize inferior creatures. He could straddle a goat and ride off into the sunset." - Herzog

McMurdo, Antarctica

"...abominations such as aerobics studios and yoga classes"-Herzog

"Happy Camper" survival classes

Schubb cubes of ice for igloo.

Find the lost man in white out-bucket head 'storm'

"cascading error phenomenon"-Happy Camper instructor

"BUT WHY....!"-Herzog on deranged penguins that break away from their colonies.

"do not disturb or hold up the penguins" - rule for humans

Apparently the death of the human race is inevitable and one day maybe aliens will come and wonder why we've studied antarctica and will find:

A FROZEN STURGEON!!!

These are my favorite moments in Herzog's movie. After watching these people and how they've all ended up in Antarctica after having lived very different lives, and reviewing my own life, I began to wonder about my own encounters and how horribly lame they are.

For example today I had 3 classic encounters in the subway

1) a boy listening to backstreet boys, using these as speakers

2) all this attempting to balance on one woman's lap but instead whacking 2 people (one being me) repeatedly, while telling them they should be understanding of her situation.

3) Apparently, if I follow the 10 commandments and listen to the word of God he will come down from Heaven and save me.

Weekend Ride

So the weekend ride took me to Coney Island and through many
neighborhoods of Brooklyn I had not yet seen. Namely areas of single
family homes; some nice, some horrible displays of where money goes wrong. It was quite pleasant apart from that and the destination. I can
safely say that I will not go to Coney Island again. I am still
feeling a bit out of sorts after my classic nathans dog experience....Their fries are terrible. Good thing I finshed the day at Franklin Park with a nice cold pear cider.