I'm off to D.C.

This past weekend was hot hot hot in the city! Some days were over 100 degrees. Being inside my apartment was miserable so I tried to be in cool, air conditioned places most of the time. On Friday I went to Bloomingdales for the first time and bought a cute pair of Betsy Johnson earings. Then I went to the Museum of the Moving Image to see the Jim Henson exhibit. Yay Sesame Street! To beat the heat on Saturday, I went to see Captain America.

And I saw it by myself. My first loner movie theater experience was really good and it's something I'll probably start doing more often. But at a less expensive theater. As for the movie itself, I really enjoyed it. Chris Evans as America's hero? I'm definitely okay with that.

Sunday I tried to stay at church as long as possible to enjoy the air conditioned environment as long as possible. Later that evening, as it cooled down, my roommate and I went for a walk through Riverside Park. We saw the last five minutes of an outdoor play called The Seagull performed by the Hudson Warehouse. Interesting. We also saw FIREFLIES! So cute!

And now I'm leaving the city for a little while to visit my friends in D.C.! I'm excited to get out of the city and a change of scene. I haven't been there since I was about 9 years old so that will also be cool. So I only worked today this week. And I'm off to a new city tomorrow...

Bullet Points

• Ate a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon for lunch at the Melt Shop located in the Citigroup Center (which includes one of my favorite buildings)
• Did some cool drawings for work including a shower bench and a wine room door
• Ate cupcakes at Crumbs, Sprinkles, and Billy's Bakery. My favorite? Banana cupcake at Billy's.
• Had snowcones! Well, they're called Sno-balls in the south. Tiger's blood of course and they came in Chinese food take-out containers. Cute!
  

• Slept in... a lot
• Saw the movie Larry Crowne. It was over-priced (what's new?) and interesting
• Went shopping at Loehmann's, which is basically like TJ Maxx or Ross, and bought two shirts.
• Did NOT get sunburned at Rockaway Beach. Yay!
• Ate an ice cream cookie sandwich at Insomnia Cookie.
• Went shopping at Trader Joe's and resisted the need to buy the 5lb chocolate bar with almonds.
• Spent 4 hours at the D&D building shopping for samples for various projects only to have basically all of them turned down. That's the life of an interior design intern.
• Went to a karaoke bar. It was very entertaining.
• Do you want to know the best part??? I saw part 1 and part 2 of Harry Potter 7 at Times Square! It was the back-to-back midnight showing. I went there straight from work at 5:30 pm to meet up with friends and get good seats. I was there until 2:30 am. Can I now be classified as a die-hard fan?
  

• A great couple of weeks in a great city with great friends.
  

The Four-day weekend of the 4th

I did a lot this weekend with an extra day for fun.

I had margarita pizza from Lombardi's, New York's best pizzeria, though I like John's Pizzeria better--they pile on the basil!

I went to the Cloisters and explored architecture and artifacts from medieval times. It was pretty interesting but I especially loved the surrounding area that it was set it. There were were gardens, lots of trees, and parks. Being in the city, I forget how nice green, living things are!

On the 4th, some friends and I went to Coney Island to witness the hot dog eating contest world championships. I made sure to eat my hot dog from Nathan's (it's been around for almost 100 years!) before it started because afterward I never wanted to see a hot dog again.

I saw the carny (as in carnival) rides but I didn't want to take the chance to actually go on one. Plus the face above the entrance kind of creeped me out.

The beach was packed! I mean, look at all those umbrellas. Just don't look too close because there are probably people in swimsuits that they shouldn't be in. I warned you... Overall, Coney Island is a place you need to see when you're in New York because you're in New York. But once you've seen it, you don't need to go back.

Probably my favorite part about the weekend was going to Little Italy and Chinatown. Even though those places are pretty touristy, they have this charm that is unique to each place. I bought a little cell phone charm from a nice lady in Chinatown and I need to go back and eat some pasta at one of the many Italian restaurants that line Mulberry street.

Happy 4th of July everyone! I hope you had a great one!