Isn't It a Shame?

Well, I went adventuring yesterday!!! I've been in New York for almost 3 weeks, but this is the first weekend I've spent here, so the first real chance to get out and about!

THROWDOWN with Bobby Flay
I've been watching a lot of FoodTv down here in NY. A LOT of FoodTv.

One of the shows I saw was Throwdown with Bobby Flay - this chef travels around and challenges other chefs who are experts at a certain thing(say, Chowder) to a "throwdown" face-off at their specialty! So I was watching Bobby Flay take on the Surfboard Chowder King, who is this guy named Ben Sargeant from Brooklyn.

So I did some research and found Hurrican Hopeful, the restaurant this guy owns! So I took the subway over to Brooklyn and found this guy's place! I had the monkfish chowder which was quite yummy!

I did some exploring and found this neat urban-chic flea market where people were selling neat homemade jewelry and tshirts and purses and things(sorta like that Craftster website alison likes). I almost bought some neat mini-buttons for muriel and Ali since they both seem to like buttons...but they both seem to have lots, and I wasn't sure if they really wanted/needed more buttons. I bought two used books - "Big Fish"(you know that movie? yah, the book.) and Angels and Demons, the other book by Dan Brown.

Then I took another couple of subways to get over to the Brooklyn Bridge. I'd seen a Rachael Ray's $40 a Day: New York. She stops in at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory which is this neat little ice cream place at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. She got a tasty all natural cone for $1.50, so I figured I HAD to stop in!

I was a little disappointed when I got there though because the small was actually $3. Nonetheless the ice cream WAS super tasty, and since the place is right on the water, you get a great look at the Manhattan skyline.

After walking across the Brooklyn Bridge(maybe a 20 min walk?) I took the subway up to Canal St, which has a whole slew of street vendors selling everything from knock-off sunglasses and watches to illegal DVDs. I've been watching a lot of tv at night, so I figured I might as well pick up some DVDs, so I got 7 for $24( Crank, Everyone's Hero(which my friend Dave worked on as a visual fx programmer), Superman Returns, Clerks II, Open Season, XMen and. Telladaga Nights).

The rest of the weekend was rained out, so my plans to go to central park were kiboshed.

I want to get to one or two museums as well as the Brooklyn Zoo.