Thursday, October 26, 2006
Yonsense!
It's been quite a busy past 2 weeks down here in the Big Apple.
For starters, there was the dinner at the Brazilian steak house. If measured by meat intake alone, this was bar none the greatest meal I have eaten to date. You actually START with a full fledged buffet...but this is just the warm up. The main course is mounds and mounds of meat. We're talking 10+ different varieties of succulent, flavourful meat. Chicken, flank steak, skirt steak, top sirloin, short ribs, pork ribs, sausage, lamb, pork, turkey wrapped in bacon, all served right onto your plate at your table off of big swords. The chocolate truffles I had to finish up were also melt in your mouth amazing. The best part? It was a company dinner, so didn't cost me a dime!
Hmm, MEAT! Turkey wrapped in bacon
Our friend Ms Yonsense was down for the weekend. What fun!! The roomie went back to Toronto thursday night which made haqving a guest in the tiny apartment much more manageable.
We painted the town red, starting with a fantastic dinner at this uber-chic yet affordable thai place with yummy curry and pad thai. On Friday we hit up the Guggenheim, which was nice, but the main exhibit(the works of one particular architect) didn't do much for me.
On the recommendation of Sara's travel book, we started Saturday with New York's "best" bagels, but were both rather unimpressed. Later, we hit up the Botanical Gardens, which was very nice although we were definitely not there in peak season. While the roses were still in pretty good shape(and we're talking easily 30+ different types of roses), most plants were no longer flowering. To make up for it, there were a number of works by this glass-blowing guy, including the neat one below.
Cool glass thing at the Botanical Gardens
Saturday also included two trips to Chinatown, feauturing "Tastes of Chinatown" in the evening. We got there just before closing, so most of the booths were out of food, but we did manage to land some very yummy sticky rice, mango bubble tea, and ice cream!
Sunday we went to Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, home to many Van Goghs, Picassos, Monets, etc. This place is potentially the biggest building I have ever been in - you could easily spend days and days in there! While I still don't think I'm really a big art person, I did have fun and enjoyed a number of the paintings. Van Gogh I think was my favourite. In the afternoon I got my hair cut at this little barber shop where apparently the editors of GQ and FHM get their hair done. Boy, aren't i stylish!
Me, on the stairs of the MET
In all, we spent an absurd amount of time on our feet. Like, a LOT. Don't forget, I sit in a chair all day.
For starters, there was the dinner at the Brazilian steak house. If measured by meat intake alone, this was bar none the greatest meal I have eaten to date. You actually START with a full fledged buffet...but this is just the warm up. The main course is mounds and mounds of meat. We're talking 10+ different varieties of succulent, flavourful meat. Chicken, flank steak, skirt steak, top sirloin, short ribs, pork ribs, sausage, lamb, pork, turkey wrapped in bacon, all served right onto your plate at your table off of big swords. The chocolate truffles I had to finish up were also melt in your mouth amazing. The best part? It was a company dinner, so didn't cost me a dime!
Hmm, MEAT! Turkey wrapped in baconOur friend Ms Yonsense was down for the weekend. What fun!! The roomie went back to Toronto thursday night which made haqving a guest in the tiny apartment much more manageable.
We painted the town red, starting with a fantastic dinner at this uber-chic yet affordable thai place with yummy curry and pad thai. On Friday we hit up the Guggenheim, which was nice, but the main exhibit(the works of one particular architect) didn't do much for me.
On the recommendation of Sara's travel book, we started Saturday with New York's "best" bagels, but were both rather unimpressed. Later, we hit up the Botanical Gardens, which was very nice although we were definitely not there in peak season. While the roses were still in pretty good shape(and we're talking easily 30+ different types of roses), most plants were no longer flowering. To make up for it, there were a number of works by this glass-blowing guy, including the neat one below.
Cool glass thing at the Botanical GardensSaturday also included two trips to Chinatown, feauturing "Tastes of Chinatown" in the evening. We got there just before closing, so most of the booths were out of food, but we did manage to land some very yummy sticky rice, mango bubble tea, and ice cream!
Sunday we went to Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, home to many Van Goghs, Picassos, Monets, etc. This place is potentially the biggest building I have ever been in - you could easily spend days and days in there! While I still don't think I'm really a big art person, I did have fun and enjoyed a number of the paintings. Van Gogh I think was my favourite. In the afternoon I got my hair cut at this little barber shop where apparently the editors of GQ and FHM get their hair done. Boy, aren't i stylish!
Me, on the stairs of the METIn all, we spent an absurd amount of time on our feet. Like, a LOT. Don't forget, I sit in a chair all day.
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