nyc so far
wink wink nudge nudge *****(sigh)****ok, so as i was accused of writing too long blogs, i'll try to keep it short and sweet, but there has been so much packed into this trip that i don't want to miss anything.
start out with jonathan putting in my contact for me again, since it jumped out at the ricepaper office a few days before i left. sleepover at the rents and a beautiful sukiyaki meal (get some eggs dammit)
my nonstop craving for eggs and indian food is satiated when my vegetarian special meal comes on the plane and it's indian food..yummy. and i ate first and everything. i couldn't work the tv, but i listened to some beautiful jazz and kept my window shade open to enjoy the sunny winter afternoon with my sunglasses that noah jacked from a nun. i got the whole set of three chairs to myself and sprawled out accordingly. i couldn't get off that plane fast enough though, believe that.
as soon as i cleared customs, i raced into the lounge, and i saw uncle dave first, but there was my boo...all matching me in his red, and we had a nice cuddle and catchup. we rolled up to the apartment that is on loan to us, in queens, and got settled. it's a sweet spot. we walked over to keep it low key with a homemade meal and watch dick clark ring in the new year post stroke on tv, and then we played some video games and watched the advent children, which i had seen months past at a particular art party of durian's.
then our first nite and lounging about...we hooked back up with some friends and headed into queens for thai food (it was their 2nd or 3rd nite open) and had some photo ops up austin street. we got some ice cream and rented Team America (sans 15 minute inappropriate sex scene) and watched Family Guy. it was all good, but the best part was the bookending of the cuddlage.
oh, and how much do i love kiss 98? i've had the radio on constantly, i don't even turn it off at nite, i just turn it down, because of the old skool jams and new r&b, but i've never loved a station like this, it's what groove me used to be for me on cfro, except it never turns off.
more hanging out, the garbage shoot that you saw in the previous blog, then into manhattan to meet up with more good folks for vegan indian and into brooklyn to hang out and down some vegan cake. chillin' and politicking, having the important conversation that i've been waiting to have about kanye west. "that's the carpet, get off the soapbox"..."can you put your shoes on?!" back to the city and to sin sin and i'm reminded yet again why i love new york. you walk into an intimate club, and the funk band is playing and the open mic is flowing..."let me kick something that means something" and i got to see my man and his emcee partner kick it (yes you can!) while we danced in the corner.
on the subway home, we were re-routed and got to talk about a lot of different things, and i'm seriously considering moving here....(sigh) but i gotta stay on the plan to move closer...but it's looking so sweet. i can't fall just for the infatuation of it though...but my gut is telling me that i'm on the right track. THE 6 TRAIN GOES TO THE BRONX.
yesterday, we went into the city again to get some cell tests and rolled down lexington, where we met first. we went into my hotel that was being reno'd at the time and it looks exactly the same. i dropped some money in arcade america, and i can't say that i'm sad about that. we went into the library that i found on my last day in the city last time, and it was closed. we got some mexican food at chipotle, this really nice restaurant, i had a burrito without the wrap, with spicy pinto beans, tomato salsa, really nice steak, and guacamole. my baby had the same thing with the wrap...and we had a nice photo shoot in the booth. on the way home, we got some groceries for this morning and went to try to rent "me, you and everyone we know" from the video store down the block, but the guy was convinced that it didn't come out yet..we also went into the back section and had a laugh at the musty, limited ass porn collection...but even though they only had 8 movies in there, one was of grannies, and a few were gay, so you gotta represent. so we had to use our imaginations...
this morning, we had our special fruit and yogurt breakfast...my baby designed it all, and we took some commemorative photos with the sekoya cd that i brought here for c. we've piddled about until now, and stepped out to the diner that we've walked by a few times, but it was nice, we actually ate there and it was all good. now we're waiting to see where the night brings us, my money's on brooklyn. peas out.
