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view from empire state building

“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”

Andy Warhol

Breathe in through the nose. Exhale out. Breathe in.

"Now, focus on what you reached for today. Reach for it!" During yoga today, all i could think about is that i reached for banana bread, popcorn, gummy bears, a glass of white wine, etc. (soon to be a pickle). Anyways, I have about two weeks left here in the city. Where the hell did the time go? My parents came in town for their anniversary this weekend and it was a blast. I will give a semi-short play-by-play.

We went on a food tour through the lower east side! (note the pickled pic above). My favorite part was possible ALL the cheese we ate. My favorite was the Piave. Amazinnnnn. It was an amazing experience. I suggest everyone do one with the Enthusiastic Gourmet :) She knows her history and you will try some really interesting things in china town. We also saw Promises,Promises with Sean Hayes (Will and Grace's JACK!) and Kristen Chenowith (Glee and original Glinda in Wicked). LOVED IT! Still a very fun story.

Saturday: MoMa. In the Heights (AWESOME!) and went to the empire state building. The fun that day happened after all the tourist activities. As we are walking down the street we hear a lot of "WAHOOOSSSSSS" and "YEAYUHHHHH". We look up and a pack of naked men and women riding bikes. We are talking twins, man jewels and all! So what does my mom do? She pulls out her video camera. NICE. Then we keep walking and run into....

THE MUSEUM OF SEX! yes, so the three of us ran in for umm.... entertainment? I never want to be in such an awkward position again (no pun intended). When we finally made it to Union Square we start hearing the "UM-PA" of a trombone and many other brass instruments. There was a crowd of all kinds of people dancing to this NA-Leans (New Orleans) style jazz band...after a little freestyle, they eventually broke into "When the Saints go marching in". It was so much fun seeing the city come to life and seeing every dancing and jiving and enjoying life!

Sunday: I joined my parents on a tour of NBC studios. We saw the set of Late night with Jimmy Fallon and SNL. It was pretty neat. We also ate at this amazing italian resturant and had CUPCAKES! from Magnolia Bakery (Holla to all the Sex and the City fans out there!). My favorite flavor too- red.velvet.cake.

I haven't been able to read much poetry lately- i have been working on my final project for my editing class. I promise I will leave ya'll with some words of wisdom next time around.

Empire state building. Yankees. Hot Dogs. Coney Island.