Thursday, June 23, 2011

Let the Lottos Begin!



All of my friends want to see Book of Mormon. I want to see Book of Mormon. But I don't want to spend over $100 to see it in a year. My friend and I decided that this summer we are going to lotto as often as we can. Today was our first lotto. It was a fun experience, but we didn't win. We are hoping by the end of the summer we will have won, but there is a chance we won't. We will just keep trying! Afterwards we decided to walk back downtown where we both live. I once again whipped out my phone to check my twitter. Coolhaus said they were on 37 Street and 6 Ave. so we walked down 6 Ave and shared a Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream and Red Velvet Cookie sandwich. Yum! The truck is super cool looking, although I like the fun pattern on Schnitzel and Things more. We continued walking south and in Herald Square we found this USA Network promotional Ice Cream Cart giving out free ice cream, we couldn't pass that up. YUM! We kept walking down 6 Ave. and got some $1.00 Pizza. A fun afternoon/evening and only $3.50 spent!

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Links:
Coolhaus: http://eatcoolhaus.com/new-york/
The Book of Mormon: http://www.bookofmormonbroadway.com/

First Day/ First Schnitzel



Yesterday was my first day of my Internship and as a reward for a tough morning I whipped out my phone and checked my twitter for food truck options. My twitter exists for the sole purpose of telling me the location of food trucks, one of my new obsessions. I was lucky to discover that Schnitzel and Things was close by (ish). I walked over and got on the line, which was long, but shorter than I expected. I ordered, but immediately had to hide because BRAVO WAS FILMING. So annoying. They had these two jerks from a real estate show called Million Dollar Listings cut everyone on line. They asked the people in line to sign a release, or step away while they filmed. They took forever and I had to stand pretty far away. I was so worried about getting back in time and also worried I wouldn't hear my name since I was so far away from the truck. Of course if I was in the shot I wouldn't be able to sign the release because I am a minor and that is illegal.
Eventually I got my chicken schnitzel with chipotle sour cream, sauerkraut, and french fries. It was my first schnitzel experience and it was soooo good. I was expecting the chicken to be dry and flavorless, but it was moist and crunchy on the outside. The breading must be seasoned because without the sour cream it was flavorful! The fries were not the best, but I love any and all fries! They were a little too McDonald's esque for the price. Oh well. I wanted a sandwich and they were out so it was fine. I would definitely go back. And perhaps try the deep fried burger before my departure. Or maybe I will skip it and live a bit longer, we shall see.

Holey Cream

My favorite ice cream shop in all of NYC. I need to share it with people because it is that incredible. GO THERE! GET THEIR ICE CREAM DOUGHNUT SANDWICH! TRUST ME!

I realize that a number of places around the city sell a doughnut ice cream sandwich, but this place does it right. First of all, you can get soft serve, hard, or homemade ice cream. I always go for the homemade, it is a little more money, but completely worth it. Then you get to choose as many as three flavors to go in the sandwich. Next they ask you which icing you want on the doughnut. Vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry. Finally, you choose the toppings for the doughnut. They have everything. Sprinkles in many colors, cereal, chocolate chips, oreo crumbs, M and Ms. The list goes on and on. The number of toppings you can get depends on the person serving you. One guy said three, another said as many as I want. Personally I like to limited my toppings to just pink and purple sprinkles. Other people go all out.





This particular sandwich is homemade red velvet ice cream with vanilla icing, with pink sprinkles, oreo crumbs, and m and ms. Pretty sick I know. :)

website: http://holeycreamnyc.com/

Just Another Tuesday

On Tuesday my friend and I decided to Student Rush The Normal Heart. Unfortunately they were already sold out, so no rush! Instead we went over to Tkts and bought tickets to The Fantasticks, the longest running show (musical? I'm not sure what it is) in the world. We had to kill time so we went to Ninth Avenue and got dinner at a delicious thai restaurant called Chili Thai. I had been there once before, but never gotten anything. It was quite good, and cheaper than most of the other Thai places close by. After that we went to my favorite ice cream show, it deserves it's own post (soon to come!).
Eventually we headed over to the theater after a good few hours perusing our yearbook and seeing if we could name all the people (we couldn't! our school is huge!).
The show was okay, but it was more than I had wanted to spend on a ticket and I wasn't a fan of the voice of The Girl, who sings a lot I might add. It was cute nonetheless. And I am glad I got to see a show that has been running in New York for so long!
Overall a night well spent. The next day I started my Internship at a Non Profit. It is hard work I tell ya! I am working on getting another job (with a pay check!) that is more related to my desired profession. I'll keep you updated if that works out!

Links:
Chili Thai: http://chilithainewyork.com/
The Fantasticks: http://www.fantasticksonbroadway.com/
TKTS: http://www.tdf.org/TDF_ServicePage.aspx?id=56
The Normal Heart: http://www.thenormalheartbroadway.com/

I hope you all had a great Tuesday as well!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day

Today is Father's Day and it is the best father's day I have ever experienced. I started off the day with my favorite breakfast, a coffee smoothie (aka a frappe). I read a little of Bossypants, which finally arrived from the awesome NYPL. It is a quick read and I am already almost finished. After that my dad opened the two gifts my brother and I had got for him. Truffle infused olive oil from O and Co. and slippers from Ugg.
I must tell you that I despise Ugg Boots, the classic style. Their slippers are a whole other story. After my brother told me about them I have been dreaming about owning a pair. Unfortunately the slippers were too big for my dad, we were instructed to go up a size, but it was too much. We had bought them at Lord and Taylor, but my dad decided we should just go and get the other size.
I have to tell you all that I HATE department stores, Lord and Taylor being the exception to the rule. Lord and Taylor is quite, calm, and never crowded, but not creepy and deserted either. We went up to the men's floor and exchanged the slippers. Then we walked around the store a bit until we got hungry. We ended up sitting in the women's shoe department for quite sometime deciding where to eat and not a single salesperson bothered us. I love this place!
We went to Noho Star, one of my parents typical choices. My dad had a craving for a hearty salad, and their Caesar salad is his favorite. My mother and I both got eggs. Mine with a potato pancake that was very good; nice and crunchy on the edges like I like and hers with home fries that were sprinkled with what looked like a lot of rosemary, but after a taste I was surprised to discover it was quite delicious!
After our late lunch, which included a free beer for my pops because of father's day, we headed east to the Lower East Side.
Outside the restaurant I spotted a classmate of mine from elementary school, once again a reminder that New York is the biggest and the smallest city. We walked across Houston and stopped at Il Laboratorio del Gelato for some chocolate and mocha gelato for my dad. The line was long and full of tourists, which was annoying, but I quickly moved on. The gelato was incredibly rich and wonderful, but just the type of thing he loves.
We continued on Houston until Clinton so that I could FINALLY try the chocolate bread pudding at Dessert Truck. They now have a shop at 6 Clinton Street and I sat with my parents and enjoyed it with the vanilla custard sauce as I was not feeling adventurous enough for the bacon version. It was good, my mother thought it was the best bread pudding ever, but I have to disagree. I like a bread pudding with a lot of bread-y bits, and a variety of textures. This bread pudding had the bread-y edges, but most of it was extremely custard-y and I felt like I was just eating chocolate pudding. My favorite bread pudding is from Whole Foods surprisingly. I try bread pudding whenever I see it on the menu because it is one of my favorite desserts, but Whole Foods is always the best! It has chunks of bread, it is sweet and buttery and rich and ahhh now I wants it!
We walked around the LES for a bit longer and then went to the Delancey Street station to take the train home. Unfortunately it is the weekend which means SERVICE CHANGES which are evil and so irritating. They never have the signs up before you get onto the platform. We figured it out, but for a second I thought we had wasted a good deal of money of nothing.
At home we all rested for a few hours. I finished Bossypants, watched Cheers on Netflix instant. A little after seven we went over to one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants, RUB, for some Righteous Urban Barbeque. YUM! We walked around a bit after dinner and called it a night. I spent the rest of the evening watching Season One of The Big C and reading my other books.

I hope everyone else had a lovely day. More tomorrow! And hopefully I will remember to take pictures for this blog so it looks more enticing!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

As I mentioned in my last post I went to see Mike Birbiglia down at Barrow Street Theatre for his show "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend". It was great, but similar to his last show I had heard the story before on NPR. With "Sleepwalk With Me" I had heard some of the material before, but there was new stories as well. "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" was all from this one story that I heard on NPR, which was disappointing. Seeing him in person is fantastic though, and there were some parts he acted out which made the experience a lot of fun.
By far the most exciting moment of the night was seeing MICHAEL MOORE walk in and sit up in the balcony to watch the show. There was a lot of rubber necking all around me. I couldn't help, but say "he is so Michael Moore!" the way he walked, stood, the way his shoulders slumped forward, the way he pulled his cap over his face, he is identical to the Michael Moore I've see so many times in all his documentaries. My father and I saw him leave, and as he walked out my dad said, "Keep up the good work." Michael Moore responded, "Thank you for saying that."
AWWWW! So adorable. I bought a poster and got the wonderful Birbigs to sign it! I have never been one of those people who asked for pictures or autographs with famous people, but the woman selling the posters offered and my dad said yes before I could respond. Oh well! Now I have a signed poster, which is cool. :)

Friday, June 17, 2011

On Broadway

I have seen many shows on Broadway. It is such a fun and fantastic experience once you are in the theater. I can't stand Times Square, as most natives can attest to, it is very very unpleasant and not at all representative of our New York. I must admit I am a huge fan of lists and this blog will include many many lists. Here goes my first list:
Shows I Have Seen:
  1. Peter Pan
  2. Seussical The Musical
  3. Kiss Me Kate
  4. Thoroughly Modern Millie
  5. 42 Street
  6. Chicago
  7. Rent (3 times!)
  8. Hairspray
  9. Wicked
  10. Guys and Dolls
  11. Jersey Boys
  12. Aida
  13. Spring Awakening
  14. Next to Normal
  15. Phantom of The Opera
Now for the Shows I want to See:
  1. Book of Mormon
  2. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  3. Billy Elliot
  4. Avenue Q (Off Broadway)
  5. The Normal Heart (not a Musical)
  6. Rent (AGAIN! and Off Broadway this time)
But I'll be honest, I will see any musical if I haven't seen it before. This summer I want to Student Rush and Lotto like there is no tomorrow. All my birthday money is going to be spent on theater. Oh well. :)

Speaking of theater, tonight I am going to see my favorite comedian Mike Birbiglia down at Barrow Street Theatre. I am so excited. I saw his last show called "Sleepwalk With Me" a couple years ago over at Bleecker Street Theater. This time we are seeing "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend". He is absolutely hilarious. I first discovered his on This American Life one of my favorite NPR radio shows. He is a fantastic story teller, and not all of his stories are meant to be funny, sometimes he shares a story because it is a good story.

Here are some links related to this post!
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is still playing:
http://www.barrowstreettheatre.com/whats-on/birbiglia.asp

Sleepwalk with Me is over but here is the website in case you are curious:
http://sleepwalkwithmike.com/the-show/

Mike Birbiglia's Website:
http://www.birbigs.com/