Lazy McGee

I've been lazy and a little more busy since I returned from my trip. So I didn't write a dense blog update explaining my trip. But I realized that the most notable thing that happened was me landing a place to stay, which I already told all you readers (and by that I mean you, Nik.)

Not that the visit was uneventful. It was really cool hanging out with my friends and meeting a few new ones. We got sushi one night which was pretty great, and we ordered a bottle of sake and the size was a little underwhelming...comically so. But good times were had.

Also, Holly has been telling me about this really cool bar right across from where she works. She boasted about it, and I kind of figured it was going to be this really ritzy place because it's three buildings away from a hotel that celebrities usually stay. But I was pleasantly surprised, it was really cool in there, and the beer list was as awe-inspiring as the fountain of youth. Actually, the beer list literally* WAS the fountain of youth!

*not literally

But my favorite part of the trip, and probably the most breath-taking part of nyc that I've been to so far is the view from Holly's roof. There's this secret little area she showed us, that takes some effort to get to, but is totally worth it. It's actually this small patch above the door on the roof, you need to hop up two levels to get there. It's gorgeous. A perfect view of mid-town...and if you're ever up there I suggest ingesting a little bit of wine to really sweeten the situation. It's very picturesque at night; I could probably have sat up there for hours taking it all in. I took a picture with my camera phone but it hardly does the location justice. The phone camera makes everything look farther away, when in real life it seems much more tangible. Almost as if you can rearrange the letters on the Metlife building.

Yeah, I don't know why I insisted on getting my gross, sun-tanned feet in the photo. But I did.

Also I have to mention another really great view of the city comes from the Q train ride into Manhattan from my new place. It runs parallel to the Brooklyn Bridge or maybe the Manhattan Bridge, I don't really know. But from the window you can see the bridge, the Statue of Liberty, the downtown city skyline, and the shimmering East River. Well, it has to be sunny for the water to be shimmering, and it was on Saturday as we rode back into the city. It was such a surreal view that it actually made me laugh out loud. And I'll be able to experience that quite often now. Which makes me feel pretty great.


Next stop: Erie Canal ("stand clear of the closing doors, please")