{"id":228,"date":"2015-06-05T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/05\/nyc-day-3"},"modified":"2015-06-05T03:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T03:25:00","slug":"nyc-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2015\/06\/05\/nyc-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sunday was packed with plans.\u00a0 We managed to have another great day despite the sweltering, sticky heat of the morning and the heavy down-pouring of rain in the evening.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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We started by taking a train to Soho.\u00a0 Ben deduced that New York runs on Mountain time – nothing opened until 11 or noon and then it all stays open until 2 or 4 am.\u00a0 Perfect if we don’t adjust our watches from Denver time!<\/div>\n
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Luckily Chobani’s cafe<\/a> opens early enough to call it breakfast (let’s ignore the doughnut I snagged from a street cart).\u00a0 Amanda tipped me off to this place and I’m so glad she did.\u00a0 I could eat his yogurt every morning: plain unsweetened chobani, orange, pistachios, dark chocolate, honey, and mint.\u00a0 Delish!\u00a0 Ben ordered a “bagel and cream cheese” using air quotes to mimic the menu.\u00a0 It turned out to be a really good and crunchy simit bread crusted with sesame seeds and shaped into a ring.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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I really tried not to eat a Laduree macaron.\u00a0 I just wanted to gawk at the pretties.\u00a0 Ben insisted.\u00a0 He didn’t have to tell me twice.\u00a0 I got apricot.\u00a0 He got . . . I forget.\u00a0 It was the two toned pink and orange one.\u00a0 We agreed that they were amazing and the best macarons ever tried – but still maybe overpriced at $2.80 each.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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I tried on frames at the Warby Parker<\/a> store and we bought Sam a T-shirt at a Japanese(?) kids store<\/a> where Jack was too big for their size 8-9 year old.\u00a0 We camped out in Starbucks with tall icy herbal teas while we waited for Purl Soho<\/a> to open at noon.\u00a0 If I didn’t have such a great local shop in Fancy Tiger I would have spent hours there and a lot more money.\u00a0 After much deliberation I settled on a subtle color choice in their lovely store-brand yarn, Line Weight<\/a>.\u00a0 I already started a project<\/a> with it and I’m loving how this yarn knits.\u00a0 (Crap! Their website has different colors and some are on sale.\u00a0 I’m salivating to buy more.)<\/div>\n
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At this point we hoped to take the train to an Ethiopian restaurant, but I was worried about making it to our show in time.\u00a0 We opted to ride straight back to Times Square and find food there.\u00a0 We ate at John’s Pizzeria<\/a> next door to our theater.\u00a0 It was mediocre, as most food in Times Square is.\u00a0 But it was easy and filling.\u00a0 Ben pointed out that the building used to be a church and I found a post about it on a blog I read call Scouting NY.\u00a0 He’s a scout for film locations and talks a lot about the history and hidden corners of the city.\u00a0 You can read about the pizzeria here.<\/a>\u00a0 Also of note, our waiter was VERY interested to hear we were from Denver.\u00a0 He wanted to know if it was true, that you can just buy pot at a corner store.\u00a0 Yes, we assured him.\u00a0 It’s really true.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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We walked all of 20 paces to our matinee next door: Something Rotten! <\/div>\n
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Loved it!\u00a0 Ben said he could tell he wasn’t getting all the inside theater jokes, but laughed a lot anyway.\u00a0 It was a bawdy, raucous show with fast pace, lots of jokes and puns, and great performers.\u00a0 We had all the original cast in our performance. \u00a0 <\/div>\n
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