Friday, May 30, 2008

To Do- Or, How to Spend the Money I Won't be Making!

I've been thinking a lot lately about all the stuff I want to do in New York City- places I've never been, food I've never explored, etc! I'd LOVE to hear what you guys think, too- where are some places I shouldn't miss?

So far...

  • check out thrift stores but don't buy a lot of clothes- I never end up wearing them! Maybe look for vintage necklaces or bags...
  • find the best cupcake. I'm totally not convinced it's at Magnolia of SNL fame, although I'll have to try it before I decide for sure. I found someplace on the UWS (Upper West Side) that is very delish- the last time I was there two businessmen were sharing cupcakes after work. Adorable.
  • find a used bookstore that sells Italian books. Contemporary ones. This may be a challenge. The last Italian bookstore I went after totally didn't exist.
  • teach the bf to cook. This will be FUN.
  • go to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, which is supposed to be great, and the Brooklyn museum.

That's it for now, I think...of course I'll be haunting my favorite NYC spots- Union Square, the junky clothing shops in SoHo, and the B&N in Park Slope to read mags for free. And there's always the Madison Square Park Shake Shack, which did not recieve enough of my business last year. Flavor-of-the-day frozen custard, here I come!

Things I'll miss here include dinner on the deck (when the bugs are absent), Settlers (if you don't know, it's really safer not to ask) and all of my friends.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you eat pizza or bagels you should definitely seek out the best you can find of those. I guess they're a NYC staple?

Or try finding the cleanest public restroom possible? I'd certainly be interested in your findings should I ever venture to the city myself. :)

The Quirky Quest possibilities are endless I'm sure. :)

Kat said...

Thanks for reading!! Yay! I didn't think anyone would :0

OMG Ang, at the first agency I worked at this previously homeless dude submitted a manuscript called "The Bathrooms of NY" - a memoir through bathrooms. AND it was going to come with a map of all the best public bathrooms in NY.

Bagels are def. a passion of mine.