New York

Last month I spent exactly one week in New York City visiting my old college friend Dre. She was busy doing construction on a new bar that is now open so I had a lot of time to wander the streets, people watch and take the city in. I ate lots of delicious food, saw lots of great street art and generally had an awesome time. I think my favortie thing about the city was all the outdoor cafes and restaurants. The weather was warm and balmy, my first encounter with an east coast summer. I can see why people in the south just sit on their porches drinking sweet tea in the summer; it's too hot to do anything else! That humidity just zaps all your motivation. But it being so hot, made a great excuse to stop in and grab a refreshing drink anywhere that looked interesting.

At night I went to a free comdey show called the Big Terrific Show at the Lovin Cup Cafe. It was their two year anniversary and they had Zach Galifianakis as the headliner, but since it was a free show in a fairly small space, it got real hot real quick and we had to bail for fear of passing out. We got to see several hilarious stand up ceomedians though, a great thing to check out if you find yourself in the brooklyn area.

Another night we went out and saw the band Jác after watching a rough cut of their music video that Dre's girlfriend Kate produced with their neighbor. It was awesome to see what creative and motivtaed people can do. The band played at Trash Bar (yes that's a real bar)and they give out free tater tots. Believe it or not this is big a selling point for me. They were delicious tots. The show was great and the night ended with fried green beans. Yum!

Here are some highlights from my new york city walkabout in picture form.