Hot Child in the City

Day Seventeen

Yay for getting my first comment! Thank you very kindly. Oh yeah, and Delivery.com has McDonald's, but not the one that delivers to my street, so poo on it.

Yesterday was the first day of Elke's classes and so I was completely on my own until around 5-6. She doesn't like touristy things, so I decided to take the opportunity to play Audrey Hepburn on Fifth Avenue. I mapped out a little route for myself and headed out.

I started at Bloomingdale's (where they had a skirt I MADE on sale for like $100) and worked my way down to Grand Central Terminal. I stopped in Barney's for a bit and felt like a jackass because I couldn't even afford to shit there if they charged for toilet paper. Then I went to the Plaza Hotel and thought about Sex and the City (one of my favorite episodes is the Season Two finale, "Ex and the City," where Big has his engagement party at the plaza and he and Carrie have a The Way We Were Moment afterward).

I stared sadly at the place F.A.O. Schwarz should have been because I heard it had closed. Thankfully, I was wrong - it had just moved to the store next door. Sadly, it was very disappointing. The toy soldiers were still standing outside, but the robot from the inside was missing and I couldn't find a single Lego in the entire place. What a crock of shit. Times Square Toys 'R Us is MUCH better.

And then I pretended I was Holly Golightly while wondering around Tiffany & Co. trying to look as though I belonged. I wanted to pretend that I was getting engaged so someone would help me pick out a ring, but most of the sales people were busy and the ones who weren't didn't take me seriously... I wonder why...

I also went in The Disney Store (where I spent forever looking for a present for a friend that just did not want to exist), American Girl Place (I got Samantha for my 8th birthday), H&M (to return a shirt and buy some jewelry), Mexx, Zara and Saks Fifth Avenue. I decided not to bother with Macy's since they're all over the place now.

I had written down that Grand Central Terminal was at the corner of 42nd St and Fifth Avenue, so when I saw a gigantic building at that intersection I figured that's what it was. But as I got closer I noticed "Library Zone" signs, which I thought was a few blocks down. I walked even closer to the buildling.

I stopped.

Across the top of this enormous, beautiful building were the words, "The New York Public Library." I got really, really excited for about 3 seconds and then became very, very sad. I had to meet Elke back at the apartment at 6.00 and it was already after 5.00. I knew that my first day in the library will have to be a long one where I had no other plans, and I didn't want to ruin any of the surprises by even just peeking in.

So I pried myself away and walked down to Lexington where the Grand Central Terminal actually was. It was a beautiful building, but I was in a hurry to get home, so I just walked around for a bit and then caught the train at Bryant Park to head home.

After my long day and lack of sleep from the night before (I have serious problems getting to bed before 4.00), I was exhausted. Thankfully, Elke was just as tired as I was - she had to be showered and out of the house by 9.00. I decided to take a quick nap, and when I woke up 45 minutes later, she was asleep as well. I was hungry, but I waited as long as I could before waking her up to ask her if she wanted to order Chinese. We ate it while watching the Miss Teen USA Pageant (go Miss Teen Ohio!) and it was delicious.

Elke went to bed early-ish because she had to get up early today again for her classes. I stayed up and watched TV and played around on the computer, trying to figure out what I was going to do with myself today. And then, when talking to one of my friends, he said something that made me very, very sad. I got a big headache and very little sleep.

But I am better now, I think.

posted by Megan @ 11:38 PM