Hot Child in the City

Day Twelve

We had quite a busy day yesterday. We left here around 1.00 and didn't return home until almost 11.00. First we went to Uncle Nick's, a Greek restaurant in Hell's Kitchen only a couple blocks from Times Square. We had originally wanted to go there for dinner the night before, but the dinner menu was sparse and expensive compared to the lunch menu, so we decided to put it off for a meal.

It was pretty good. We both ended up getting the Spanakopita, a.k.a. Spanish Pie. Halfway through our meal the electricity in the building went out and the woman sitting next to us alone started talking to us. She turned out to be the best person we'd met so far. We had been watching her since we sat down because she ordered so many different dishes that we thought she was a food critic. She actually turned out to be this crazy 45-year-old-ish unmarried Greek woman who just loved to talk to strangers. We ended up talking to her until we left, and we were really and truly sad to see her leave.

We finished our meals in near silence and started waking to the Museum o' the Day. However, on our way we happened to stop at the Times Square Toys 'R Us, which is even bigger than the now-closed 5th Avenue F.A.O. Schwarz. They have a Barbie dream house and a ferris wheel inside the store. It was kinda nuts. They also had a demonstration of this awesome Star Wars game that you plug directly into your T.V. and it comes with a camera and a light saber and you play as the Jedi warriors. Fucking sweet.

After Toys 'R Us we headed over to the International Center for Photography, which was also very close to Times Square. We spent a few hours there, looking at cool photography and photography books. My personal favorite was a book entitled Carnival Strippers. Along with the pictures, there were a bunch of interviews with the stippers and the men in the audience. It was really neat.

We left the museum around 5.00, but we weren't ready to go home. So we wandered around Times Square for a little bit, trying to figure out something to do. We found coupon for Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum, so we went there, but it turn out to be over $20 even with the coupon AND a student discount.

Finally we decided to head back over to Union Square to hit a few stores there we had missed Monday when we were down there. First we went to Shoe-Mania and Filene's Basement, which was very similar to Century 21, but WAY less insane. There were only a couple other women there instead of like 4 billion. I ended up getting 3 shirts and a skirt for under $28.

By that time we had both worked up quite an appetite, but didn't want to spend a ton of money, so we went over to Zen Palate to get a bowl of spanish wonton soup, which is Elke's new favorite food ever. After that we hung out in Union Square for a little bit before heading to a couple other stores before they closed.

We didn't get home until almost 11.00, and by that time we were both so tired that we decided to just stay in for the evening (surprise, surprise). But we were both very satisfied with our day, so no complaints here.

posted by Megan @ 8:26 PM