yay, it's good to be back!! while i really enjoyed my time in new york, a huge part of me missed my midwest. new york definitely is a different place, with different manners and a different pace. i won't complain, but the best illustration i can give you is this:
on the shuttle after our delta flight to the laguardia airport, plenty of women were standing while plenty of men were sitting. no one gave up their seat. also, there wasn't any conversing. most people fiddled on their cell phones and avoided all possible eye contact.
on the shuttle after our flight home to indianapolis international airport, a man gave up his seat so that mikie and i could have one instead. people made eye contact, smiled, and spoke to each other. mikie had a conversation with a woman and her daughters from brownsburg. a man joked about bumping his head. a woman had a discussion about flight delays and additional charges.
most new yorkers were great, especially the man who helped us at butter lane and the woman who served us for brunch on sunday who wished mikie a happy mothers day 3 times :) but overall, i missed my midwest.
so i will start by posting pictures of alicia's view. i didn't take a ton of pictures and sorry, hannah, i'm not sure i have anything extraordinarily exciting to share with you aside from all my food stories.
alicia has an incredible view. it's a studio on the 7th floor of her building and she said the view is something she truly will miss once she moves to japan.
empire state building
the first night we were there we went to red mango !!! i had blueberry frozen yogurt, with mangoes and raspberries.
our first full day we were there we went to lunch at caracas arepa bar, which is a venezuelan place. i'd never had venezuelan food before, but it was pretty good! we all had an arepa, which is hard to describe. it's made out of a pita-like type of bread, only it's made from corn so it has a very strong corn flavor. it's sort of spongy and filled with all sorts of stuff. i had the "la mulata" arepa, which was filled with fried plantains (naners... that was the best part!), black beans, red peppers, jalapenos, and some sort of white cheese. this place also served some of the absolute best guacamole i've ever had! the chips that came with it were actually a sort of dried plantain... absolutely phenomenal! here's a picture of what an arepa looks like:
kind of a strange little guy, but very good nonetheless! for dinner that night, we enjoyed thai cuisine. i had pad see ew and thai iced coffee, of course. to be honest with you, it didn't compare to jasmine in my eyes but it was definitely good! the vibe of the restaurant was the best part. i wish i could remember the name... the decor was beautiful, the staff very friendly, and a little girl with her dad at the bar was a charming little new yorker!
that's all i got for now! :)
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