I’m dedicating today’s post to Things That New York Offers Me That I Didn’t Know I Wanted.

Chopped Salad

I found a salad bar where they toss together whatever ingredients you want to form a custom salad and when they had finished putting it together the guy said ‘Do you want that chopped?‘. I was under the impression that the salad was already chopped but, no. The guy got all samurai on that salad’s arse and practically food processed it for me. It made it so much more manageable to eat. So yes. I would like my salad unnecessarily chopped.

A Baseball Cap

The wholesome college girls at NYU can rock a casual baseball cap like no ones business. It’s bizarro. I hate baseball caps… but I really, really want one.

Drugs

It’s not illegal to advertise pharmaceutical* drugs in the US which means that most evenings I’ve got Jamie Lee Curtis trying to sell me a cure for irritable bowel syndrome. I’m finding myself wanting drugs for ailments that I don’t even have, just so I can live life again and roll around in green fields with labradors.

Dog Sneakers

I don’t even have a dog but I’m considering getting one so I can get some sweet lil’ Nikes for it.

Anything that’s 99c

It’s been a long time since anything in Australia has been 99c. In New York, you can get chocolate bars, hamburgers, coffee, nail polish or a sink full of soda for 99c. I fall for it every time. Hotdogs for 99c? Shit yes. Strange, pink packaged cake for 99c? Don’t mind if I do. Mystery meat on a stick covered in yellow goo for 99c? Yes please.

Day three in New York was supposed to be spent in doors avoiding the hurricane, which in Chelsea turned out to be more like 24 hours of heavy rain. So in the afternoon we put on our adventure clothes, walked to China town to find the only open restaurant in Manhattan. We ate pork buns and rice while watching the stormy water under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Day four started on a good coffee quest which was satisfied at Stumptown. If the barrista gets a little fancy and does a swirly design on the coffee with the milk it’s generally going to not be terrible. We then went for a casual stroll which ended four hours later, so easy to do in NY when there’s so much to look at and do. The day ended in Brooklyn at the PostSecret app launch where I ate a beef sandwich with Frank Warren. It was awesome.

 

 

Dress from Heart My Closet on Etsy, obi belt from Elizabeth Kelly on Etsy, shoes from Whittner, Tinkerbell earrings from Disney Couture, Kenneth Jay Lane turqoiuse ring, Kenneth Jay Lane tiger bangle, leather flower bangle one of my pieces from my grad collection.

* I just really needed to point out that I spelled pharmaceutical correctly, right off the bat, without needing spellcheck. Snap.