27 Sep 2003 yakk   » (Master)

NY
Last weekend I had a great time being shown around New York by my friend
Marisha. I stayed at her place in Greenpoint (in Brooklyn).

Friday night we went out drinking in Greenpoint and Williamsburgh with a
bunch of people. The bars there were a lot of fun, there was a bit of a
hipster bingo phenomenon but it didnt feel to pretentious to me, though
I wasnt feeling much after a few drinks.

Saturday we went into Manhattan, wandering through the East Village,
Lower East Side, China Town, Little Italy, Soho, Noho, up by NYU, Times
Square, TriBeCa, the WTC site and finally Union Square. It was a lot of
fun, not at all rushed, we just wandered about, neighbourhood to
neighbourhood. I really liked the East Village and Lower East Side,
chill, very pretty with a nice friendly vibe.

Sunday we went to Central Park and Harlem (due primarilly to the
confusing subway). We had a beer at the Peculier Pub and then saw a show at
the Mercury Lounge - Stars, The Essex Green, The Mobius Band and
Asteroid #4 (i think). Monday I hung out in Williamsburgh for a few
hours and then went to the airport a few hours early. I didn't want to
arrive late after missing my flight from SFO.

We boarded the plane in good time, were taxiing out to the runway when
the pilot noticed something wrong. There was a fuel light or something
like that that wasn't working like it should. Three hours later we were
finally flying towards Paris in another plane. At least that gave me the
chance to chat with the people who were sitting near me, a songwriter
from New York on his way to play a concert for his spiritual guru in
Belgum, a very cute French girl returning from a visit with a friend who
was working in New York and a middle-aged couple from Orange County on
their way to Italy to get married who were stressed about missing their
connecting flight.

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