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June 13, 2006
around here
New York was loud and busy, but we found respite on the north side of the island.
Pete’s show was in TriBecca, I believe. The subways make everything so easy to get to, especially since our hotel was so conveniently located. The show was excellent, as I expected. We then went out with Pete, J, their band, plus some friends to an excellent Indian restaurant. Ben didn’t like Indian food and for that reason Pete picked Indian food. Ben ended up liking Indian food. Dinner conversation was quite amusing, as the drummer got drunk and started talking about going to high school with J.
Saturday we wondered around Central Park and then up to the north side of the island to meet a friend who use to live in Chicago. After the people and traffic of Midtown, the reality quietness of the north side was so welcome. The three of us took his awesome dog for a long walk in the forest preserve (yes, there is a forest preserve on the island). There are hills on the island! There were also awesome views of rivers and bridges. Our friend’s condo was so nice and not any more expensive than wriggleyville. Pete and J pay an unreasonable amount of rent on their tiny three bedroom apartment. It made me think that I could never live in new york. Our friend’s place was big and sun-filled and made me thing, well, maybe. (Ha ha who am I kidding. I could never live in new york. I am too cheap.)
Sunday we headed back to Chicago. The highlight of the day was getting to La Guardia for $2. The only reason that we got to La Guardia at all was through the kindness of strangers. We missed the subway stop because it did not have the same name as was on the map. A nice lady, who didn’t want to pry, asked if we were trying to get to the airport. She gave us directions to Kennedy, but we quickly figured out that we had pass the correct subway stop. Good thing we built in an hour of travel time. We got to the right subway stop. We were then going to take a cab the rest of the way to the airport, but the La Guardia bus was sitting right there..and poof, we got to the airport for $2 in plenty of time. Though one there, we almost missed our flight because we were eating lunch in the gate across the way. For the first time ever, they boarded the plane 30 mins ahead of time and were issuing final boarding calls 20 minuets before the schedule departure time. Crazy airlines, trying to be on time and stuff.
Posted by christina at June 13, 2006 1:31 PM