Despite the really cold weather, I took a great walking tour of Chelsea and Greenwich Village. Chelsea is on the West Side just south of Hell's Kitchen and before the North Village (new to me), The West Village (also new to me) and finally Greenwich Village.
Chelsea is the place to go if you're looking for modern art studios. Apparently in the late 1990's, seemingly overnight, half of the art galleries in SOHO packed up and moved to Chelsea. Unfortunately, since I can't seem to stay on course, I didn't find any of those. However, I did enjoy a walk along the Hudson River on this extremely brisk day. Also, found a NYC correctional facility.(My walking tours do make me a little nervous when I'm entertaining friends in NYC). I always find jails interesting since I did a 8 week medical rotation in a correctional facility in Baltimore. I certainly saw some interesting medical things there, but more importantly, I came away from that experience so thankful I never went to jail! Trust me on that! I had lunch in one of my favorite places - The Chelsea Market. This is actually the original Oreo Cookie factory. Great little shops and eaterys in there. I had some tomato lentil soup with a crusty parmesan bread twist. It was all good! I really have been treating myself well with the food. I'm making SMALL, excellent gourmet choices and savoring it. I know there are a lot of great little cafes/restaurants/art galleries in Chelsea, and this gives me something to look forward to the next time!
I then strolled down 8th ave. towards Greenwich Village to see if Kiefer was there (he wasn't). I stumbled upon the North Village. I have never heard these two words together before. It seems to be just a few blocks. It doesn't have the grid of small, cozy streets like Greenwich Village, but I liked it. It had a "real people" type feel, unlike Greenwich Village which has a "How cool is this place to live" feel. Of course I enjoyed meandering the quaint streets of Greenwich Village. Saw many nice little cafes, restaurants, fetish shops, book stores, vintage clothing stores, head shops, etc. Will definitely need to spend more time there.
So where did I have some green tea today you ask? At the Cafe Lalo on the upper West Side. Perhaps some of you know of it as they filmed the cafe scene in "You Got Mail" there. In fact that whole movie is about the area where we live. The cafe is very nice. Their green tea was so-so. NYC may be trying to be a green tea place, but I for one am not impressed. I went with my friend Marica. We were there until 8:50 pm and then we both walked home as fast as we could to watch 24! You may not believe this, but I've been relaxing and enjoying so much I completely forgot it was on tonight! That must REALLY mean - it's all good!
P.S. Anyone think I could pull one more day out of this? If we weren't leaving for the Florida Keys Friday, it would be a done deal. So we'll see. Later.
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Lorraine, I thoroughly enjoyed your trip to NYC--GREAT posts! It was almost like being there. You really bring the sights, sounds, and tastes of the city to life. Love the new Keifer pics, by the way--and wasn't "24" awesome? Tom really surprised me; I thought he would jump at the chance to assasinate Wayne.
IAG (It's all good),
Sue
Sue!
Thanks so much for commenting. I wasn't sure if anyone was out there. I'm glad you enjoyed the posts. I had fun writing them. 24 was awesome as usual. That is something else with Tom isn't it? Do you think Wayne - -OOPS! wait a minute, I have some friends who read this blog who are real 24 fans. They would disown me if I print any spoilers! One friend is in the UK and they are an episode or two behind us. So I'm not sure if I will discuss 24 here. I'll have to call you on a "secure line". Hope all is well. If you want to go to the Florida Keys, keep checking in on my blog! cheers! Lorraine
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