The next morning we all slept in as we had a late night on Friday. While I was getting ready, Scott and Amy went down to go to the coffee shop across the street. Instead of coffee, they came home with yummy treats from a Farmer's Market that was set up on the street. They bought a spinach, jalapeño, and feta quiche, heirloom cherry tomatoes, and cheese. A delicious and inexpensive brunch, right here in the apartment. Very nice!
When we finally left the apartment, we took Amy past Magnolia Bakery. When we got there, we saw this:
Look at that line. For a cupcake! So crazy. We then walked over to SOHO and Little Italy. After browsing around for a couple hours in different shops, we decided that we needed to eat as we had a show that night and wouldn't be eating until 11 or 11:30. We went to Little Italy and stopped at this place:
Talk about authentic Italian! Scott had the gnocchi:
Amy and I both had a plate of spaghetti and meatballs:
This Italian food was so good. Homemade pasta, homemade gnocchi, slow simmered tomato sauce, fresh basil, sharp pecorino cheese- Mmmm! So fab! We all loved it.
Afterwards, we walked over to Chinatown so Amy could get some knockoff purses. We literally hadn't stepped 5 steps onto the street than a little Chinese man walked up to us and whispered, "Gucchi. Channel. Handbags. Watches." We looked at him and said yes, then he told us to follow him. He took us to another girl standing on the sidewalk with a walkie talkie. She asked us what handbags we wanted, and we told her we weren't sure, we just wanted to look. She then pointed across the street, and told us to go to the store with the yellow sign. We walked over there, and another lady was standing there with an earpiece in her ear. She told us to stand there for a minute, and then when she got the ok from her earpiece, she told us to go inside the store. It was just your basic souvenir shop, but as we went inside, another guy stopped us and told us to wait. After a few minutes, he motioned for us to go to the back of the store, where he then pulled on the back shelves of the store, which was actually a hidden door that opened up and led outside. We went through the door, and then down a set of steps, where another guy was standing inside a doorway. He waved us through, and then we were inside a large room, chocked full of "designer" handbags from the floor to the ceiling. Jackpot! Amy looked for a while, and then decided on 3 "Prada" purses. We left there satisfied and excited about our super secretive shopping trip.
We then went home to change for our Broadway show. We had bought tickets for a show called "Promises, Promises". It starred Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes. Kristin has been in many movies and other Broadway shows (including Wicked, one of my favorites!). Sean was Jack in that tv series "Will and Grace"
We all liked the show, it was really cute. I love seeing real life celebrities star in Broadway shows- they're right there! On stage in front of us! I love it!
When the show was over, we were hungry, so went back to our end of the city. We went to the Meat Packing District to find an outdoor cafe with prime people watching. This district is the hot spot of the city- everyone is out and about, dressed up, having fun. We went to a Mexican placed called Dos Caminos.
Scott got the steak tacos, and Amy and I got the fish tacos. It was just ok. Mine had a bunch of red onions (which I asked to leave off but I guess they forgot), so I couldn't really eat mine. Yuck. Amy liked hers ok, Scott didn't care for his much either. But the people watching was FANTASTIC! We had the perfect table set on the sidewalk, and had a great time watching all the young and hip crowd walk past. We were home by 1:15, full and happy.
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