Day #20- Monday

Monday we got a late start. Scott and I had to work a little, while poor Amy sat around and watched us. She helped out and cleaned up the apartment for us (she's good like that!) until we could get out the door. We finally left the apartment around 3:00, and as it was lunchtime, went to a place we've been wanting to try called Toto Ramen. This is a Ramen Noodle place, and I was SO excited to eat here as I am in love with noodles :-)

We each got different types of ramen noodles. I wanted just a bowl of plain noodles.... nothing but noodles and broth:

Mmm! The red part is a spicy thai chili sauce that I added. Very satisfying!

Amy kicked it up a notch, and wanted chicken, scallions, garlic, and Nori (seaweed) added to hers:

It was very good; had a nice chicken-y flavor.

Scott wanted to kick his up a higher notch, so he got the vegetarian ramen bowl:

As you can see, this was chock full of big vegetables, sitting on some ramen noodles and broth. He liked his as it was more of a filling meal. At $10 a bowl for noodley goodness, we all loved this place!

As it was another rainy and gloomy day, we decided to take Amy to Century 21, the designer discount store where we have found some great deals the 2 other times we've been here this trip. We did some shopping, but only for a couple hours. Amy said she couldn't take any more of this place than that- it is RIDICULOUSLY crowded. Stressfully crowded. Annoyingly crowded. There was a long line for the bathroom. A longer line for the dressing room. And the longest line of all for the cashier. I got several dresses, some jewelry, and a belt. Scott got some more shoes and a pair of sunglasses. Amy only got one dress, and I pretty much had to talk her into buying that. While there are some awesome deals to be found, I don't think she enjoyed the pushing/rummaging/waiting that this place requires. As we were leaving, I noticed the store's motto written on the door: Century 21. Fashion worth fighting for.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up.

When we left at 6:00, it was a monsoon outside. Buckets of rain were just pouring down. We ran for the subway and high tailed it home.

Amy's friend Ernest had called earlier and told us he made dinner reservations for the 4 of us. How nice! So at 8:00, we walked over to a place in the Village called Morandi. Scott had been wanting to go here, so this was perfect. Scott, Amy, and I all got the same dish- saffron malloreddus (a type of pasta that tasted just like gnocchi) with spicy lamb. This was absolutely AH- MA- ZING!!!!!!!!!!

Ernest got the veal pasta. It looked scrumptious as well!

While the food was some of THE best Italian we have EVER eaten (dude, seriously, this was totally fab!), the food paled in comparison to the other treat we got in the restaurant.

Ok, remember this actress from the Promises, Promises Broadway show we saw the other

night, Kristin Chenoweth?

Well, she happened to be sitting at the table RIGHT NEXT TO US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's her, behind Amy!

And, to make this even more exciting, Sean Hayes was sitting there with her!

I couldn't get his picture as he was sitting opposite Kristin. But, oh my goodness! Could this BE any more exciting! Real life celebrities, an arm length away! So close we could hear their conversations! Amy and I about choked on our food the whole time we were so freaking excited we couldn't stand it! Meanwhile, Scott and Ernest laughed at us silly star struck girls. What a wonderful night! Thank you, Ernest! He picked the absolute best place for us to have dinner that night!