Song of the week: My Boo - Usher and Alicia Keyes
Reed comes to visit!
And he comes bearing gifts
1) A "USA" Soccer shirt for the game on Tuesday
2) a sackful of sour powers
3) 2 burritos from our favorite mexican place in sj (he wrapped them and packed them with an ice bag, wrapped again, bagged and kept in his backpack the entire flight!)
Good man! What an entrance!
We had a phenomenal week together.
Day 1, Saturday
- Nap together $0
- Union Square and FlatIron $0
- Introduction to Iced Coffees at 7-11, 2 please $3.84
- Drinks at the Frying Pan $60
- Triple date at Korean BBQ with hairy Ukranian astrophysicist $60
- Drinks underneath the Empire State Building $15
- First day with my man: Priceless
Day 2, Sunday
- Going to work while Reed sleeps in $0
- Reed's Yankees game at the new Yankee stadium $25
- Meeting up with Reed and his very white friends in Harlem $2.25
- Getting a little lost and finding myself on Martin Luther King Blvd (never a good thing) $0
- Finally finding them and Slyvia's Soul Food Restaurant (our table is easy to spot) $0
Day 4, Tuesday
- Reed meets Angelo from Top Chef at the office $0
- Reed destroys both Christopher and Jason at ping pong 0$ but definitely huge brownie points
- USA vs Brazil soccer game $60
- Swearing when stadium security considers my umbrella a "potential weapon" and confiscating it $10 (I did not handle that well, I admit it)
- Watching young drunk Jersey douchebags try to pick fights with the Brazilian fans by pumping their adolescent chests and shouting obscenities and then watching their girlfriends scold them in front of the crowd and force them to leave: Priceless
Day 6, Thursday
- Rain. Damn security lady. Umbrella $10
- Staten Island Ferry to see Statue of Liberty $0
- Erika in Venn data hell $0
- Reed joins Brightfield for "drinks with client" $0 (thank you Brightfield)
- Dinner with Jason and Ellen at Il Bastardo and watching Reed talk more about his incredible Caprese salad than his Skirt Steak and Lamb Shank: Priceless
Day 7, Friday
- Miss alarm clock and wake up too late to go to Philly $0
- Buy new tickets to Philly for tomorrow $46
- 5th Ave window shopping and gothic churches $0
Day 8, Saturday
- Waking up on time for the bus $0
- Discovering Summer Street on Park Ave $0
- Iced Coffee and bagels for the bus to Philly $6.68
- National Constitution Center $24
- Liberty Bell $0
- Independence Hall $0
- LOVE park $0
- City Hall and Old town $0
- Running the Rocky Staircase (Museum of Art) $0
- Hosting a Pat's vs Geno's cheesesteak tasting contest $18.50 (Pat's by a landslide)
- Leaving Philly feeling proud to be an American $0
- Watching Jimmy Kimmel question whether a hosptial should rethink its name: Priceless
Day 9, Sunday
- Bottomless Drinks at Sunburnt Cow for brunch $58
- Looking for Oscar the Grouch and discovering my boyfriend thinks I have massive deltoids $0
- Discovering Artichoke Pizza (spinach artichoke smeared over crust) $9
- David Hasselhoff roast on Comedy Central $0
- Spending our last full day together in a perfect lazy rainy Sunday afternoon mode: Priceless
Day 10, Monday
- Option to extend Reed's ticket to stay longer $438
- Plan to stay with regular ticket $0
Reed comes to visit!
And he comes bearing gifts
1) A "USA" Soccer shirt for the game on Tuesday
2) a sackful of sour powers
3) 2 burritos from our favorite mexican place in sj (he wrapped them and packed them with an ice bag, wrapped again, bagged and kept in his backpack the entire flight!)
Good man! What an entrance!
We had a phenomenal week together.
Day 1, Saturday
- Nap together $0- Union Square and FlatIron $0
- Introduction to Iced Coffees at 7-11, 2 please $3.84
- Drinks at the Frying Pan $60
- Triple date at Korean BBQ with hairy Ukranian astrophysicist $60
- Drinks underneath the Empire State Building $15
- First day with my man: Priceless
Day 2, Sunday
- Waking up early on Reed's first day to get to Brooklyn $0
- Reed's first subway adventure $4.50
- Bagels and Iced Coffee at Dunkin Donuts $6.78
- Reed's first subway adventure $4.50
- Bagels and Iced Coffee at Dunkin Donuts $6.78
- Blood sugar meltdown @ Subway $5
- Toilet paper bundle pillow fight $15
- Brooklyn Tabernacle church and choir: Priceless
- Toilet paper bundle pillow fight $15
- Brooklyn Tabernacle church and choir: Priceless
Day 3, Monday
- Going to work while Reed sleeps in $0- Reed's Yankees game at the new Yankee stadium $25
- Meeting up with Reed and his very white friends in Harlem $2.25
- Getting a little lost and finding myself on Martin Luther King Blvd (never a good thing) $0
- Finally finding them and Slyvia's Soul Food Restaurant (our table is easy to spot) $0
- Chicken and Waffles and Chicken and Dumpings $25
- Realizing that 20 uniformed Black Panthers were conducting a meeting adjacent to our table: Priceless
Day 4, Tuesday
- Reed meets Angelo from Top Chef at the office $0- Reed destroys both Christopher and Jason at ping pong 0$ but definitely huge brownie points
- USA vs Brazil soccer game $60
- Swearing when stadium security considers my umbrella a "potential weapon" and confiscating it $10 (I did not handle that well, I admit it)
- Watching young drunk Jersey douchebags try to pick fights with the Brazilian fans by pumping their adolescent chests and shouting obscenities and then watching their girlfriends scold them in front of the crowd and force them to leave: Priceless
Day 5, Wednesday
- Wear my Mets jersey to the office $30
- Reed checks out New York Stock Exchange and the Financial District $0
- Train to Brooklyn for Mets game $4.50
- "Mets-ed" out dog smoking pipe $0
- Tickets to Mets game $60
- See a baseball game with Reed at the new Citi Field Stadium in all its glory: Priceless
- Wear my Mets jersey to the office $30- Reed checks out New York Stock Exchange and the Financial District $0
- Train to Brooklyn for Mets game $4.50
- "Mets-ed" out dog smoking pipe $0
- Tickets to Mets game $60
- See a baseball game with Reed at the new Citi Field Stadium in all its glory: Priceless
Day 6, Thursday
- Rain. Damn security lady. Umbrella $10- Staten Island Ferry to see Statue of Liberty $0
- Erika in Venn data hell $0
- Reed joins Brightfield for "drinks with client" $0 (thank you Brightfield)
- Dinner with Jason and Ellen at Il Bastardo and watching Reed talk more about his incredible Caprese salad than his Skirt Steak and Lamb Shank: Priceless
Day 7, Friday
- Miss alarm clock and wake up too late to go to Philly $0- Buy new tickets to Philly for tomorrow $46
- 5th Ave window shopping and gothic churches $0
- NBA store and the Lakers grill
- Rockefeller Center and the sly Food Bank guy $0
- Rockefeller Center and the sly Food Bank guy $0
- Radio City Hall, NBC, David Letterman, $0
- FAO Schwartz and the creepy doll head factory
- FAO Schwartz and the creepy doll head factory
- Apple Store and the 50 people deep line$0
- Columbus Circle, Trump and its paintings $0
- Central Park,Word Drop and the worst juggler/mime EVER $0
- Not being able to find anywhere to eat north of 60th St $0
- Crumbs Cupcakes! PB Cup and Lemon Myer $6
- Spending the day in Central Park, lying on the grass with my love: Priceless
- Columbus Circle, Trump and its paintings $0
- Central Park,Word Drop and the worst juggler/mime EVER $0
- Not being able to find anywhere to eat north of 60th St $0
- Crumbs Cupcakes! PB Cup and Lemon Myer $6
- Spending the day in Central Park, lying on the grass with my love: Priceless
Day 8, Saturday
- Waking up on time for the bus $0- Discovering Summer Street on Park Ave $0
- Iced Coffee and bagels for the bus to Philly $6.68
- National Constitution Center $24
- Liberty Bell $0
- Independence Hall $0
- LOVE park $0
- City Hall and Old town $0
- Running the Rocky Staircase (Museum of Art) $0
- Hosting a Pat's vs Geno's cheesesteak tasting contest $18.50 (Pat's by a landslide)
- Leaving Philly feeling proud to be an American $0
- Watching Jimmy Kimmel question whether a hosptial should rethink its name: Priceless
Day 9, Sunday
- Bottomless Drinks at Sunburnt Cow for brunch $58- Looking for Oscar the Grouch and discovering my boyfriend thinks I have massive deltoids $0
- Discovering Artichoke Pizza (spinach artichoke smeared over crust) $9
- David Hasselhoff roast on Comedy Central $0
- Spending our last full day together in a perfect lazy rainy Sunday afternoon mode: Priceless
Day 10, Monday
- Option to extend Reed's ticket to stay longer $438- Plan to stay with regular ticket $0
- Decide to stick to original plan
- Last lunch with Reed and Jason $21
- Saying goodbye to Reed & sending him on his way15
- Work late to catch up $0
- Eat late $8
- Get home late
- Last lunch with Reed and Jason $21
- Saying goodbye to Reed & sending him on his way15
- Work late to catch up $0
- Eat late $8
- Get home late
- Remembering why I work so hard in the first place: Priceless
Wow! What an AWESOME trip! I'm so jealous! I want to go to the Brooklyn Tabernacle! All of it sounds perfect. I'm so happy you had a great time.
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