Adventures in NYC

So the other weekend, a couple of good friends of mine came down here from Buffalo, NY. For those of you who don't know their geography (and that's ok, you're from other countries), Buffalo is from the upper west part of NY, kind of near the Ontario Canada, and also near PA and Ohio. It's quite the trek down here to Long Island, I'd say like 8 hours drive.

But anyways, they are some of my favorite people, and are finishing up school there. We've spent the past 2 1/2 years together, seeing each other every day, through think and thin. We've taken some 250 exams together, partied on the weekends, and have "just hung out" by about infinity. It's amazing how close you can get in such a short time period, but I guess it's multiplied when you are with each other so much. So what am I trying to say? Well, we're a big deal :)

A couple of them are Canadian, and they wanted to see what this crazy city called New York has to offer. It has a couple of cool things to do, right? Yeah, at least like 5 bazillion jiggawatts worth.

My room mate and I (who I've lived with for 3 years already... craaazy) took them on a short tour, and here's a short taste of what we saw...

You have to come to Chinatown if you are ever downtown. It's a necessity. There are floods of Asian people, and authentic food everywhere. I mean you find chickens and ducks roasting in windows, baskets of crayfish in the street, and fruit stands on every block. It's a huge open market, and the prices are dirty cheap.

Some Chinese Chicken BBQ - Awesome

Some cool berry that I've never seen before

If you find humor in this, we would get along perfectly

The girls had to get some purses or bags (whatever you call those things) from Chinatown. If you like that kind of stuff, I totally recommend it. It's fun being taken into a hidden back room, reminiscent of the Bat Cave, and paying money for a pseudo-Guccified-Dolce Gabbanied-hand bag for like 30 bucks. Man, I can't believe I knew the names of those brands. My manhood is fleeting... I need to go watch football or something :)

After lunch, we had to hit up Little Italy... which has one of the best pastry shops in the history of man kind, Ferrara. I'm kicking myself for not trying the gelato there, but I was sooooo full of Chinese. Thank god for walking it off :)

Crazy pastries I could never make

So, after feeling pretty bloated, very full, and happy to be alive on such a gorgeous day in August, a traveling we went. Another destination was the Brooklyn Bridge, which is very cool and old fashioned looking. The bridge is going on like 160 years old. It's a cool sight to see, and there's a cool waterfall coming out of it.

See, cool waterfall

And after that was the South St. Seaport for some chilling by the water, and Battery Park to get a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. The weather and sights were all really beautiful, until later in the day, when it got kind of stormy. Here's some more pictures, because hey, they say a thousand words, right?

Brooklyn Bridge

Chillen by the Seaport
A spooky sky before the storm in Battery Park

An unrelated picture at a party, but it reminds me how lucky I am

So, that's a quick synopsis of a couple hours of NYC daytime adventure. I love my friends and consider myself very lucky to know such cool, caring people. I know in a few months we'll be scattered all over the globe, and be off starting our careers and lives, but that's ok, we won't slip. I've always lived by if you want something bad enough, you'll make it happen.