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alexist at 09:07am on 22/03/2004
alexist at 09:07am on 22/03/2004Had a fun weekend--went into the city both days. Saturday we went to the Museum of Natural History, then met Michelle and Gavin and went up the Empire State Building (about the 7th time I've done it--but they hadn't). Absolutely awful queue! Went for Chinese (I have converted someone else to soup dumplings, muwahahaha), stopped at Ferrara's for pastry (look, I've walked a lot, I earned it), went home, went right to bed!
Yesterday started with a bit of a moan from my sister as she'd wanted to stop by to meet Neil. My mother had said that she'd planned to come by in the morning, but when I phoned she said she wanted to come "later tonight" and got very miffed when I told her we were going out. In the end I told her we'd come by hers sometime during the week.
After some laziness and vacillation over what to do, we headed in and I took Neil shopping. This involved me trying to talk him into things and him being stubborn. :-) He's picked on the linen trousers (and I didn't say he should buy them--just try!), but that was just an example. He also refused grey trousers, light colors and almost anything patterned. I briefly threatened to send him on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy ;-) In the end he did OK though, 2 new sweaters (both on sale), new trousers (on sale, being hemmed) and 2 pairs of Levi's (not from Bloomies: they don't carry normal jeans. As it happened, when we came out I spotted the Levi's store across the street and we went in there.)
We stopped in Borders for a bit, then went to the cinema--Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, my choice. Herein started a small run of bad luck. We stopped at the Food Emporium up the street for chocolate and they didn't have anything I wanted :( They used to have Lindt Wafer bars! Then in the cinema, Neil went to get drinks and popcorn--and the carbonated drinks machine wasn't working, and the vending machine wasn't accepting bills. I was really thirsty, so he went to go find another machine. He didn't, but he found the upstairs concession and got the stuff. When he got back down, the drinks were working again! Poor him. Above and beyond the call of duty :)
The film was good, marred by only some local geography goofs. It started in the first scene, where the sides of the trains said Long Island Rail Road, but I could tell they were Metro-North trains. (LIRR trains have blue trim, Metro-North is red.) Also, they set the film in Rockville Centre, the suburb immediately next to mine. However, I could tell they hadn't filmed it anywhere remotely nearby--I pegged it as Westchester, and I was right. Mount Vernon, according to the IMDb. Although Joel's address is a plausible RVC one :-)
Went for a curry--nice but they were out of Coke! Water doesn't really do it for chiles :( Then home and sleep again :-)
Today we're doing nothing, just recovering :)
Yesterday started with a bit of a moan from my sister as she'd wanted to stop by to meet Neil. My mother had said that she'd planned to come by in the morning, but when I phoned she said she wanted to come "later tonight" and got very miffed when I told her we were going out. In the end I told her we'd come by hers sometime during the week.
After some laziness and vacillation over what to do, we headed in and I took Neil shopping. This involved me trying to talk him into things and him being stubborn. :-) He's picked on the linen trousers (and I didn't say he should buy them--just try!), but that was just an example. He also refused grey trousers, light colors and almost anything patterned. I briefly threatened to send him on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy ;-) In the end he did OK though, 2 new sweaters (both on sale), new trousers (on sale, being hemmed) and 2 pairs of Levi's (not from Bloomies: they don't carry normal jeans. As it happened, when we came out I spotted the Levi's store across the street and we went in there.)
We stopped in Borders for a bit, then went to the cinema--Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, my choice. Herein started a small run of bad luck. We stopped at the Food Emporium up the street for chocolate and they didn't have anything I wanted :( They used to have Lindt Wafer bars! Then in the cinema, Neil went to get drinks and popcorn--and the carbonated drinks machine wasn't working, and the vending machine wasn't accepting bills. I was really thirsty, so he went to go find another machine. He didn't, but he found the upstairs concession and got the stuff. When he got back down, the drinks were working again! Poor him. Above and beyond the call of duty :)
The film was good, marred by only some local geography goofs. It started in the first scene, where the sides of the trains said Long Island Rail Road, but I could tell they were Metro-North trains. (LIRR trains have blue trim, Metro-North is red.) Also, they set the film in Rockville Centre, the suburb immediately next to mine. However, I could tell they hadn't filmed it anywhere remotely nearby--I pegged it as Westchester, and I was right. Mount Vernon, according to the IMDb. Although Joel's address is a plausible RVC one :-)
Went for a curry--nice but they were out of Coke! Water doesn't really do it for chiles :( Then home and sleep again :-)
Today we're doing nothing, just recovering :)