sometimes I still feel like an outsider in this city. i've never been to staten island or to carnegie deli. i still gawk at street performers and laugh at the men who drunkenly whistle at the lady passers-by. I don't feel this so much in winter...in winter everyone's distant, alone, and slightly miserable. But in the spring changes and suddenly there are people having lightsaber battles in the park and you don't have to wear panty hose with dresses anymore. i love it.
Washington Square last thursday. It was packed with people and there were street performers at the end of every direction. There was a barbershop quartet under the arc.
I went to Central Park with a friend visiting from DC. I don't go to central park very often, its not too close to me and its kind of depressing in winter what with the fierce life-threatening icicles and the wolf/coyotes. But it was perfect for today
the trees were beginning to bloom...
And people were beginning to dance.
Before we went to central park, we had brunch at Big Wong King on Mott St. We got enough food for 3 people, it cost 15.50. They are famous, of course, for their roast duck.
I don't eat a lot of meat, but these golden duckings were delicious.
Our meal, starting from the left corner: shrimp rice pancake, duck noodles, short ribs in a blackbean garlic sauce, and beef and squid congee. Everything was good and came out within 10 minutes after ordering. Go here. walk around Chinatown, buy some cheap sunglasses, and relax under the city sun.
