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Lost in translation

Why use a mirror, when you can just walk outside and see if homeless and/or sketchy people talk to you? Sure, you could ask your friends if your outfit looks ok, or you could just go out onto the sidewalk or subway and see if any drunken homeless people comment (or not). If not, maybe you should really try a different belt, or maybe those earrings aren't working for you?

Comment Ghetto guy says "heyyyy"
Translates to That's a really nice color on you. Berry colors are really "in."

Comment Homeless guy says "wow oh my god!"
Translates to I like what you've done with your hair. I like the new cut.

Comment Random guy makes cat purr sound
Translates to You're really grasping the style this season.

Comment
I saw a girl walking down Delancey the other day, and this sketchy old guy said to her "I've been watching you all week! I just had to talk to you...blah...blah....(in as creepy voice as possible)" She of course ignored him.

Translates to
I feel like your outfit as a whole really is working today. Though, have you considered gladiator sandals or a wide belt, just to update your look?

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And the ATM ate my check deposit. It made noises like it was chewing it up. I guess we all get hungry.
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NYC is the best city ever :)

For anyone thinking of moving to NYC, here is some more great stuff about living here!

Before I begin, if any lurkers or anyone has questions about moving to NYC, feel free to post them and I'd love to answer. That really was my original purpose in making this blog.

Ok, so to add on some more reasons that this is an awesome place to live...

So on Friday I went out in my neighborhood, The Lower East Side, and got delicious Pad Thai at Eatpisode, which is a bring your own beer/wine place -- it' s so nice just to leave your apmt and stroll over a few blocks, and drink if you feel like it, and not have to worry about driving home.

They have a corking fee, but it's still much cheapter than buying drinks at most restaurants. Then we went to a relaxed lounge, called Libation, down the street that had comfy lounge-type couches. We had some tasty drinks -- a White Russian, a cosmo, and much more. My bf got a martini and something on the rocks. Then later in the night people started dancing which was quite convenient, as we just had to stand up to join in.

Then the next day we took the scooter to Chinatown and had some delish soup dumplings -- there is actually a tasty soup inside each delicious dumpling. You put it onto your spoon and poke a hole into the dumpling, to let the soup run onto your spoon. Also had a "pancake" type thing that of course wasn't sweet, but was tasty fried-ish carbs with some veggies in it...light and tasty. And some chicken.

On the way back we stopped in Soho to buy some clothes. It was really packed and sunny out -- much sunnier this summer.

Later that night we went to a cookie monster pub crawl, so we made sure to swing by a street fair close to Bleeker St. to get some "T" shirts.

We got there pretty late and missed most of the crawl, but did have a great time ordering $4 drinks at Asian Bar and trying tons of their appetizers and food. Ramen type noodles, california rolls, a crab cake, and much more. And tasty drinks including Mojitos and Cappirenas (sp?).

Also, we went to a ping pong lounge called Spin City where you can play overpriced games of ping pong in a lounge setting with drinks. We went to a party there so that was fun.

We also went to the grocery store on the scooter, filled up a duffle bag with breakfast foods, went home, and made pancakes, eggs, bacon, potatoes, iced coffee, with mangoes and peaches. tasty!

There is so much to do in NYC. So anyone reading this who is thinking of moving here, now you have even more reasons to.

Note about the scooter: so my bf just got a vespa scooter, and it's great for riding around. On the weekends, the subway can take up to 30 minutes each way depending on how frequently it's running -- there are also delays often as many trains have construction work done on them on weekends, making it tough to get to brunch on time without leaving an hour early to make sure you're there on time! (This means a lot of the time you end up taking cabs on the weekend, which is great if you have lots of $10 or $20 bills lying around your apartment that you are dying to use up. So a scooter is great for avoiding that. However, you do have to be careful if it's really hot outside or if it's raining, a cab is still a better choice. And with the MTA about to raise subway rates again...doesn't hurt to take the scooter sometimes!

soccer stuff

I went to a fun soccer clinic last night. I didn't wear shin guards for the little pick-up game at the end, because it was complete beginners. They play so strangely. They take it really seriously, while ignoring all of the rules, making up their own rules, and being very serious about others abiding by their imaginary rules. They all have something to prove, even if they are proving they really don't know what they're doing.

The ones who are worst, tend to be the ones making additional rules, or instructing others on how to play.

This really nice girl said she just wanted to give up because she was horrible -- but she was actually doing just fine. She only thought that because of the few really terrible players who kept yelling at her to not to do this, and to do that.

One girl stood in the tiny "goal" and we don't use goalies because the thing is 3 feet wide. Then she yelled at the organizer "we need a goalkeeper baby!! If you're not going to do it, I will!"

Then she did other odd things like almost throwing the ball in, then almost kicking it in, and then finally, just dropping the ball in front of herself and dribbling it. huh??

Another time she was attempting to kick it in, and stopped the whole game to clarify what my name was, which took a long time as she was pointing in the dark at a group of us. "Me?" "no." "Me?" "no." "Me?" Yeah! you!"

By then the whole other team was surrounding me, so good luck passing to me now! Uh yeah. Bizarre.

And then this smaller girl who was like some sort of attack dog and didn't seem to realize you can't just throw yourself onto the other team as "defense."

But, it was still fun to play, and also to just stare in awe at "what are these people doing??!" And we got to learn how to juggle the ball. So far I could only get it 2-3 times per foot, but that's still more than I've ever gotten before! He explained it very well.

Today I noticed I actually had a line of dried blood all over my ankle. I guess I'd gotten a small cut last night and I hadn't even noticed it'd dripped down. I guess I should wear socks/shin guards even w/ the beginners -- maybe especially because they are beginners.

Other stuff...

I've had fun playing soccer lately. It's nice to have a small group of people I know there, and my boyfriend has been playing with us also, so that's fun!

We went to the "beach" last weekend. It's actually a large sandbox that overlooks a river with boats going by. It has all of the essentials though: sand, drinks, snacks. And it's walking distance from my boyfriend's place. So that's pretty much awesome. All of the other real and fake beaches are much, much farther away.

I'm trying to get rid of stuff and organize my things and it's so tough! I'm not a naturally organized person, so it takes me extra effort to figure out where to put/store things. Especially papers. I have a giant pile. I'm afraid to even look in there.

I'm liking the summer, despite it being super hot. It's such a change from cold weather, and I like the variety.

It's interesting how when it's 80 or 90 degrees, people here start to freak out. But that's still bearable weather, unlike AZ's occasional 120!!

I'm going to be visiting AZ soon in fact, and really looking forward to that! yay. I usually only go back once a year and choose either Christmas or Thanksgiving. So this is nice to do the twice a year thing.

Went to a fun wine/pasta class w/ my bf this weekend also. They teach you to make pasta from scratch (which seems like a lot of work to me), but we got to create bow-tie pasta from the dough and then they cooked it and we ate it. That was fun! And the wine was really fun of course too ;) And then we went to a VERY tasty sushi place that was delicious! And also a nice Tribecca bar that was fun as it was a different scene.

My bf also bought a vespa scooter. I'm hoping it's safe and I don't end up with half a face or something, but assuming it's safe, it'll be a fun way to get around. It should be much faster than the subway on weekends, etc.

So things are pretty good at the moment! :)