We know we have been getting a bit behind on the posts but New York is a very busy place! On Saturday morning we split up, Shaun returned to Canal Street and I went shopping in Bloomingdales, Gap, Banana Republic etc.... Shaun bought himself an authentic Rolex from a shifty looking man on Canal Street (the street of fakes - or as one of our bus drivers said, "designer inspired") and I bought some clothes. It was very upsetting to see lots of nice clothes that I couldn't buy due to annoying airplane weight limits. Will have to come back to New York sometime just to shop!
We then met up at the Museum of Natural History and explored this. It's quite an interesting museum, a mixture of very old-fashioned display windows with stuffed animals posed in their "natural habitat", and a very modern dinosaur section, which is probably the best part - lots of massive skeletons. We only saw the giant blue whale from behind a barrier, the sea-life section was closed for a function.
That night we headed out to dinner with Steve and Anna to a restaurant which had a Southern-inspired menu, including fried chicken, souccatash, cornbread, crab-cakes etc...great food, huge meals, very filling! After dinner Shaun and I headed out to explore the East Village night-life in the blocks surrounding Steve's apartment. About twenty bars within a few blocks! Most of them are very tiny but with lots of atmosphere. On Steve and Anna's advice, we headed to the bar owned by the drummer from Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz. So we felt very cool having a drink there. Then we headed to another bar which was about a foot wide but was packed with people. We were very interested to find ourself standing next to a lady holding her dog inside! Only in New York.... after a martini there we called it a night.
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