SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

I wake up a little earlier than normal, so I can actually take advantage of my morning today. Because of yesterday's getting lost fiasco, I decide that today I will hit the city on foot. I grab brunch in the neighbourhood at the Dumbo General Store, before heading out. I'm not really sure what to do or where to go, so I decide to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. It really is so amazing and beautiful, and if you could just take all of the tourists off of it, it would probably be the best thing in life (I know, I know, I am also a tourist, but I am not a TOURIST, you know what I mean??).
I walk around to some of the places that Phil showed me a few days ago; I sit in a park and watch some guys play basketball; I walk down Wall Street and past ground zero, and by too many landmarks and monuments to even count. On the way home, I walk down by the piers, and buy the best ice cream that I have ever had in my life. It is flavoured with cacao and port and is topped with roasted cashews (i think) and bruleed bananas. SO GOOD.

I walk back over the bridge and bum around the apartment for a bit. One of my roommates, Matt, then tells me that !!! is playing for free as part of the williamsburg summer concert series, and gives me directions to the show. I bike across town, get lost, and it starts to rain. I stop in at the first interesting looking bar that I see and grab a pint of local beer for 3 dollars. I ask for directions, and am out the door the second the rain lets up.

Because of the weather, the show is not as packed as I am told some of these concert are. There is music and beer and food, and the best part of all... there's DODGEBALL!!! Hurray!! Anyone can play, so I join in for a few rounds. The rules are a little different over there, but I vow that I will get here earlier next Sunday and get in as much dodgeball as possible. What a great city!!
Vans has a tent that is giving away free screenprinted shirts. I miss the screenprinting, but they still have a bunch of shirt left, so I just get a few plain tees.

The show and everything are over by about 7:30, and as I'm leaving, it begins to RAIN. WOMPS!! I have no fender, and I did not bring my waterproof backpack with me today, so I try to cover my belongings in plastic, and then I put my head down and bike as fast as I can to get home. I'm SOAKED and covered in road dirt by the time I make it in. Gross. My roommates are eating dinner, and I make myself a giant salad and then we all hang out and watch True Blood.
Rian, another roommate, has been away in Vegas all weekend, so we catch up over beers when the show is done.
I spend the rest of the night updating my flickr. Matt and Mike go out to a party, and Rian and Jenner head off to sleep as they both have to work in the morning.
My first weekend in New York is done, and I have to say, it was pretty freaking great.
There is always so much to do here and the people are so nice and friendly and giving, and I wish that I could stay for a year instead of for three weeks.
That being said, I miss my cats and it would be really nice to have someone close to share this experience with. I can't wait to one day return with a close friend.
Two more weeks to go!