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Well, to start off my day, I decided to get up at the crack
of dawn.
Your thinking that I’m
crazy, but oh well, to go exploring, the early bird catches the worm as they
say.
I ended up making my way over
to the East Village from Brooklyn to attend a fantastic yoga vinyasa flow class
that was donation only from
Yoga To The People at 12 St. Marks Street. Awesome
inner trip! I needed it & I forgot how much that I love how yoga reminds
you to be nonjudgmental of yourself & others. I highly recommend checking
this place out cos it’s great! I felt at home there. After class I wondered
around a bit on St Marks Street until I spotted a boxing kangaroo flag. Oh,
there’s only one country/continent in the world that I’ve been to that this
speaks home to me. I stumbled into a brilliant Aussie pie shop called
Tuck Shop at 68 East 1
st & 2
nd Avenues.
All the pies were of course homemade
& they were only $6.00.
A
barging I scored. I had a lovely savory lentil pie.
I quite enjoyed my time there & especially having a nice
chat with the Aussie bloke who was working.
Of course I went on & on about my travels in Australia.
It was nice to chat with someone about travel & the meaning of seeing the
world. Funny, how more Australians hold passports than American’s do. Basically
the conversation was center over how good traveling is for you. It’s nice to
hear from an Aussie that I’ve seen quite a bit of the world than most Americans
would dream of. Apparently the
Tuck Shop doesn’t get busy during the day, but
during the nights especially on Friday & Saturday’s nights late is when
business is booming. It’s a great spot to check out for sure, even if you want
to go late night or not. After my brilliant snack as you could say.
I just took to the streets searching
for what was calling me. New York has temptations everywhere, I turn. I ended up in Chinatown & Little Italy wandering
around after I found myself back on Spring Street for some excellent people
watching. I enjoyed walking along Broadway in SoHo & looking at all of the
street vendors. I made my way into
Uniqlo, the Japanese version of
Old Navy where it reminded me of being
back home in Matsue checking out what came in for the latest of the Japanese
fashion world.
The National Geographic display got me hooked, my heart screamed of excitement cos at first I thought I found a
National Geographic shop, but quickly realized that I was in
Uniqlo. I made my way down to
Muji too. I had fun wandering around.
After my shopping in SoHo I made my way uptown to go seek out
B&H Photo,
but I was very disappointed cos it was closed for a holiday. I found my way to
Macy’s, but I didn’t go in, just ended up sitting for a bit in one of the café
chairs that they had in front of the main entrance to write a few postcards to
a few dear friends. I must admit that I didn’t stop there; I ended up to
Rockefeller Center to check out the ice skating rink, but was shocked to see it
as a restaurant for the summer time. I chatted with a few NYPD cops in front of
the GE Building where I went in to check out the famous mural originally done
by Mexican painter Diego Rivera a fresco that originally had a Marxist theme
with Lenin in it that was replaced by a larger mural by Spanish Catalan artist
Josep Maria Sert,
“American Progress”,
depicting a vast allegorical scene of men constructing modern America. There
was a lot of history in that part of the building that I could just feel
it.
I stumbled across to 5
th
Avenue to check out the famous Atlas statue before headed over to
Saint Patrick’s
Cathedral to check it out. I made my way over to 47
th street to go
to the
Japan Society's Edo Pop exhibition before having too much fun on 5
th
Avenue.
I also stumbled upon the
United Nation’s Plaza too.
Edo Pop
is excellent I highly recommend this exhibition.
The gallery is free on Friday nights from 6PM to close. A
great find!I somehow found my way back to Grand Central Station threw the Met Life Building like I did on my last adventure on the Upper East Side. Funny, how I just knew where I was going tho. Well, I made my way back to Brooklyn after a busy day exploring the
city. I ended up having a brilliant nights out with a couple of friends & a vegan sea salt & olive oil pizza at
Franny's off of the 7
th
Avenue stop on the Q Line. They do have an excellent red wine on tap too! Ah,
lights out again Brooklyn, I must recharge my batteries for another day. It’s
been a great day of exploration.
