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When traveling the least expected things can happen at any moment & you just need to breath, hold no attachment to them & be present in the moment. I had to remind myself of that today. I started my day with a lovely stroll on a beautiful crispy sunny spring day in Brooklyn walking along the  Brooklyn Heights Promenade. There are some spectacular views of the city. I found my way walking under the Brooklyn Bridge & found the famous carousel.  I walked around DUMBO before catching the train into town to Wall Street. I’m not a big fan of this part of the city. Mainly cos it’s the oldest part of New York with rich colonial history. Don’t get me wrong that it’s not worth exploring, but it’s just not my cup of tea.  I made my way over to Pier 11 for the East River Ferry East River Ferry to meet a friend. Apparently, you can take a single ride uptown for $4USD or it’s a $12USD daily pass. We choose the one way ticket to Long Island City in Queens where we took a train down to Flushing Street.  Your thinking that I’m nuts for going all the way down to Flushing, but it was like being back in China. My friend that I was with was telling me that Queens has a variety of different ethnic groups & it’s way cheaper to go get food than in Manhattan. He was also telling me that restaurants test their ideas in the borough first before making it was to the city. It’s a great place. The main destination in Flushing was the Golden Mall to eat at Xi’an Xi'an Foods where the foodies go. Anthony Bourdain & Andrew Zimmerman have been. It was yum. I had the Lian Pi “Coldkin” Noodles. A very spicy vegetarian cold noodles that were homemade & amazing! Ah, an authentic meal indeed.  After my quick visit to Flushing for “lunch” I made it back to the city, parted ways with my friend & ended up in Times Square. In Times Square I just walked threw to make my way uptown to get to 5th Avenue. I had a specific plan in mind. On my way I walked passed the “Bluth Family Banana Stand” from Arrested Development that was diagonal across from Radio City Music Hall. The cast was there passing out chocolate bananas. I finally made my way to FAO Swartz FAO Swartz to play on the piano from Big. I’ve wanted to play The Big Piano since I first saw the movie Big. I had a fun during my two minute of fun times. I quite enjoyed looking at all of the Lego sculptures in the store too.  Overall, I would recommend going to FAO to be a kid. I concluded my day with meeting another friend over in Chelsea to attend the 7PM Monday night meditation class at Kadampa Meditation Center .  It was a nice place to go to conclude my day & to find some peace within. Good night Brooklyn, I have enjoyed you today with the adventures…
The Big Piano






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