update, getting lazy...

Had lots of emails this week so have neglected my blog. Its been a busy week with lots going on, Ill pick up where I left off.

Its Thursday so we head to the Empire State Building for our daily dose of touristyness. The lines are not very long so that was a bonus, however the lady selling tickets at the booth tells us the visibility is crap today and to come back if we can later in the week, so we spend the rest of the day just looking around, window shopping and visiting yet another mega department store (today was Macys). I have decided New York is on fashion overload, there is so much to choose from how can you choose? Obviously, people do, and do it well cos everyone is carrying a bag on fifth avenue whether it be from Macys, Cartier or Banana Reupblic somebodys always buying something.

Friday we venture down to SoHo for more shopping and Im over my shopping overload. This part of town has some really funky shops, mixed with crap shops mixed with chain stores. I decide in my head to go back the following day and do a bit of power shopping on my own. Julian met up with us in the afternoon and he and Kerry did a bit of shopping for his apartment and spent an obscene amount of money just on curtains...we all meet up at this gorgeous bar called Balthazar for some wine which was really crowded but we somehow managed to get seats at the bar. Good work Julian! We celebrated with pommes frites (expensive fries) and mayo and sauce, which spawned an entertaining debate in which we all decided the mayo was a bit funky and that we needed a second plate to make sure. The bar staff were lots of fun and were also hot nerds. PS NYC is full of men with weird shaped heads, and very few we have found cute, so the bar staff were a welcome distraction. No wonder series like Sex and the City were so successful, it is hard for a girl to find a good man here!

We catch the subway back (our local line is the 6 for anybody playing at home) just in time for a late dinner of takeout Thai with Schini. More wine and girly chat made for a great, laidback night. Schini (or Sohini, Im not surehow how her name is spelt) is so lovely, a really smart, really savvy girl who knows everything about NY. She used to work at the Forum with Kerry but know she is with the Michael J Fox Foundation for research into Parkinsons Disease. The thai we have is almost as good as Aroy Thai, one of the best meals Ive had since being in America.