Brooklyn Weekend Fun

There’s something about New York when the weather is a little bit Spring-like and Sunny… not to cold, definitely not yet hot… just kinda balmy during the day and chilly at night. That’s pretty much what the weather was like in Brooklyn this weekend. Gorgeous for aimless unplanned wandering… which is of course what we do best.

On Friday, we went to a fabulous little SoHo sushi place (Blue Ribbon) that Melody found with some coworkers a while back. Place was so chic they didn’t even need a friggin sign outside! That was a little strange… I wonder what it would be like to own something so swanky you don’t even need a sign. Like folks just come to your spot because they know through word of mouth it’s the hotness.

Anyway, had some miso soup and edamame of course. Also an awesome California roll out of king crab… though $18? Still very very tasty… a scallop roll of some kind, oh and the green tea crème brûlée?!?! Didn’t even know I LIKED crème brûlée! But it was so wonderful almost made me pass out… to Melody’s amusement. Whatever it was good.

After dinner we walked around SoHo a bit … shopped a little, and then went to a great wine bar on Broome and Wooster Sts. We almost couldn’t find it but I’m so glad we did cuz we had a lot of fun talking stuff there.

Sunday was spent wandering around Brooklyn. Breakfast at a bagel shop, shopping on Bedford Street where I picked up this great spring hat

and Stereolab compilation: Stereolab Oscillons from the Anti-Sun.

Also stopped through Union Square on the way back to Penn station. Picked up a couple pair of everyone-has-them-but-I-love-them-anyway street vendor earrings, some shoes, and a Melody-recommended artist’s album: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black. Shes European… from the UK… kinda 60s soulish… pretty refreshing to hear someone steal a different era of soul… I like.

Got a little reading and knitting done on the train which i'm quite proud of. All part of the effort to use my time a little more wisely.

All in all a really wonderful and refreshing weekend. New York is generally busy but Brooklyn somehow feels a little slower paced and relaxing.

P.S. got an A- In that godforsaken Economics class... aparently the professor just wanted to see us shake. VERY MEAN.