.another.nyc.weekend...

this weekend was so much fun with marcel in nyc. totally laid back. we totally did not make plans for anything, but we ended up having more fun than i thought we would. and this is just proof that you can get away with not making reservations anywhere, and still have fun. we walked for a while friday night, but finally found john's pizzeria on 40-somethingth street, by times square. very good food, for not too much of a price. good times everyone, i highly recommend it. the restaurant is in this old church/cathedral, which added to the charm and the ambiance. then we just crashed back at the hotel, but not before we stopped in at everyone's favorite convenience store - duane reede. =) good stuff there - had to stock back up on shampoo and conditioner and lotion.

saturday we got up so late, but we were well rested. we tried to grab some lunch at nobo - the famous shishifoofoo sushi place where a lot of celebrities eat, but it was closed for lunch on the weekends...and no, we're not that dumb to not call first, but when i tried to call earlier, the line was busy, so we decided to make the trek down there. so we ended up eating at a diner across the street..haha. ah well...at least we were close to it! then we did some shopping in soho and chinatown...hoofed it back over to jersey city to drop off our purchases, then met up with jackson at a sushi place down in the village. the first sushi place we tried was sushi samba, but the wait was an hour and 1/2 (no weekend plans, remember?) so we went to this other sushi place (i forget the name, but it's one word and was rated the best sushi restaurant in 2001 by zagat) maybe it was called yoma? ok, that's a funny name now that i think about it...if you knwo the name, shout out below...anyways, jackson took us to the merc and angel after dinner...good times, although marcel and i kinda died out at angel, so we decided to leave...ended up going to this falafel place to eat..the food wasn't that great, but oh well...we got home around 5AM, which only left about 4 hours of sleep for me (marcel got 5) before i had to get up, pack, and get ready for the nbc studio tour...the tour was shorter than i expected. but we did see the dateline studio, tom brokaw studio, and the snl studio (it's damn small). too bad we didn't get to see conan's or last call with carson daly. and unhappily to report that we did not see 1 celebrity. oh well...but i found out later that i could have gotten tickets to whitney houston's performance out at lincoln center! my friend works for whitney's label, and she told me later that night that if she had known that i was gonna be in town, she would have given me a ticket. oh well. not a big deal.

so overall, it was an awesome weekend. me and marcie did some crazy stuff at the nbc store, but i won't bore you with the details here. maybe some other time...*cough*cough*

one of my friends has developed a severe eye twitching problem. i won't name names, but lets call her 'left eye' for the hell of it. she seems to be under a lot of stress now, which is probably the main reason for the twitching...but apparantly whenever she tries to look at the twitch in the mirror, it stops! i said that it might be self-concious of her. it's been twitching for the whole weekend, and her friends are getting a kick out of it...and now left eye is the proud owner of the new nickname "flapper"! so if any of you know who i am talking about (and you should considering the nickname), next time you talk to her, say "hey flapper! how's the twitching coming along??"

another piece of news: archie has finally joined the internet world! he's gotten on aol AIM. woohhoo! so if any of you are getting wierd ims from strange names (i won't broadcast his screenname here), ask if it's him...

have a good monday!

ps. marcel and i saw a really cool kitchen gadget on late night tv friday night....i really want this now! .pasta.pro.