Kristin's here!

Kristin is in the city for a couple of weeks this summer, doing a theater program.  She arrived on Sunday and I went to pick her up at the airport (though it was kind of early so I was late, oops).  The really exciting part of this story is when we went to brunch.  I've been wanting to try this place, Cafeteria on 17th and 7th after a couple of my friends raved about their mac and cheese with truffle oil.  Kristin and I checked out the menu online, saw that they had green eggs and ham, as well as croissant french toast (or as Kristin likes to call it, double french toast), and we were sold.  Being fathers day and a busy brunch place, I decided it would be a good idea to make reservations.  Here is how that conversation went:

Sara: Happy Father's Day! This is Cafeteria.  

Me: Hi, I'd like to make a reservation for brunch

Sara: Oh, we don't take reservations.  But if you have the secret password...

Me: What's the secret password?

Sara: What do you want it to be?

Me: Well, we're pretty excited about the green eggs and ham, so how about that?

Sara: Green eggs and ham it is.  See you soon! I'm Sara.

Me: Thanks Sara, I'm Ali

So understandably Kristin and I were excited to go there after that convo.  When we arrived though, it was pretty empty and the person that seated us was a guy.  So we didn't get to use the password.  But, I did get the croissant french toast, which was pretty delicious and Kristin got a half order of pancakes AND scrambled eggs AND she ate it all! (which, if you know Kristin is pretty unbelievable since she is a firmly established nibbler. but I can vouch for her).  After we finished and left, I realized that I had left my umbrella there, so we went back to go get it (I've had that umbrella since I started NYU, which I think is some kind of record since umbrellas are frequently lost in this city.  and it has a squishy handle, which is awesome).  When we got there the guy that seated us and a girl were admiring the squishiness of it.  After claiming my umbrella, I asked the woman if she was Sara and she was like, No.  And then I had to explain that I had spoken to Sara and that we had set up a secret password and the guy was like, Green eggs and ham? And then the girl was like, Hey how come everyone knows about this but me? And then we left.  But it was a pretty memorable brunch.

After that, I took Kristin to Magnolia's for cupcakes, which has been 3 years in the making since I promised her some last time she was here for Thanksgiving during my freshman year, but after walking all the way there, we found out that it was closed because of the holiday.  

Then we both went back to our respective rooms and napped the day away.  

Oh and apparently Kristin met Matthew Broderick tonight, though I'm not sure how or where yet.  She hasn't replied to my text back...