Timekeeper

So while trying to avoid writing my paper that's due tomorrow, I found this really great video profile in the New York Times. I can't figure out how to embed the video, but you should check out the link. This guy is one of the millions of tiny reasons that makes NYU such a great, enjoyable, quirky school and EVERYONE who goes here knows who he is.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/04/07/nyregion/1194839284126/a-shepherd-for-students-at-nyu.html

Shh!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dragon_Society

Dinner with the Parents

Both Mom and Dad were in town for business yesterday, so we all went out to dinner. It took me like an hour to pick a place, but I finally did and then today I was looking through the WSN, which is NYU's newspaper, and what did I find but a review of that exact restaurant! Small world... Anyways, I've posted the article for your reading pleasure:

http://www.nyunews.com/#/life/2009/sep/15/caffe/?ref=ajax

My Fun-Filled Sunday!

Today I went to dim sum with my friend Sara and another friend of hers. It was my first real adventure out into Chinatown (except when I went to the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory with a friend the other night, which is a famous ice cream store, but it doesn't really feel like it counts because it's not really Chinese...). We went to a restaurant called the Golden Unicorn which the other 2 had been to before. I'm kind of scared to try restaurants around here just because I feel like they will be hit or very big miss, so it was nice knowing that this place was a good one. We shared a table with two other random people and the servers wheel carts around to the tables and you just point at what you want and they give it to you. It was so delicious and really cheap and we ended up eating a ridiculous amount of dumplings and sesame balls and other Chinese food. I will definitely be returning.

Then, to put off our homework for a little more, we went to the Highline, which is this old elevated railroad that's been converted into a cool park. It's awesome and has a view of the Hudson River, as well as these cool deck chairs that you can lie on and suntan. Oh and some of the deck chairs are actually on the railroad tracks and have wheels, so you can roll back and forth a little bit. So we "did our homework" (people watched) there.

And then I finished off my night by going to my friend's apartment to watch the season finale of True Blood. Her buzzer broke yesterday so she was standing outside waiting for us, but my roommate and I were late because the train never came, and when it finally did, it was a local, so then we switched to an express and got off at the closest stop and took a cab which then proceeded to not turn down the right street so we just got out and ran. It was an experience. But her roommate makes homemade pie for True Blood watching and it was so amazing. I can't even begin to describe it to you. It was actually a recipe from "Waitress" which is this really cute/slightly heartbreaking movie starring Keri Russel and she makes pies and dreams up new recipes. This one is called the Lonely Chicago Pie and has blackberries, raspberries and strawberries, covered in chocolate. Soooo good. Makes me want to take up pie baking. New York should really get over it's love of cupcakes and rediscover the pie. I'm calling it: the next big dessert is going to be pie!

And now I have to do all the homework I didn't do this weekend...

New school year, new student council bulletin board!

This is what I did today:

Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

Went to the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck last night which another new specialty food from a truck place. This one is a normal Mister Softee truck but the guy that owns it has all kinds of crazy specialty toppings for his soft serve - think pumpkin butter, Ginger syrup, olive oil and sea salt, crushed graham crackers, the list goes on and on and changes daily. I got a ginger milkshake, the first one he had ever made and while it was good, there wasn't enough ginger in it for me.
I'm interested in seeing what else he comes up with so I'll probably be back again.