infatuation? NO

It's past infatuation, ladies and gentlemen. I do declare that I am in love with the City of New York. Maybe it's puppy love, but there's no better feeling than walking down the streets of New York every night to my apartment. I feel safe because there are so many cops around. I got hit on by a FDNY firefighter today. I love reading my book on the subway, and taking the subway. There is always something to be doing or watching.

I've become attached at the hip with my friend Lauren. I love her; She's a doll and a complete nerd like I am. Yesterday was basically like Christmas because we both got our library cards at the New York Public Library. Uhh SO EXCITING! And the sad part is, I'm being completely serious about this excitement.

Today, Lauren and I decided to be touristy and go to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. For the record, I love history. I think Ellis Island is one awesome museum. The Statue of Liberty we unfortunately could not go inside, but we did walk around it and admire it's beauty. However, we found beauty in a much more rare form of two European, Swedish guys that we followed around. They were foreign and they were gorgeous. We got a picture of one of them. Yes, we were stalkers. After this, we decided to venture to the East Side of Manhattan.

Let me just say before I continue on this journey, that the different parts of Manhattan are like different worlds. Midtown and where I live is crazy. Upper West Side is gorgeous because of Central Park. Lower West Side is all business. And I'm not going to lie, I haven't delved into all of the delicacies that the East Side has to offer. All I know is Upper East Side= High class, and Lenox Hill is there (where I will be working). If I were to be in a gang and throw up the sign, I would choose the "Westsidddee" symbol because that's basically where I contain myself.
ANYWAY...
Lauren and I decided then to take the subway up to Little Italy and China Town. I'm in love with Italy, and my second love is Italian food. We went to an Italian restaurant. An authentic one, where the waiters spoke Italian and there was a cute waiter. Paesano's was the name of the restaurant. It was delicious. I loved Little Italy and all of the FOOD. I can't wait to go back. China Town was interesting. Even HSBC had a Chinese "subtitle". There, we got Mochi Icecream. It's very interesting but good. It's like a ball of raw dough, but you bite inside and there is icecream. The mango kind was the best. We also had heard of these great starburst type candies called "Hi-Chews". We searched high and low; Apparently these babies are popular. We finally found some at a supermarket we went into. The food was packaged in Chinese. There were no English "subtitles" for us to look at. Fortunately, I'm a pro at Chinese and found these "Hi-Chews" (actually, there was a subtitle STICKER on the back of select few packages) and we got them. The dragonfruit kind=heavenly). Overall, it was a hilarious experience in the Oriental Market.

I LOVE IT HERE!! YAY