We've only been here for two weeks...?

It seems a lot longer than that! Work at the shop is good. I keep busy helping the printers and Elaina takes care of lunch and cleaning up, and all that other stuff. We've been into the City several times now, and I have to say that it's starting to grow on me. The boroughs are cool. We've been to Chinatown, Little Italy, Chelsea (art district), and the Meat Packing District, which looks ritzy. We got to ride in a cab yesterday. It was crazy! That guy drove like a rally car racer. It was a little scary, but we got to see a lot of the City. It has a lot of charm. What doesn't have charm, though, are the restaurants. I think we've been to maybe two good ones so far: Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown and Hana Sushi in Chelsea. Joe's Shanghai is really good. They serve soup dumplings, delicious tender dumplings with meat and broth inside. Their food is fresh and the place is busy. Definitely worth visiting if you like Chinese food. Hana is not the best sushi ever, but it is good. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere, cozy and a lot like the pictures of little sushi places in Japan. We have noticed one thing, though; all the "Japanese" restaurants we see are really run by Chinese... Weird. I'll put up an "Eating Out" post later, with all the gritty details of the restaurants we've been to. Now it's time for the long weekend.

First post

Yes, we have arrived. Just finished up the first week here on Long Island. Everyone at the shop is really nice and they are like a big family. Went into Manhattan yesterday and was somewhat unimpressed, I guess once you've seen one big city you have seen them all. Went to MOMA, eh. Maybe I just have a little travel lag. Maybe the boroughs will be a little more up my ally, not high class, tourism, money and fakeness of Manhattan. I will enjoy the Farmers markets that are going to open next weekend, and expoloring the ethnic regions will be a blast.