Friday, May 23, 2008

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.

2 comments:

Intern said...

sounds like you are doing really good, man - i knew you'd have fun. keep me posted and tell everyone hi - i miss that whole crew.

Anonymous said...

Blast from the past! I was an intern in '89. Skidmore still looks the same. Tell all I said "Hi."
Shelly