Weekend with Greg and Becky

So on Friday morning I ended getting up at 6 in the morning to walk over to Central Park to see Kelly Clarkson perform for Good Morning America. Yes, that's right, I'm a huge fan. And if you don't admit to saying she has an amazing voice then you're lying to yourself.

  To prove I was such a big fan, Miranda and I walked there in the pouring rain and then stood in the pouring rain for about 30 min. If you want proof please view the video above. For some reason the video is not working on this post. 

   I still don't think that video gets across the magnitude of the rain. I mean it was POURING. And then magically Kelly Clarkson came on and it stopped. She's that good. 

Work was pretty awesome on Friday. Not only was it bagel day, but I got to chat with one of the copywriters at Tribal and get some tips. I also chatted for about an hour and a half with my boss, Amy. She was giving me a lot of great advice as to what I should look into for when I graduate. Perhaps broadcast production. She also said she would talk to her friend who works at Gourmet about me. She is actually going to dinner with her tonight. I guess this woman's job at the magazine pretty much consists of her working in the test kitchen all day. Uhh sign me up please. 

    I went out to dinner with Melanie (other Tribal intern) for the last night of restaurant week (but really it's like 2 1/2 weeks). We went to the Modern, which is part of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa -- if you're hip). I got a huge onion tarte thing (I'm too lazy to look up the menu right now), hanger steak with artichoke and asparagus, and a hazelnut chocolate dessert. It was all really good. 

   Today I met up with Greg and Becky and we went downtown to go to a Hell's Kitchen Flea Market. Of course I got the directions wrong and we were way out of our way. But I managed to use my horrible sense of direction as an excuse to stop at a bakery. A bakery that has pretzel croissants. 

   The whole pretzel croissant idea was not as mind blowing as I would have thought. In essence, it was a salty croissant. Nice try City Bakery. 

   We made our way to the flea market eventually and walked around there for a bit. It was so hot outside today so as I was looking at the vintage jewelry my face was slowly melting off. 

 We stopped in at a restaurant called Greenhouse 36 for a few little tapas to hold us over till dinner. We got spinach and artichoke dip, little sliders, crabcakes, and bacon wrapped chicken. All of them were great and the atmosphere was so pretty. It was a nice like outdoor patio garden. 

   We headed back uptown and stopped at Macy's on the way in Herald Square. Becky got herself a purse. I think she is the faster shopper I have ever seen. There were about 500 purses to choose from and she got hers within 15 minutes. Impressive. 

 

    Don't know where we're going to dinner tonight but so help me it better be delicious. I am thinking Smac. It serves all different kinds of mac & cheese. How could you go wrong? (Famous last words?!)