I was excited to see the SnoCal Shaved Ice truck after I had leftovers for lunch.
Nuccio’s Bakery & Pastry – New York
I like to get up early and start my day as the sun rises. It’s the best time to visit bakeries. Everything is freshly baked and the good stuff runs out later in the day. My family use to take me to a little bakery a couple blocks from our Chinese laundry. We got there […]
Metropolitan Museum of Art ‘The Met’ Manhattan, New York
The intricate beauty of the outside building architecture hits me as I draw closer. The sheer building size is daunting, the entrance steps take me inside. The massive sculptures gaze down upon me and beckon me forth. I sit down for a bit to take it all in.
Belvedere Castle
I wanted a castle when I was a kid. Nothing like cold hard stone to keep your enemies out. I never got a castle to replace my cardboard fortress but I still had hope. Maggie told me there was a castle in Central Park we needed to visit. Central Park was lush and lovely. Perfect […]
Panchitas
Pan de muerto (Spanish for bread of the dead), also called pan de los muertos or dead bread in the United States, is a type of sweet roll traditionally baked in Mexico during the weeks leading up to the Día de Muertos, which is celebrated on November 1 and 2. It is a sweetened soft bread shaped like a bun, often decorated with bone-shaped phalanges pieces. Pan de […]
Pig Heaven – New York
“Little pig, little pig, let me in. Little pig, little pig, let me in.” “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!” “I’m going to huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff” 3 Little Pigs Cute pigs inside and outside.
Turntable Chicken Jazz – New York
I felt like I was on a scavenger hunt. I was following my phone to Turntable Chicken Jazz which led me to a nondescript doorway. Inside it was dark and sketchy looking. It appeared I needed to get to the 2nd floor and I was about to take the ancient elevator when some building locals […]
The Empire State Building, New York
“Well, how long is your program? Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together… and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home… only to no home I’d ever known… […]