nyc, here i come!

ok - prepare for a nonsensical post. i am going to fucking new york tomorrow morning! i can not believe how excited i am for this whole thing. nyc just seems to have a magick spell that it casts and weaves over everyone. i spent some time there 4 or 5 years ago. it was a brief visit, just like this one, actually. but last time i had to spend 2 days in some sort of training classes for music publishing software. it was a free trip - and that is always a treat. gotta love having a per diem. and i had 1 entire free day to myself.

but this trip there are no boring training courses and no talking of work-like things. this trip is a free-for-all. right now this is a list of things that i want to see and do.

1. have a drink in new york's revolving lounge. it's in the marriott marquis in times square. i remember a colleague taking me here last time - it was really quite stunning to see the lights of the city come on as you have a panoramic view of the entire place.

2. see great works of art at the museum of modern art. last time, strangely, i opted not to go (admission is $20.00) but this time we have found that admission is free on friday nights between 4 & 8pm. that's where i will be tomorrow night. wild.

3. go to the met, go to the met, go to the met. i did go here last time and i will go everytime i hit nyc. last time there was a touring exhibit of art in ancient egypt - focusing on the the 5th dynasty - very early. this time there is an exhibit called, "the perfect medium" as well as another egyptian exhibit depicting medicine in ancient egyptian art. did you know that the egyptians were the first folks to perform brain surgery. well, they were.

4. eat at moby's restaruant, teany. it is an organic tea house that also serves veggie/vegan food. yummy! it's in the lower east side and well, i am just going to happen to be in that neighbourhood on sunday. also, i am a tea junkie. audrey and i have a tea cupboard. seriously. it is a giant cupboard that would normally be taken up by dried goods and such, but in our pad, it's a home for all our tea. and even that's not enough. we have two tea chests and there are built-in shelves that are positively crammed with wooden boxes of flavoured black tea. not to mention various tea strainers, pots and on and on.... the best tea store in toronto is close to my house. it's called say tea and they carry wonderful blends.

5. see david usher at the rockwood music hall. really, it's the reason this trip is happening now. new york is amazing in and of itself - but an intimate david show with 4 musicians and 3- 4 new songs.... oh.my.gods.

6. visit love saves the day. yeah, yeah. i'm going to geek out and go all fangurl, but i need to go to this little nostalgia shop in david's 'hood. at his last show in toronto, he mentioned that he lifted the song title for, "love will save the day" from this place. heehee. i need a picture of the sign.

7. ground zero, the world trade center twin towers. i did not see these while they were still standing during my last visit to new york. this time i will go see what remains after the terrorist attacks. you kind of have to.

8. visit central park. i walked very briefly through a little corner of it by the met last time - this time, it might be nice to actually see a bit more. it has over 26,000 trees. cool. and as there is virtually nothing i love more than trees in the autumn... well....

9. macy's for some good deals. audrey went to san francisco in the spring and came out with some amazing deals (cashmere sweaters for like 15.00 or something obscene like that). i want to partake of the deals! gimme the deals! and considering the hotel is only a few blocks away...

there is more i want to see and do, but i'm feeling a little overwhelmed right now! i think i need to pick up a guide book - or something. again - i am just so excited, i almost can't contain myself!

now, however, i must go and do somethings so i can acutally leave tomorrow morning. vacuum, wash dishes, do laundry, have a sauna (ok, that has nothing to do with going tomorrow, but it's nice, doncha think?)

[music | the warlocks, "come save us"]