What's made your day?

[OnyxBat]

Went thrift shopping ( for the first time in manhattan) with my grandma and my great grandma. BK thrift's suck from now on!

[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

I want to go to New York. I went for a half-week-long field trip during second year, and loved it muchly. I want to go back! I miss the Frick and the Met (art gallery) and the big citiness, and the scuzziness of 11th (which my friend and I wandered into because we thought someone said the MOMA was there) and the taxis that give new meaning to the saying "Cars maim, busses kill and taxis aim." I liked it a lot, but probably wouldn't be able to stay downtown like I did with school (4 to a room cost 425$ for the week, including chartering a bus, in an eminently reasonable hotel at 7th and 57th or something around there). It was a wonderful trip.

[OnyxBat]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's pretty much boring in the summer (well if you live in NY) I bet you could find a cheaper hotel in Brooklyn or Queens. Did you just go to manhattan or did you see the other boroughs?

[Fruitbat]

thinking about going to New York... wonder when the best time of the year is to go?

[Lord Whiskerton]

Finding $1.50 onigiri being sold at a cafe in Midtown.

[Lord Whiskerton]

Originally Posted by Fruitbat

thinking about going to New York... wonder when the best time of the year is to go?

Go during the off season. Summer is hell over here.

[Lord Whiskerton]

Originally Posted by LaBelleDameSansMerci

I want to go to New York. I went for a half-week-long field trip during second year, and loved it muchly. I want to go back! I miss the Frick and the Met (art gallery) and the big citiness, and the scuzziness of 11th (which my friend and I wandered into because we thought someone said the MOMA was there) and the taxis that give new meaning to the saying "Cars maim, busses kill and taxis aim." I liked it a lot, but probably wouldn't be able to stay downtown like I did with school (4 to a room cost 425$ for the week, including chartering a bus, in an eminently reasonable hotel at 7th and 57th or something around there). It was a wonderful trip.

The Met is so awesome, especially the area with the fully-furnished European rooms.

[Saya]

I gave my cats catnip for the first time. Hilarious, although now I feel guilty for enabling their addiction. Its apparently premium stuff, they keep trying to get in the cupboard where I put the bag.

I also got two books at the used bookstore, Alias Grace in hardcover, good condition, for five dollars! And Misery, which is in awful condition but Stephen King books tend to get around the block like herpes.

[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

Originally Posted by OnyxBat

I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's pretty much boring in the summer (well if you live in NY) I bet you could find a cheaper hotel in Brooklyn or Queens. Did you just go to manhattan or did you see the other boroughs?

As I said, we ended up down in 11th avenue (don't know if that counts as Manhattan), but we visited Chelsea (since that's a huge commercial gallery district) and China town. We only had about 4 days to see as much art as possible, so we didn't have much time to do anything else. My friend and I (who are both very interested in traditional art) were more interested in spending more time in the Frick and the neogothic cathedrals and certain sections of the Met than anything else.

We went at the end of October. I think we got back just in time for Halloween.

Speaking of going places in the fall, my parents, my Male and I are going to go to Williamstown in Massacheusets for Real (aka Canadian :P) Thanksgiving weekend. My parents want to see the trees be all colourful and I want to see the art at the Clark. Again. EEEEEEEE I'm so excited. I still have my tag from the last time I went. They have a Bouguereau! He posessed such excellent painting technique!... Among many other fabulous works, but that's the one I originally went to see.

[Xombie]

Last night my friend and I slept in my school's "meditation hut," which is this cute little stone building in the middle of the woods. As we were walking back this morning, I noticed the glove I keep my camera in was on the ground, but my camera wasn't in it, and it was nowhere to be found. SOOO, I was convinced that somebody had stolen it, and I was all depressed. TURNS OUT, one of my friends also slept in the woods last night. He had stumbled upon the camera, found a picture of us that I'd taken the day before, and was on a mission to find me all morning. :] Great shit like this has been happening to me since I arrived at this college two weeks ago.

[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

Lucky find, Xombie. Personally, I love and make great use out of neck straps and shoulder straps on cameras and their bags, and clutch the camera/bag at most times if I'm out.
I'm glad the camera came back to you, and that you've had good luck with such events. It goes some distance to restoring one's faith in part of the world....

[OnyxBat]

Originally Posted by Fruitbat

thinking about going to New York... wonder when the best time of the year is to go?

Winter, every thing is cool and there are a lot of sales in Manhattan also since you have a kid you could go to the park and sled or just walk around.

[OnyxBat]

Originally Posted by Lord Whiskerton

Go during the off season. Summer is hell over here.

you are soo right it is!

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by OnyxBat

Winter, every thing is cool and there are a lot of sales in Manhattan also since you have a kid you could go to the park and sled or just walk around.

Lord W *nods in agreement* I don't know too many cities that are good to trek around in summer.

Onyx I'm allergic to snow (not really but I've been to the ski fields here once, threw a snow ball at Mr Bat and decided it was too wet and cold for me.)

I'm not one for shopping, so I'd probably end up at museums - even though the curators would want to keep me in as an ancient artifact or some other such nonsense

What made my day? All the small things.

[honeythorn]

I went to an antiques/flea market today, one of the biggest in the area ( it literally takes all day to get round everything and even then you've probably missed a row ) Since all the stuff I desperately wanted was too massive or expensive to take home, my still pretty great haul for today is


Various bits of old jewellery , tiny clock keys and chains which will be turned into new jewellery for me ^^

A dark brown leather shotgun belt with it's loops for the big cartridges.

A pair of worn but still in good condition army/combat boots, high leg.

5 old rabbit pelts in various colours ( you only have to smell them and you can smell the reek of old attics , they'll need the Bicarb treatment)

So I'm very pleased indeed

[korinna5555]

Zombie walk photos are up, and I spent last night with a lovely man ;D

[Ben Lahnger]

Finding this T-Shirt online:



I want one!

[carakitty]

I'm enjoying a dee-lish-uuus Cinnamon Vanilla Latte.

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

Finding this T-Shirt online:



I want one!

It reminds me of the saying "When on safari, you don't have to worry about outrunning the lion, as long as you can outrun the person next to you"

So zombieland

CK - share please
Honeythorn - i'm jealous

[Apathy's_Child]

I have a really big baked potato for my dinner tonight. Like REALLY big.

Yeah, my girlfriend's away staying with friends and I'm too hungover to go out & play, so that's looking to be more or less the high point of my day.

[carakitty]

Originally Posted by Fruitbat

CK - share please

If you can find a way over here, I'd be happy to

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by carakitty

If you can find a way over here, I'd be happy to

**leaps out of tree, flap, flap, oh fark there's a headwind, flap, flap, crash lands into neighbours duckpond**

I tried CK - I did really

**Oh hi duckman? You do know this isn't the atlantic and... okay but you really should leave that chicken alone... ewww.. I'm not watching, that's just gross**

Was making Mr Bat a paper tie, at playgroup, that he's going to have to wear this sunday, because I'm going to claim it's from baby bat (**insert evil laugh*) I will throw a tantrum if Mr Bat doesn't wear it

[carakitty]

LOL, Mrs. Bat! Marvelous, all of it! I applaud your flight efforts.
I have a plan for sharing tomorrow's cafe du jour.

But now, beer and cat cuddles and sleep are calling me away from this desk.

[Fruitbat]

until tomorrow CK.

I just watched my 7 year old cat pretend to be a kitten - he batted a plastic ball three times with his paw, realised that this was very immature, started to wash himself, meowed at me and then eyed the ball wishing he was a kitten again.

[vindicatedxjin]

The fact that today is the first day of SEPTEMBER!