A walk to the west village is never boring

welcome to my second blog everyone.I hope all the mothers reading enjoyed their mothers day!I can't wait til fathers day (I have dogs.)
This past weekend my friends and I were at work looking up a trailer to a little indie film called"The human centipede" (the name says it all). It was very exciting so we made plans to go see it monday. Now this movie only had 10% of the people survive the first screening!( according to Time magazine) And to top it off only one theater in all of New York would play it!
I was up at 8 am monday morning because let's face it, the movie made me a little nervous,ok a lot nervous! Have you seen the trailer?!
I walked from my apartment in the kitchen to the IFC center(4th street and 6th ave.).It was a very windy that day,It really felt like Chicago instead of New York City.
I stopped by a starbucks for a little pick me up and met a very interesting lady on my way out.The only way to describe her is if Whitney had stayed on the drugs this would be her! The pleasant woman told me to move the F@@@ out of her way. Even though we were at double doors and she was on the opposite side of me.Come to think of it maybe she wasn't speaking to me but maybe to the person she imagined in front of her.
The second person who caught my attention(and this time in more of an endearing way) was a woman sitting on church steps by herself clutching her Duane Reade bag and laughing very loudly.I thought if this woman is crazy(and there are a lot of crazy people in the city) She's having a great time doing it!
I met my friends Dan and Terrance(shout outs) outside the theater where we decided to have a little liquid courage before the movie.
We went to a cute mexican restaurant around the corner,had a bite to eat and a few drinks(well,i just had one..im a lightweight)and off to the scary movie we went.
I decided to use the restroom before the movie and went down this corridor that made me feel like they were filming the movie and i was their new star(remember i had seen the trailer already).
we entered the theater and there were about 7 more people there.Now not to be sick but this theater was so small that it didn't strike me as a normal theater but more like one Paul Reubens (a.k.a Pee Wee Herman)frequented.
Now the movie was very well done and a very unusual idea (really the name says it all)
and was definately gross at times(i did cover my eyes a few times!) but the hype was scarier than the movie!still it was very well done and the crazy surgeon was extremely creepy so I gave it 4 Jeffersons!
after the movie I left Dan and Terrance and headed over to SoHo and Chinatown in search of the best soup dumplings.I never found the place so I walked back home(which my entire walk was 131 blocks or 6.4 miles).
There are three locations for joe shanghai restaurant who is famous for their soup dumplings.They are in flushing,chinatown and near me on 56th street and 5th ave.
A soup dumpling has crabmeat,pork and soup broth inside them. So when you bite into it you get an explosion of taste! Really they are that amazing!So Joe shanghai and soup dumplings get 5 Jeffersons!
Later Keith and I went to iron man 2 (i know 2 movies in one day...i think it's a first for me!) which was also very good and fun..i give it 5 jeffersons!
My pretzel bites ,on the other hand, were there from last night or last week so they get 1 Jefferson!
Times square can't hold a candle to astoria's pretzel bites!
Finally I got home, exhausted and beat,but boy did i have a great day!!! where else can you live and get so much done in 12 hours?!
I love living in the kitchen!
Now Please feel free to follow me on my blog(i would love that!) and in the comment boxes tell me any place you want me to try,i will do my best!
oh,and don't miss next weeks blog...it's going to be all about my birthday here in the city! Remember 37 is the new 21!
til then,
Bon Apetit!