Ever wondered what I do when I go to America? So have I. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how I spent my winter vacation.
Day 1: JFK, Reagan, AT&T, T-Mobile, Chipotle, Costco, CVS, Lenscrafters, chicken tenders, cookies, Benny Lava
Day 2: pancakes, online glasses shopping, Kohl’s, Popeye’s, Goodwill, AT&T, Buca di Beppo
Day 3: Costco, Pizza Hut, At&t, T-Mobile, Grandmart, Metro, Leeor, Cosi, Salmon
Day 4: Upscale Resale, Chipotle, Filene’s Basement, World Market, Heidi & Liza, Bed/Bath/Beyond, Petco, The Container Store, REI, Giant, Craig, lamb stew, pumpkin pie, Wii bowling, Mountain Dew Code Red, bar in Dupont, Alex, Scott, Ted, Brooklyn Lager
Day 5: post office, Hobby Place, Hard Times Cafe, Lezzet Turkish grocery, Home Depot, dentist, Hmart, Target, Kramerbooks, Leeor, Ronen, cafe mocha, beer, chicken, white pizza, Lost
Day 6: 12 Monkeys, International House Of Pancakes, Micro Center, Dollar Tree, Trader Joe’s, DSW, Barnes & Noble, Ranger Surplus, Book Alcove, Animal Rescue League thrift store, Nordstrom Rack, Best Buy, Chicken Out, cookie dough & cookies
Day 7: cookies, Sleeper Cell, packing, Chipotle, Alex driving to Baltimore, Carma’s, cafe mocha, Stephanie, Alex driving to Philadelphia, Shannondell, Longhorn, steak, beer, fries, apples, Shannondell tour, hotel with Alex
Day 8: not the hotel breakfast, Christine’s for brunch, billiards, bocce, shuffleboard, hotel, drinks, photos, dinner with Howard, Matt, Alex, Drew, Marc, Mike, Jeff, Barry & Effie, Annie & Barry, mom & dad, Bubbie
Day 9: Christine’s for breakfast, photos, laundry, New York by car -> SEPTA -> NJTransit, subway, Karen’s apartment in East Harlem, Patsy’s, laundry, Lost, couch
Day 10: The Strand, Bagel Bob’s, Gallatin, Apple Store, Aroma, Lombardi’s, Crops For Girls, Economy Candy, Essex Market -& Roni Sue’s candy, Lower East Side Tenement Museum store, Laboratorio gelato, Orchard Corsets, walking around my old neighborhood, back to Karen’s, Lenscrafters, Fairway, Dinosaur BBQ carryout, Lost
Day 11: Duane Reade, Best Buy, Circuit City, Best Buy Mobile, Shoe Mania, DSW, The Strand, Washington Square, gourmet deli on La Guardia, Baluchi’s with Eric, Best Buy, Puck building, Ferrara, Apple Store, Gristede’s, Company with Margot and Amanda, Geoff’s apartment & meeting Grace
Day 12: B15 bus, meeting Rachel’s mom, Columbia, Amy Ruth’s with Geoff & Grace, getting thrown out of the Columbia Business School library, City College, coffee with Abbey, Metro North to White Plains, Natanel & Ezra & Miriam, shnitzel dinner, back to the city with Karen, second gipsy cab
Day 13: self-guided pedestrian tour of East Harlem, John’s Pizza of Bleecker Street (“no slices”), reading in Washington Square, back to Karen’s, Seaman’s car service, back to Geoff’s, Corner Bistro with Margot & Liza, ‘Snice cafe, Abigail’s dorm at Columbia with Abigail & J.D., back to Geoff’s
Day 14: brunch at Chelsea Square Restaurant with Geoff & Marc & David, back to Geoff’s, lunch at Patsy’s with Adam, cab to Penn Station with Coptic driver who’s becoming a US citizen, Tripper bus to Bethesda, flank steak
Day 15: cookie dough, Chipotle, Safeway, Ritz camera, cookies, pictures, Pines of Rome (should be called: Pines New Roman)
Day 16: broken camera, Ritz camera, Krispy Kreme, Brooklyn Deli, Leane, pick up Craig, party featuring Cindy, Brian, Stevie, Avery, Phyllis, Marc, Abbey, Ari, Judy, Marty, Caryn, Bruce, Karen, Scott, Kenny, Bob, Jackie, Sally, Eric, Norma, Michael, Leeor, Marie, Craig, Bombay Bistro, Big Love
Day 17: SNOW!!!!!!!, pancakes, Airborne, packing, CVS, linguine fini & meatballs, flight rerouted through Atlanta and delayed, Reagan, flight delayed & missed, hours spent fighting to get on another flight, Popeye’s, sleeping at my parents’ for one more night
BONUS Day 18: back to Reagan super early for a different flight, Liberty, Pizzeria Uno and on the plane to come HOME!
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