The Gates

Vadim & Me in front of the Gates 



Just me now 



Rrrrroman 


Today, after hearing all the hoopla about the Gates in Central Park, Vadim and I, Roman and his lady friend went to check out what all the fuss is about. If you ingore the 18 degree weather which made my fingers feel like they were going to fall off at any minute, the gates were pretty cool. The place was a zoo, however, which doesn't appeal to all. But it does appeal to me. I love the crowds in New York. I think that's the whole essence of this city.

Afterwards, we met Dasha & the Rus for some sushi. And after the sushi, we made our way to a super fancy desert place - Payard. It's one of those places where they charge you $6 per pastry, and this fact alone makes you go "oooh" and "aaah" when you bite into the pastry, regardless of whether it's actually good or not. I was frankly NOT that thrilled with the pastry, but in keeping with the fancy theme, Vadim and I bought 4 more pastries and a dark chocolate bar to take home with us. It cost us a grand total of 26 dollars. But we got to carry a very pretty bag on the subway home with us. My parents and my 85 year old great aunt are visiting us tomorrow, and we can impress them with our Payard pastries. I hope they don't mind sharing, because we couldn't afford to buy each of them a pastry.


When we got home, we watched I Heart Huckabees. I have never in my life seen a more retarded movie. Seriously. But I must be wrong, because supposedly New York Times loved it. I am not even going to read the review, so as not to get upset. I was upset enough during the movie.

I took 3 books out of the library yesterday - the latest book by Amy Tan, "My Life" by Bill Clinton, and "This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. When I went to bed last night, my instinct was to reach for the Amy Tan book - the easiest read, of course. I should have gone for Fitzgerald, but I made a compromise with myself and started the Clinton book instead. It is pretty entertaining, but I am not sure I could get through the entire thing.


I am so sad, but unfortunately I have reached my monthly picture posting limit on www.flickr.com, that's why until the end of the month I have to use this other awful service. So if you perchance want to see my pictures, as in actually see what's in them - you would have to click on them, and further click on the zoom-in thingie. Otherwise the pictures are tiny or distorted, and I am not advanced enough to fix it.