FIRSTS

I accomplished some "firsts" this week and knocked some things off my list of things to do in NYC. I met Joy, Ebonee, and a new girl, Crystal, in Central Park Sunday afternoon to go row-boating! I was so excited to do it as I feel it's such a "New York" thing to do. It was really fun and a nice day and so pretty!

There were SO many rowers out on Sunday.
This picture doesn't do it justice- the lake
was CROWDED!














Joy was our tour guide/rower for the day



















With Ebonee















Ducks!! We also saw a big turtle!















I think this is one of the prettiest spots in the park













The pretty bridge we rowed under















Rowing past the famous fountain













Afterwards, we ate at the Boathouse cafe right there on the water. We just ate at the cheap cafe where they have burgers and such. I'd like to try out the restaurant sometime, too.

The Boathouse Restaurant















On our walk out of the park, we happened to pass the Alice in Wonderland statue...which was also on my list of things to do!!















After leaving the park, we headed to the Upper East side to meet Kristin, Evan, and Regina for Pinkberry...another place I've been wanting to try. It's frozen yogurt, but not like TCBY...it actually tastes like yogurt, just colder! They only have 2 flavors- plain or green tea. And then they have different toppings to choose from...some crunchy things and all kinds of fruit. I had raspberries, blueberries, and kiwi. Next time, I'd like to try granola with some fruit! It was delicious!

Monday brought another "first". I went and got my hair-cut at Ouidad. Ouidad is a lady who has her own curly-girl techniques...different from those at Devachan, which I've been a faithful follower of for the past few years. I tried to make an appointment at Devachan first, but they were all booked up and I'd been thinking I'd like to try something else anyway. So, I went to Ouidad....well, not Ouidad the person (too expensive), but to her salon and had another stylist (cheaper one) do my hair. This girl does the hair of 2 actresses on Law & Order, but I can't remember which ones. Anyway, I loved how my hair looked when I left...the curls look completely different than I've ever seen them before. After I got home however, I was a bit disappointed. You see, my hair underneath is all pretty straight and I had purposely pointed that out to her because it needs to be cut shorter so that I don't have these weird straight hairs sticking out below the curly hair on top. She did a terrible job of this and my hair looked plain weird. I started tackling it on my own...cutting the straight hairs shorter so they're hidden underneath the curly hair on top. But, I could only manage the sides and it needs help in the back as well. So, now I look kind of funny. I will have to enlist some friends to tackle the back of my hair!

Tonight I got dinner from Island Burgers. This place is just 1/2 a block away from me and is ranked as one of the best burger joints in the city and I still had never managed to get one! They have TONS of varieties of burgers w/ different toppings and such. I got a pretty plain one, though. It was good, but nothing I'm dying to have again.