Furniture, Ice Cream, and a Show

Posted by Sugar on Jul 9th, 2009 in BLOG | View Comments

I know that I’ve been pretty behind on the New York updates, but it’s really hard to sit down and blog when we’re running all around this wonderful city! When I last left you, we were celebrating the acquisition of the keys to our lovely little apartment. Since then, we’ve been traveling to Ikea and back, Target and back, Urban Outfitters and back, all the while carrying our goods up five flights of stairs and collapsing in a sweaty heap. And for some strange reason, the only Target is in Brooklyn, and the same with Ikea; so we’re also walking for blocks and blocks carrying these huge bags and boxes through the streets, onto the subway, and up the stairs to the heap. But soooooo worth it!

We’ve also found a few little treasures in our neighborhood that I am so happy about! The first is a wonderful tiny cafe called Atlas on 2nd Ave between 4th and 5th. The menu is RIDICULOUS because it is so jam-packed with awesome sandwiches, paninis, wraps, salads, pasta, burgers, pizza, breakfast, desserts, shakes, smoothies…and so much of it is vegan/vegetarian! They actually have tofu soft serve! It’s a great little place to sit out on the sidewalk patio and people watch as you eat your vegan bagel and cream cheese and sip your coffee.

The other treasure is Lula’s Sweet Apothecary which is only three blocks down on Avenue A. It’s a vegan ice cream parlor that is so delicious you won’t know what hit you. They make their own nut milk instead of using cream, and they make the most unique and amazing flavors. We went for the first time with our darling Sasha and we must have tried almost all of them! I ended up choosing Chai in a cone and it was just perfection. Their other flavors of the day included cake batter, orange creamsicle, carrot cake, mango coconut, and even green juice, which consisted of a variety of vegetables…quite interesting but not good enough to have more than a taste.

The other night we went to a bar/lou

nge in the Lower East Side called The Living Room to see a beautiful artist named Meiko play. We got there really early but it was lucky we did because we were able to get a table really close to the front. It was a very small and intimate space but there were so many people crammed in there. We were so excited to see her play because we used one of her songs for our first dance at our wedding. She played for a very pleasant 45 minutes standing up there

with just her and her guitar. She had a cellist accompany her for a few songs which made them sound so magical that I wanted to cry. There’s just something about that deep low cello that is so melancholy and moving and makes any song magnificent. Her voice was absolutely perfect and sounded exactly like it does on the album, which just awed me even more. I love seeing raw talent that doesn’t need any manipulation or fancy bells and whistles. Just a voice and a guitar. Lovely. Check out her myspace HERE. We went up to her after she played and told her how meaningful her song is for us and I sure hope that she appreciated it!

We love New York!

xoxo

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Like I've said so many times before…you should be a editor for any magazine…Your writing is just beautiful…Love hearing about all your adventures, …and YOU! xoxo Mamasita