new york city, day 7

Forgot to mention about Day 5:

• While we ate at the vietnamese place near NYU, a man walked around the corner.
• This was no ordinary man.
• This man had a cat perched on his head.
• Definitely one of the highlights of the trip.
  

Day 7:

• We had some great weather for the majority of the trip... That changed Sunday. Rain, rain, rain.
• I loved walking around the city previously... Today, not so much. This could also be because I'd already packed and checked-out of the Hotel, so I was stuck in soggy shoes for the rest of the day.
• Walked over to the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market with co-worker #1. We were very early, so there weren't many booths set up yet. And, because of the rain, most people had tarps covering their wares.
• Decide to try to wait out the rain at the Cupcake Cafe on 9th Ave and 39th street. The sweet potato glazed donuts were very good. The rain did not want to be waited out, so we decided to go over to times square to finally settle on a birthday gift for Liz.
• There's a shop near Times Square... American Craftsman... or something like that, that sells these intricate wood boxes (among many other cool things). Bought Liz a cool little box with many compartments.
  
• Co-worker #1 suggested we find stuff to put in all the compartments. So, we thought we'd stop at places along the way home to find little trinkets or something.
• Near the cash register, they also had a bunch of cute little miniature animals made of glass, we picked up a few to put in the different compartments of the box. Hooray! Now we don't have to search the city in the rain.
• Wander back to hotel and have lunch at Brendan's Bar & Grill, across the street from the hotel. The interior was cool and art deco-ey (yes, that's a word). Met up with Chevan again to say goodbye and thank him for showing us around.
  
• Home!

Liz ended up loving the purse, and the box of many prizes. NYC was a lot of fun, and it was great to see Chevan again since we haven't really taken the time to talk for a decade or so.

Co-worker #1 gets to stay another week for the advanced training course. I'm a little jealous. Mostly because now I don't have an excuse to not do the work that piled up in my absence.