THE CHOO CHOO

another quick hello from new york! i'm at the back of the b.a.m. theater right now, eating almond cake and listening to new lieder. (i think this is gonna be a good show!) 

have i mentioned how exhausting this city is?

how do eight million people do it?

how did i do it for six years?

whatever, tomorrow i am going to eat a turkey donut and then on saturday i am going to play drums and on sunday we will go back to the midwest for farmland and latkes and driving everywhere in cars.

oh! i almost forgot. these photos are from when egg and i journeyed from north dakota to chicago before we left for new york. i think i love the train (and its cute breakfasts).

-yeh! 

ASIAN SCOTCH EGGS

you guys! i'm so full on kimchi and minimalism and blue cheese right now. new york has fed us well in our first few days here. we're off to be tourists. here is a recipe for scotch eggs over at food52. 

bye!

-yeh!

NEW YORK: THE LAST WEEK

my last week as a brooklynite was exactly how a last week as a brooklynite should be: filled with bagels, pizza, debating whether or not to pack my ball jars, and saying goodbye (or see you on the internet! ) to some fantastically wonderful humans.

the nerves set in slightly during my smoked meat sandwich with donny, my 2 am slice with cutlet, and my one last muffin from blue sky. but for the most part, the craziness of the week just reaffirmed my new identity as someone who *visits* new york well.  (because behind my grandma tendencies of playing board games on friday nights there is still a great partier, she just can't handle more than a week of it at one time.) 

so file the chance meetings, the late night food, the way everyone seems to push boundaries, and those days spent biking through new neighborhoods as the things i will miss most.  

and classify the smelly people and the subways as the ones i will miss the least.  

farewell, new york! i'm ready for the midwest.

-yeh! 

YONKERS ADVENTURE

contrary to what i believed this time last week, there are more than zero reasons to go to yonkers:

1. you get to ride the choo choo, and within a half hour of leaving grand central station, you can be in a cute little riverside town with bridges and a main street and a... 

2. seafood restaurant that is also a secret korean restaurant (!!!!)*. if you go there and disregard the seafood menu and smile and ask the owner for korean food, she will make you amazing korean food with black garlic and homemade kimchi. and she may even pour you a little cup of mushroom tea. everything about it is delicious and sweet.

3. line c3 might be there at a really awesome studio playing percussion music until the wee hours of the morning. and it is fine because you are fueled on thin mints and hot cross buns and yes, that korean food.

*ok, after further research, it doesn't look that secret, so here it is.

so if you're looking for a quick and easy little adventure out of the city {and your private jet is in the shop...} yonkers, i'd say, is a fun option!

 -yeh!