Errands in New York

I have always said that I prefer living in another country rather than travelling through it. So, when I really am just travelling through, how do I get a taste of the “living” experience in such a short amount of time? What can I say if a friend asks: “Well, what do you want to do in New York?”

Please, let me run errands with you!

I spent a beautiful Saturday afternoon running errands with a friend on her lunch break. We walked through her neighbourhood (St. Mark’s – where there are a lot of Japanese restaurants and izakayas) to pick up her compost from her blue-themed apartment and slurped up really yummy frozen yogurt on our way. At Union Square, we stopped to chat with different friends of hers selling at the Green Market that takes up two sides of the large city block. One shared raspberries with us. The other was getting a lot of attention for recently supplying meat to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding. We dropped off the compost with the spiky-haired farmer lady with a thick Austrian accent (I imagine Austrian, but I may be making that up), then found that we still weren’t that hungry so we opted for fresh fruit popsicles (they call them “People’s Popsicles”) to hit the spot.

To top off our “lunch” experience, we dropped by Trader Joe’s (a popular supermarket) where I was amazed to see a line-up around the entire store. I cannot imagine how one shops when there is always a line-up of people in between you and the shelves of groceries. Instead of picking up the frozen strawberries my friend needed, we snatched free samples of sausage casserole to complete our “meal” and called it a lunch.

THE perfect New York experience. =)