Weekend Recap: Friday

As I've mentioned before, D and I have spent most of our weekends outside of the city. This has happened not necessarily by choice, as both of us really enjoy wandering around and getting to know the place a little better. We haven't really had much of a chance to do that until this weekend rolled around, and then we spent more time with the city than I think either of us expected or wanted :)

Friday we had a movie date. The neat thing about NYC is that various orgs put on cool free things. This summer, for example, has been jam-packed with free concerts, sporting events, performances, etc (that we have missed out on... no I'm not bitter). One of these free events is a Friday Night Movie series. Its put on at the beach park near Pier 40 - right on the Hudson River overlooking Jersey City. A large screen was attached to the side of a van, on which we enjoyed Shrek and free popcorn. It was a whole lot of fun - there were a ton of little kids running around, and did I mention it was free? And it was Shrek?

Afterwards we decided to wander around a bit. We were somewhere in the whereabouts of SoHo/the West Village, so we stood out a bit from the uber-trendy crowds enjoying dinner at one of the many outdoor cafes, or getting drinks at an upscale bar. We made fun of them a lot... but made fun of ourselves even more :) We ended up at what seems to be our new favorite place, Union Square - we've ended up there at least 4 times in the past week alone! We stopped to sample some of New York's finest frozen yogurt (FroYo, for those of us in the know) at Red Mango. This place is the epitome of the fashionable-but-grungy looking, work-hard-play-hard, its-cool-to-be-green crowd that populates NYC. They offer only 2 flavors, Original and Green Tea. We ordered one of each, and the proverbial jury is still out. The tea was... interesting. Definitely tasted like tea, which I'm not sure I like in my dessert. The original was delicious, though, real-tasting yogurt with dark chocolate and strawberries on top. Yummm.

After dessert, we decided to call it a night - we had a busy Saturday planned - so we jumped on the subway and headed home. I, of course, didn't take any pictures despite toting my camera all over the city. I suck. Don't worry - I took PLENTY of our adventures on Saturday - but you'll have to wait til next time to see them!