New York, New York!!!

i want to go back!!! overnight is not enough. 26 hours is not enough being there. there are a lot to try out in this busy city, and you cant get enough of it. this is the nth time ive been here, and its always the same story.
Hot dog fever ended up with only one brand which was Nathan's, and it wasnt even the one in Coney Island. i wasnt able to grab one from your friendly Sabrett. had a taste of New York Cheesecake. it was okay, but im not fond of cheesecakes. Chocolates... never mind. i wasnt able to grab any, besides the Dove Extra Dark 63% Cacao available in that corner store Duane Reade. it was really bitter. Teuscher Chocolates in Rockefeller Plaza was closed when we got there. bummer. plus, i was dreaming of going to Max Brenner in SoHo, but i wasnt able to. the other thing, i wasnt able to go to SoHo at all! what else? the nearest to Japanese that i got was to go to a Japanese bakery and buy a sweet jelly thing with red bean filling thinking that it was the sweet bread thing with the red bean filling. it was good, i would like to go back there, but when i took it out of the wrapper, i was lost thinking what this dessert thing was. it was good though coz i bought a bottle of green tea that i downed right away like a thirsty kid. i was successful with not buying much. we were in the Garment District, that was rather too crowded, and i was able to buy only one shirt!!! and it was from H&M!!! haha! and i only bought it out of need. if not for that, then i wouldnt have had it. we went to the Guggenheim Museum. it was okay. they had an exhibit of Louise Bourgeois works. i ended up with five pages of reflection on my little notebook, though honestly, i wasnt too fanatical about her works. she expressed some sullen mood in them, but the one that leaves me in awe is her craftsmanship and the symmetry to her works. there was only one though that i loved, and i wasnt able to get the title of it. it was how she used wooden doors to create a room, glasses and mirrors to set the mood, a bathroom mirror to reflect the light from the ceiling and reflect the image, a slab of stone (unfinished marble) to represent the table, and mannequin hands holding each other signifying an intimate scene. it was just fantastic! the other artworks in the museum were from other modern artists who expressed their work in the light of cubism and other abstractions. there was a point in my reflection that i feel myself vomiting from too much abstract works which was actually a surprise for me. i usually have a certain level of fondness for abstract works yet some of the featured works ended up with images unfathomable for my out of the box understanding. the other thing i liked was also the Imageless exhibition which featured Ad Reinhardt. the genius in Rhinehardt came after the deconstruction of his works. at first look, the painting is just a piece of black canvass. the more you look at it, the more you see that there are panels of different dark shades in the painting. however, what they did with some of the hard to conserve painting was to deconstruct them using scientific processes such as laser. they were able to determine the material or type of paint that was used, like acrylic paint. it was just amusing how they were able to do it. oh! and of course our epic bus ride. pfft! thanks for having a friend and toys, it made the epic bus ride bearable.

overall, i of course want to go back there. i want to eat a variety of food, dance to some club music, listen to a band in Central Park, watch the Mets in Shea, eat chocolates, go to more art museums, go to Flushing for the US Open Tennis, and just plain have fun. come on! lets go!!!

PS: i forgot to tell you that i was a little too early for the MLB All Star Games. the Yankees are hosting it this year before they bring to pieces their Yankee Stadium.