What a weekend.  I spent it exploring the city and hanging out with new friends.  On Saturday, I explored SoHo with a college friend named Hillary.  We pretty much figured out how to get there on the subway then got ourselves lost exploring.  Thank God for google maps!!!! We stumbled upon several fun things.  First off, vendors everywhere selling jewelry and hats and treats.  There was an ice cream truck on every corner... or we kept passing the same one (we never did figure that out).  We then stumbled into the Kardashian store DASH.  Security was tight.  Most people there were solely interested in the photo op because the clothing was so expensive.  Saying that, i don't fully understand why security tensed up each time a photo was snapped.  Either way, it was fun!

 And then... it happened Kate Spade NY.  I was like a giddy child.  It is my absolute favorite designer.  When i am rich and famous... which obviously won't take long (kidding...) everything in my home and closet will be Kate Spade.

Hillary's aunt and uncle are from New Jersey and told us about a place called "Big Gay Ice Cream Shop" so obviously we had to go.  We spent a good part of the rest of the day trying to find it, stumbling across the occasional piano, park, or garden.

 And then... it happened... our destination and oh my gosh, i am so glad we went!  Such funny people and the most amazing ice cream i've ever had.  Mine was chocolate ice cream dipped in roasted coconut.  Yum!

     We had plans to meet up with some people that night for dinner and a comedy show, so we headed home after our ice cream to rest our feet and get ready.  We met some other NY interns at an airplane themed place in Chelsea.  It was really fun.  Everyone was really funny and relaxed and we were really excited about the show we were seeing that night.  It was called "grandma's ashes", the actors asked people to anonymously write down their most embarrassing secret.  They then drew these out of the hat and created scenes from the secrets.  The secrets ranged from raunchy to just... weird.  One was "I'm just really excited about the Puerto Rican parade." They then made a scene where a woman faked her husband's death to get out of work so she could go to this parade.  Everyone in the office secretly wanted to go and they all tried to make up lies to get to go.  It was very funny!

After our show we just wandered NY with our group of 6... we made it all the way to Times Square then to NY.   After that we called it a night.
     I met up with Hillary again on Sunday to see The Purge.  She hated it... like a lot.  But i really liked it.  Then again, i'm a nerd for that genre.  We had dinner at this very cheap but good place called The Hummus Place.  We happened to be sitting next to some fellow Texans so we talked to them as we ate.
     The reason i am mainly writing about my weekend is because work today was nothing to write home about (literally).  Unless you are fascinated by New York rain... in which case i could talk for days about it.  Sparks note version: it's awful.