new year, new york!

well, ok. So i've spent my time and money trying to live it up for just a mere 2 weeks as a New Yorker and my god, it's so tiring. Things are fast in New York, but that's not the tiring part. The tiring part is trying to decide what to see and what to do with what little amount of time you have in the Big Apple. I got down to it and tried to extract the essence of the city and realised, at the core of it, it's just another city. What makes it rock however, is the people and the inexhaustible amount of energy that goes on here. It's top notch when it comes to dining, every resto i stepped into was of high quality food but cheap because of the increasing competition. I had lunch for 2 days in a row at Sapore on Greenwich Ave opposite my apartment were they serve excellent pastas and sandwiches. Asian food is great too, and it seems to be the 'in' thing here. I had dinner at a yuppy Thai restaurant called SEA in Brooklyn, in an up and coming hip area outside of Manhatten and also managed to have excellent Chinese cuisine in a restaurant called JEBON along Astor Place in East Village complete with 2046 decor.

Clubbing is usually a hit and miss and i'd recommend bars or live music lounges over clubs. I spent NEw Year's Eve at Crobar, an NYC Megaclub where i enjoyed a full open bar to the max and was greeted with Trapeze artist and Pole dancers for the countdown. I had the best time at the Fat Black Pussycat near Washington where the band was fucking awesome and where i had a free performance by John Mayer(he was right in front of me!) because he was a friend of the band. Bar 55 had great jazz as i lounged around with martinis. For a hip to be seen place, one should head on down to Buddha Bar NYC in the swanky Meatpacking district where you literally stand outside to get picked to go in.


(to be continued)