Familiar Faces in the Crowd!

Can you believe it? i got through it all. even my piano recital was actually decent.

Even though I didn't feel confident or prepared going in, somehow when I was performing, I completely had a handle on the piece and had a very musical performance.

My parents came in town!! That's always a treat when they live so far away. I'm going to try to list everything we did, just, for the sake of documenting:

DAY 1:

• Wild Ginger - vegan restaurant. Delish!
• Cafe Roma (Little Italy) - coffee and almond cookie for mom and pops
• Flower Shop (SoHo) - mom bought me a giant bouquet of Lilacs
• Steinway Hall (Midtown)- my piano recital
• Ciao (McDougal, Greenwich Village)- Italian Restaurant with the Suitemates!

DAY 2:

• Little Atlas (East Village) - quick breakfast!
• Carnegie Hall (midtown) - we did a tour and sat in on the Berlin Philharmonic rehearsal!
• Russian Tea Room - brunch
• Central Park - a quick stroll
  
• Times Square - bought tickets
• Canal St. (Chinatown) - bought cheap touristy stuff from vendors
• Bubble Tea/Chinese Bakery - a sweet appetizer
• Vegetarian Dim Sum House (with Benny) - With Benny! Yum!!!
• HAIR on Broadway - the Age of Aquarius!
• Stogo Icecream (East Village) - Yes, it's vegan!
• My Dorm (East Village) - apparently, not clean enough, lol.

DAY 3 - Mother's Day

• Flower Shop (Soho) - bought some pink Peonies for my madre!
  
• Spring Natural - nice organic restaurant. I had a tofu scramble!
• Statue of Liberty (Battery Park) - we saw it! what a windy day too!
• Wall St. (Financial District) - saw my brother's office & spent 15 minutes trying to find the ATM in the largest Chase in the country
• Gus' Pickles (Lower East Side) - by the barrel, on the sidewalk!
• Coffee Place (Lower East Side) - where they suck up your bean choice through the ceiling pipe, and grind it fresh.
• MooShoes (Lower East Side) - bought my first pair of flats that fit!
• Tenement Museum (Lower East Side) - watched short documentary, giftshop
• BabyCakes (Lower East Side- delicious vegan bakery, my first time!
• Boutique Store (Lower East Side)- got a black w/ embroidery dress!
• Katz Deli (Lower East Side) - the vegan's antithesis
• Akshara (Lower East Side)- Delicious Felafel
  ... and then they left. :(