Friday started off being a dreary kind of day and progressively got worse. We had made the decision to keep the day fairly quiet. We had no shows booked and so lazed around reading etc (ok ok I could have been updating my blog but, oh you know).
Lunchtime came around and we scooted off downstairs to D'agostinos to grab some sushi and salad and a couple of other things we needed.
After sustenance the Speedy Gonzales of reading aka my mum, had finished her books and to stop her cleaning, or worse making me clean I found the nearest Barnes & Noble was just a few blocks over. So armed with our umbrellas we went out, down the increasingly more familiar streets with the rain coming down and the wind picking up.
We got to the corner of W8th and 6th Ave to be faced with a closed Barnes & Noble. As I was started to think up suitable excuses as to why cleaning the oven is not a good idea, mum asked a passerby if they knew of a y bookstores. They point to a bookstore just 12 blocks away (12 blocks is nothing) and we set off again.
We walked through Washington Square park (I will be returning with coffee in one hand and book in the other before we leave) and up Broadway to E12th Street to the biggest bookstore I've ever seen. And when I say big, The Strand boasts 18 miles of books (that's 29 kms for metric people). That's a LOT of books.
As we entered I gave mum my watch and we agreed to meet back in 30 minutes, kinda figured it would be easy to get lost in this 4 storey store with shelves from floor to ceiling. Mum was in a little slice of heaven.
With gathered our purchases and braced ourselves for the weather and walk back. We turned down University Place in the New York University district and went into a little bar called the Pop Pub and had a small bite to eat (mini burgers to be exact).
Next stop was home and we were lucky. While sitting here mum received a Flash Flood Alert and we looked outside and then at each other quizzically. Um, it's not that bad out there. We turned on the news channel and we watched 12 minutes of storm coverage where they warned of puddling on the road. Puddling on the road?!?! That's a flood?
So we decided to stay inside anyway however hunger soon took over and we decided to scoot back downstairs to pick stuff up at D'Agostinos. Get downstairs and the rain was kind of coming in sidewards now. That's not good. It was pelting down and the wind was fiercely blowing. Turned around and decided it was cereal for dinner.
The reason for this weather was Tropical Storm Andrea that was skirting the coast and causing a little bit of havoc. Flash flood warnings were in pace until Saturday afternoon and the strong winds were buffeting the windows and making them creak and groan. Perhaps it was a little fierce out there.
We did head out during a lull to grab food and by the time we were heading back, we were drenched in the 50 metres we had to go.
Safe back in the apartment we plotted the next day and went to bed.
So that's it, we are already 5 days down and the Tonys are just a couple of days away.
Stay tuned ......
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