other sweets
rita's!
in other sweets, new york
once upon a time i dated this dude who lived in philly
and he lived across the street from this place called
which specialized in this stuff called water ice
water what?
water ice
{pronounced, "wuhter ice"}
it's a halfway point between a slushy and your average scoop of italian ice.
and it's addictive
so, too, is their frozen custard
whose sole purpose in life is to embellish the water ice,
creating what rita's calls a
gelati
{unfortunate name, i know, but beggars can't be choosers-especially in this tasty case}
anyways,
you know what they say about breakups:
the hardest part of breaking up is getting back your food
right,
ok,
i know i did not literally leave a cup of water ice at old boyfriend's apartment.
but since rita's didn't exist on the island back then, i did have to bid farewell to weekly gelatis
and i just wanted to reference that sweet 2gether song {r.i.p. q.t. mcknight}
so imagine my excitement when manhattan's first rita's opened up right in my neighborhood!!!
weeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! happy dance.
the best days are the days when they have pistachio water ice.
the second best days are when they have birthday cake water ice.
and the third best days are when they have strawby water ice {and i get chocolate frozen custard plopped on top!}
the rest of the days are pretty much the best too.
rita's just makes me so jolly.
i usually walk really really fast on the way there,
and then i have nice little stroll back to my apartment...
savoring the artificial flavor,
taking care to get the perfect ratio of custard and ice in each bite,
and then drinking the part that has become too melty to scoop up at the end.
who needs those bougey ice cream sandwiches anyways??
rita's, i love you.
xoxo
yeh
rita's in manhattan is on broadway and 92nd!
oops i forgot to write about anything that doesn't involve food
in adventures, other sweets, music
ok! things i've done recently that don't involve food:
1. rode my bike
the molly mobile
the molly mobile
she's two shades of chocolate.
oh wait that's food!
poop
she's two shades of poop.
2. listened to music
nowadays i like
stars
and
stars of the lid
{no relation}
3. looked at pictures of pandas
omg you guys look
4. cheered on my friends kyle & kyle who are the only finalists in the new york philharmonic audition.
finals are on saturday!
5. saw toy story 3/cried
6. wrote letters
7. forgot to send letters
8. became overwhelmed by all of the events happening in new york city and decided not to do any of them and didn't feel bad about it
9. wrote for time out new york
10. watched the o.c.
11. facebooked
oh no this is so boring.
tomorrow i go back to writing about food.
xoxo
yeh
p.s. did anybody see brittany's response to my contest in the last post? it made me pee in my pants:
"From L to R..
1. Take the picture, and get oughta' here lady before you see what REALLY goes into this meat!
2. Nice to "Meat" you.. get it? Meat-Meet!! har! har!
3. would this be an awkward time to let everyone know I'm a vegetarian!?"
volcanoes and ice cream trucks
dear icelandic volcano,
thank you for delaying all air travel to and from europe,
causing gergiev and his chorus to land in new york
{via tel aviv and philly}
about way too many days late,
causing the new york phil to reschedule their rehearsals,
causing my teacher to need to cut studio class an hour short
{in order to make rescheduled rehearsals}
giving me a whole extra hour of my day,
with nothing else to do
other than visit
the ice cream truck.
with jeremy:
and sammy:
and davey:
my ice cream cone had
rainbow jimmies.
and it was delicious.
and it made me feel all summer-y.
my only request,
mr. volcano,
is that,
since you somehow have a way of affecting peoples' lives in the most random and oddest ways possible,
{i.e. more friends that could come to my mustache party because their concert was cancelled because bang on a can was stuck in europe...}
can you somehow begin a string of events that will result in ice cream trucks around the country selling
pistachio soft serve?
that's all, mr. v
i love you.
xoxo
yeh