Claudio was back in NJ visiting before he departed back to Rome. He’ll be back in the States in September. He’s such a nice person and really taught me some interesting things. Well, either way, Lauren, Claudio and I headed into NYC to hang out in Chinatown and then walk around the city a little. We met Lauren’s parents at her Grandmother’s apartment after stopping for bow at Dragonland Bakery. I love the red bean bow (bun)! So simple, yet so fresh and tasty. After that fix, Lauren’s father, Lucian, took us around Chinatown basically to show Claudio some fun things. I’ve been to most of the places before except to the Buddhist Temple where her family is memorialized. It was a very interesting place and very spiritual. Full of traditional Buddhist beliefs and history in the heart of Chinatown. The largest Buddha created from one full solid piece of jade is also housed here. It was breathtakingly amazing.
Post Chinatown, we headed uptown to Times Square in an effort to walk a few blocks and site see. Made it to MoMA so Claudio could take a few pictures and then headed to the Park. Did a cut across and headed to Whole Foods for lunch. From there, we headed up to 80th to meet Lauren’s second cousin, Joyce. We saw her co-op and it was sweet and then headed to grab some dessert. We ended up going to Cafe Lalo. It was packed but the food was fresher than I could imagine and sweet and yummy.
After some more walking, we walked a few blocks, jumped into the train and headed back to Chinatown. It was so busy and bumping at that point. Left Lauren’s family and headed home.
It was a great day of walking around, roughly 45 blocks, a lap around Chinatown and more. The sun was shinning and I got to see the Apple Cube for the first time. I totally put Leafygreen on as many machines as I could too. Shameless self promotion!
Check out flickr for pictures (they will be on later tonight)
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