#ohlittlerachel

I'm going to NYC in a few short weeks and would love some ideas. I've spent some time there, but it's been ages since I got an actual trip to Manhattan. This is a kid-free weekend which we've NEVER DONE before. 

What I've already done/am familiar with:

Times Square

The big dept stores (Macy's Saks, Barney's, etc.), FAO Schwarz, 30 Rock, the Public Library, etc. 

The Met Museum of Art (not all of it, obviously, but lots, multiple visits)

MOMA (although it wasn't the full exhibition at the time, I think)

The Frick (god, I love that place)

Walking through (parts of) Central Park

Walking around in SoHo, the East Village, all over Midtown and parts of the Upper East Side, some in Chelsea, although I think (IIRC) the furthest south I've walked might be Canal St.

Chez Josephine in Hell's Kitchen, which I highly recommend for just sort of a ridiculous night out

ABC Carpet & Home which is just amazing

We just want to do a lot of walking, and eat in some good places that we don't have to wait a gazillion hours to get a table at (but we live in downtown Toronto so it's not like we can't get good food at home), and maybe see something or other. 

We don't really want to do anything like Ellis Island which will take up most of a day (we'll be back to NYC, and with our kids).

We've never been to Brooklyn - is it worth it? Where would we even go? We live in Canadian Hipster Ground Zero - I see Bon Iver lookalikes serving artisanal coffee every day. I know how Louie CK feels when he gets a coffee. Maybe it wouldn't feel so wildly different. 

How hard is it to sort out tickets to something like UCB? Any tips? Is there a great website to figure out whether there's something playing we want to see? We'd go to theatre for something really interesting. Seeing live music would be amazing, but maybe ambitious (we might be feeling unstructured and lazy). 

omg i would

*based on a true story

"Bitch!" 

Leslie dropped her binder and turned to stare at her husband. “Did Teddy just say-“

"No, no." Ben shook his head. "No. He said uh witch. You must have not heard him right."

"Bitch! Bitch!"

Ben put his face in his hands. “Okay so maybe he-“

"Our son is saying his first word and I can’t even be happy about it because he’s saying that word, Ben! You know that’s my second least favorite term for a woman!"

"I know." Ben wasn’t sure what he should do or say. "Um, do you want me to give him the talk?"

Leslie gave him the look, the one that said she was about ready to throw her hands up in the air and say good riddance, but then she sighed. “No, it’s okay. We’ll just pretend this never happened and then when he says something else we can say that’s his first word. Deal?”

"Sure," Ben agreed, while Teddy continued to point to the TV and say "Bitch!" It was only when Ben saw that his son was watching Squidward talking to the pink fish that wears the bikini that he put two and two together. "Honey, look." 

Her eyes follow his finger and after a minute, she began laughing. “Oh my god, it’s a fish.”

oh god is that a quote loll

sadly yes, I think it was in everyones best interest that ben/leslie stayed in pawnee... im pretty if they didnt ben and larry would be married and living in chicago 3 years from now

galentines replied to your post:the windy city, me, my lady, my boy lar-bones…

my lady omg

11. are you listening to music right now?

i was listening to wide awake by katy perry but then i got less happy and turned it off bc im a grump, also in general i only listen to music when im in the mood like commuting or in between dog walks when im walking somewhere

31. 3 random facts

i like that this doesnt say 3 random facts about me so here are 3 extremely random facts: chicago came from a native american word for "smelly onion", a family at disneyland was once caught trying to spread the ashes of their dead son in the ride, lyme disease is not deathly for dogs like it is for humans (YOU GUYS GUINEVERE GOT LYME DISEASE AND I WAS BESIDE MYSELF BUT APPARENTLY IT RLY JUST MAKES THEIR JOINTS STIFF AND ITS NOT BAD ENOUGH THAT ITS AT TREATABLE LEVELS YET BUT I GUESS ITS NOT AS DEADLY AS IT IS TO A PERSON)

33. something you want to learn

 ohlittlerachel said: or season 1 when leslie pined over mark

oh GOD yeah I like to pretend that never happened

tbf (and it is annoying) the april vet storyline was dropped because pratt got cast in guardians of the galaxy and was going to be missing a big chunk of the season. otherwise both andy and april would be out of sight for a while.

lol I have an uncle who is cbs