NY Visitor

Zoe got into town today! I took her pronto to my favorite happy hour with their $5 menu (everything $5: martinis, champagne cocktails, mac and cheese, baked brie), where we proceeded to consume much alcohol and cheese. I took her to the local hipster bar so she could see what Denverites consider to be the hipster scene, which is entertaining if you live in New York and know anything about the nightlife on the lower east side or Williamsburg. Like, aw, they think they're being pretentious!

Heather now lives here and joined us for the tromp down Broadway, where we stopped in front of the new Goodwill store that looks more like an American Apparel than any Goodwill store I've ever seen: very brightly lit and spacious, with clothes neatly hung and big displays in the window. A giant standing globe had caught our eye. J has wanted a globe for a very long time, but those globes, they are expensive. There was a price tag on the base, but we couldn't see it very well from the street. Zoe whipped out her camera and tried to zoom in on it so we could see it better, but it wasn't working. We probably stood there for a good three minutes trying to read the price tag before it occurred to me that there were people moving around inside and the store was in fact open.

But that's what happens when it gets dark super early and you have a guest on east coast time and you start happy hour at 4:00 in the afternoon.

We are now the proud owners of a $29.99 globe, and if we ever want to point out exactly where the U.S.S.R is, we'll have the perfect tool.