Thursday was a bit more fun. The day was spent at once again trying to scrounge up some more super cheap stuff at the closing Pathmark, and getting bunches of hangers at Bed, Bath, & Beyond. We also picked up a Soda Stream and tons of "Fountain Mist" flavoring so Jonnie won't have to lug 2 liters of Mountain Dew around.
We later headed out to catch a free movie (The Big Lebowski, one of our favorites) in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. The website said that gates open at 6 pm and the movie starts at sunset. We got off the subway right around 6 pm, only to be greeted by large, but slow, rain drops. Luckily, there was a restaurant we had on our list right around the corner, so we changed plans and headed that way.
The Redhead on E 13th St was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives, and was DELICIOUS. We started with the homemade soft pretzels with beer cheese, then split the low country shrimp and grits with andouille sausage. Both were fantastic.
The place was pretty small, but had a full bar and great lighting. In lieu of having a large dessert menu, they provided two homemade cookies. They bake different ones everyday; ours were peanut potato chip. We also got a bag of bacon peanut brittle to-go to snack on at the movie.
By the time we were done with dinner the rain had subsided and it didn't look like the ground had gotten too wet. We headed down Avenue A to the park to see if the movie was still on. After walking past a few homeless bench-dwellers and a serious ping-pong game, we could see the large blow up screen setup and a good bit of people on the lawn. We found a spot to sit smack in the middle of the grassy area and sat down on a small beach towel.
The next hour and a half before the movie started dragged on quite slowly. We munched on the cookies and brittle, listened inconspicuously to the homeless man sitting near us going on about how much he hated everyone, and watched the field fill up. Two bands played during this free time, both were quite bizarre (but exactly what you'd expect in the East Village).
Out of nowhere, we realized a mass of people jogging over to line up in front of a small orange tent in the corner of the field. Apparently, Two Boots gives away free pizza at these movies (they show a different movie every Thursday throughout the summer). The homeless man behind us notably did not get in line, but rather griped about everyone in it and then decided to leave all together.
Soon enough the movie started and we stayed the whole way through. The only real blunders were the group that sat down right in front of us halfway through the movie (they talked loudly to each other between gulps of wine from a bottle they passed), and the discomfort of sitting on a towel for three hours. Overall, it was an interesting experience.
Today was rainy (and we still haven't gotten good umbrellas) so we stayed inside and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. The kitchen floor now shines instead of turning your feet black, and Jonnie no longer grimaces when he sees the top of the fridge. Tonight we'll be staying in with pizza and beer and watching another Coen Bro's film, A Serious Man.
Here are some more pictures from the past week that I finally uploaded. Cheers.
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| Movie in Tompkins Square Park |
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| Pics from South of the Border |
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| A glimpse of what we brought from FL |
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| Jonnie somehow turned this into a 4-drawer dresser... |
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| Window AC Unit #1 |
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| My shoes finally have a home big enough for them! (Yes, I still need to cut down the cardboard in the boots) |
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| Where we slept until we had a real bed |
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