NYC and thereabouts (long)

J. and I woke up rather earlier than we normally prefer on Friday and drove down to Pleasantville, NY, where my old roommate Ann lives. We parked at her place and went immediately to the commuter train station in time to catch the noonish train into the city. As we wanted to wander about the Lower East Side, we took the no. 6 train to Astor Place and dealt our hunger a fatal blow at Veselka, a Ukrainian restaurant on 2nd Ave. and 9th St. Smoked sausage: yay. Raspberry blintzes: yay. Kasha-and-mushroom-filled pirogies: yay. (As a bonus: film students at the next table discussing characters for their project; the word 'seduce' and its derivatives seemed to be frequently necessary.) We ended up not needing to eat another meal that day.

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