Close to perfection

How gorgeous was the weather this past Saturday? It was perfect timing for our trip into the city. Kevin and I had tickets to see Avenue Q. I thought the show was cute and funny! It was definitely like Sesame Street for adults. For us, it wasn't like side-splitting funny, but only because the stuff that was said didn't shock us at all. But be warned, there are definitely profanities and pervy jokes made. Not to mention a "sex" scene - I knew about it but I never pictured it the way it was performed. They did some really cool things with the set but I don't want to ruin it for anyone. I didn't try to take any pictures but they are extremely anal about their no pic policy. You would get yelled at if they saw you with a camera. The girl next to me actually used the flash and took a pic of the whole cast as they were ending their song. A few minutes later, a man came around and took her camera away. I'm assuming he can only delete the pictures and not keep the camera.

After the show, we just walked around. Kevin took us to South Street Seaport because I always love giving him a hard time for taking his lunch breaks there without me. Since it was so sunny and nice out, I decided to wear a dress and my new kicks that day. Big mistake - the espadrilles killed my feet! The back of my heels were all cut and the thought of taking another step was too painful to imagine. These are definitely only good for a few hours, not to walk around all day. I didn't listen to my better judgment (and Kevin's concern before we left). We tried looking for any pair of sandals that would fit my feet. Of course my tiny feet meant that I was basically SOL. Eventually, we found a store and one of the sales ladies saw my shoes and understood my ordeal. She was pretty hilarious and we chatted for a while. We both started talking about how cute shoes always hurt and at the same time, we shouted that they're definitely "man made!" Poor Kevin stood there, thinking we'd hurl some display shoes at him. She started telling me that I should ask to buy display shoes and demand a discount because of the light damage and that everyone has put their fingers on them. She told me that I could pull the Asian card, being all cute and tiny. Then she said if that didn't work, I could always point to Kevin and threaten them with his Bruce Lee moves. She then proceeded to say that she pulls the Black card and says, "Now don't make me get angry!" In the end, I purchased the only flip flops they had in my size. They definitely weren't comfortable either but I needed anything to alleviate the heels. Too bad they didn't have an Old Navy there.

We went to dinner at Cabana. The view from our table was gorgeous. I'm a HUGE paella fiend so I ordered the paella marinera and I was in heaven. I recommended to Kevin to try chuletas and his dish was delicious too. Normally I'm used to chuletas with caramelized onions, theirs was different but very meaty tasting. The waiter was able to tell that I could speak some Spanish by the way I ordered so when he came around, he had to stop himself from going full-fledged on me.

Before taking the train home, I had to stop for Pinkberry. After all, I declined on dessert at the restaurant just to save room. They were soo busy! I was happy that they had mochi again but they skimped on the toppings that night. There were definitely a lot of things I wanted to do that Saturday but I wanted to save them for other gorgeous days.

I couldn't have asked for a greater day. Thanks revolving door partner! Happy 7!