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How are you all? Just thought I would do a quick update while I can be bothered! :P

I've been very slack re the sightseeing this week, but have made up for that by partying again hahahah! Had a couple of lazy days and finally finished my bloody book, which I know isn't really of much interest to a lot of people... or well anyone, but it has been bugging me, semi-boring and never ending! So that is exciting for me haha!

In my defence re sightseeing and other tourist activities - I did go to the International Centre of Photography, to the Chelsea Hotel and the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology; albeit all was done in one day, at least it was done! The photography place was AMAZING! Really really cool and makes me want to pick up proper photography, take lessons etc when I get home. It was pretty wicked and creative stuff, all from the 1930's and around then, which I find even more fascinating!

The sun has been back out so had a nice relax (eating some honey coated coconut from nuts for nuts mmmm mmmm) in Union Square park on Monday and got to go out and enjoy the weather today also. Gina, Francophile and I went to some park, I don't know the name, that overlooks the George Washington Bridge (I think it was that bridge?) and had a mini bbq. It was great! There were plans to do Gina's Dad's famous beer butt chicked recipe thingy, which involves shoving a can of beer up the chickens hoo-hoo area, but that didn't come to fruition; instead, we had a very amusing, yet long, show of Francophile trying to cook the thing! I had steak. I still hate chicken. But it was super nice to be back in the sun, even went a bit pink, which is poetic justice from me thinking "haha yeah right, sif it's actually going to be THAT warm today..." and not putting on my sunscreen. Silly me.

Have also done a bit of after dark going out; went to a restaurant launch/opening event on Tuesday night which was cool. Not what I want my restaurant opening to be like, but was cool to see (plus the open bar always adds a few positive points!). It was like Lord of the Flies though when the free food came out - the restaurant was packed as it was, add food in to the mix with a room full of feral hungry lunatics and the result was a lot of pushing and shoving. Quite disturbing to watch really!

St. Patties day we spent at a house party in Brooklyn which was fun times :D Got to meet Gina's cousin Rob and his gf Jen who are really lovely, and some of their friends. Dressed up in cheezey outfits (yay!) and played a few (few too many maybe?) rounds of circle of death.... yaya..... Met up with them again last night for Jay's (one of their friends) birthday at a club in town. Did some dancing, ate some empanadas (one of the guys we met earlier in the evening at Gym bar managed or owned (I forget) an empanada restaurant chain and got us free ones. OMG best empanadas I've ever eaten! Ever!!!!) and had a really fun, slightly messy night!

Super cool man sam groove armada fun times had by all methinks!

Quiet night tonight and then probably more action (both sightseeing and partying) to be had next week with Mum and Lizy. Weird! But I LOVE IT!

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