| | Overall, a jolly good independence day.
Slept a solid 10 hours.
Lovely brunch at Penelope's - a diner decked with NY girls, decorated as the epitome of 'shabby chic.'
Chocolate custard at Shake Shack. Nabbed some of K's raspberry lemon custard too. Those custards are really growing on me. When I first tried the vanilla one it tasted like McDonald's soft serve. But now I appreciate the creaminess and can taste the fat. Like Haagen Daaz sometimes. Yum.
Macy's fireworks bonanza on the East River with K (a trooper! he was sick) and S. I realized that this is my very first Independence Day in NYC. I'm usually always in California. Last year I sat on Google's lawn watching the fireworks over the bay.
Unfortunately it rained and there were lots of people, which is typical of NY's free summer events and such. But they really put everything they had into that show. The most impressive and longest one I've seen yet. So many going off at the same time. The sky got smoky.
When it was over though everybody was relieved they could get out of the rain. We padded over to Ramen Setagaya through the puddles and the people and nabbed 3 seats at the bar without a wait. We all agreed, empty bowls not too long later, that the shio ramen really hit the spot. I think it's the best ramen in NY. Maybe the best I've ever had? It's a basic one, and the one of Castro St will always have a special place in my heart. Although for the life of me its name eludes me. :P
Still have to try the new ramen place on 4th Ave and 10th St. The food blogs are calling it the 'Ramen War.'
I  summer. It's the best thing about graduate school hands down.
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