in a month

New York has been my home now for one month..and it has become home! I know where to go grocery shopping. Where to get my tooth paste. I go to work daily..and look forward to the weekends. When people ask me for directions (usually something like 'where can I find the .. subway?) I can send them in an approximately right direction. If they get lost again, they should just ask someone where ever I've send them:) That's what I do too!

Did I already tell that the escalators in the subway tell you 'have a nice day'? Isn't that something? Something CRAZY? Or is it just my European down-to-earth cultural judgement? At the risk of sounding as a dark-spirited grumpy old lady.... Does it not totally rob the meaning of the words when they are said to you by an ESCALATOR? hahaha..aah, anyway, on the other side..it is kind of funny and has the ability to put a smile on my face most of the times I hear it...just because it is...well, odd.

What else did I learn in the last month..making Indonesian (good tasting Indonesian!) food is possible! My sister visited me last weekend and we cooked up some delicious Indo dishes:) You never know you know...even though you bring the same spices (or have them shipped over and cut open by customs - their dogs must have been going C-R-A-Z-Y!!)the other ingredients might be slightly different..However it worked out perfectly!

And my sister's visit...oh, how different a city is when you can share it with someone you love!! We've been alllllll over town: Union Square, lunches at Whole Foods, Soho, South Ferry to Staten Island - which btw should learn how to make themselves attractive for tourists..a sign 'DON'T RUN BACK ON THE FERRY..come hang with us' somehow just doesn't do it.. - Free Friday at MOMA compliments of Target, Trinity Grace Church, McQ for Target sale, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Grand Central Station, Central Park, the Public Library, Hale&Hearty, Starbucks of course (my favorite: Vanilla Earl Grey Misto)...and..and..AND Max Brenner...OH Max!!!!! Chocolate Heaven!!! If you live in a city without Max..go to the website and petition on behalf of all your fellow citizens for a MB in your home town... (www.maxbrenner.com - Amsterdam I put in the first request for you). I do badly hope that my sister will be able to stop by in Spring/Summer...even if it would just be to experience a NORMAL subway ride... No, it would be just awesome to share this great great GREAT city in warmer weather with my sis!

New York, New Day Tomorrow... YAY!!