Whats all the snap, snap, snapping for?

After dinner, the ladies and I went to Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan's East Village. I have to say, I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. We got to witness their famous poetry slam night and all the poets were pretty good.



Pretty deep stuff. I was expecting something like a scene from The Real World, New Orleans when David Broom, one of the cast members, performed his famous "Come on be My Baby Tonight." LOL

My favorite part of the show was when the open room host Advocate of Wordz came up on stage. Go check out some of his performances on YouTube and you'll know why.



The line to get in was unending, resulting in having to sit on the floor right in front of the stage. I wasn't complaining though. We had front row view of all the action.

Photo booth confessions at Bubby's

On our way to Bubby's for dinner.



The food wasn't to die for but there is a special treat in the basement of this restaurant that you must check out while waiting on your food. A photo booth! How fun are they?!?!?!



We spent most of our stay down there waiting for our printouts. It said 3 minutes per strip but it took wayyyy longer. So, we had a photo shoot of our own.





All those dollar bills we rent for what you think they were. lol.



Mrs. Boots vandalizing the booth and Amy flirting with the camera. I was rolling with bad girls. ;)





The final result of our silly session!



Disclaimer: I am NOT from Cutler Ridge. I threw up the sign in an act of wackiness. Thank you for your understanding. :)

This is why Pancho the Janitor lost his job.

Self cleaning public restrooms? Noooo way!



For only a quarter, you can use this restroom in Madison Square Park. The way it works is that as soon as one person is done handling their business in there, the door closes and it cleans itself for about 2 minutes. You then have to insert the quarter for the door to open. Yeah, that elevator looking door. I had to try this myself and make sure it wasn't some kind of time travel machine.



This is what it looks like inside.






I almost got stuck in there. It took me a while to figure out which one was the "I WANT OUT!" button.

E 23rd and Broadway

Madison Square Park is home to the popular Shake Shack. My friend and I stood in line for 1 hour just to get a taste of their famous burgers!



Amy got lucky. She came straight from work, and by the time she met up with us, the food was served.



Worth the wait. I recommend bringing a friend along to take turns sitting down on the benches while waiting in line if you are lazy like me and prefer to be sitting down than standing up.






One of the views you get when at Madison Square Park is of the well known Flatiron building. Pretty good architecture.



Almost every corner of the city makes for a nice background. <3

A peace of quiet in the middle of chaos.

What better place to visit first when in NYC than Bryant Park?





Such a delightful and tranquil place to catch a bite on your lunch break or in my case, munch on a cupcake before beginning my journey in wonderful nyc. :) Luckily, theres a cupcake spot called Crumbs right up the street.





During the Summer, Bryant Park has a film festival hosted by HBO where people gather on the lawn with their blankets and picnic baskets to watch movies. You definitely have to be prepared to wait in a line for 5 hours to get your spot. I totally would've done it if I had that kind of time to spare out of my mini vacation.

A Sucking Competition.

Not really, but IF that were the case, I'm sure that little lady with the Fuchsia top on would take the trophy home. ;)






Electric Blue Lemonades. Compliments of Chilli's. I want mah babeh back riihiibs.



Raquel decided to omit herself from the sucking game. Its against her religion. ;)

Let me get a slice.

I had some Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza on Friday night before hanging out with my girls. I must say, they have some good stuff going on.








"I could eat a whole medium pizza all by myself!"

Actually, I wasn't the one who said that. I quoted the movie Selena. lol. I shared that LARGE, half cheese, half pepperoni pizza with another pizza lover.