The Frickin' Frick!!

Sunday is always a tricky day in any big city vacation. Often times, attractions close early or not at all. Of course, a limited amount of attractions and options in New York City is still a ton of options. I checked my handy list of "free admissions" for Sunday and found that the Frick had pay as you wish admission from 11:00am- 1:00 pm. I got ready and headed out the door.

No photos in the Frick.
But they didn't seem to mind in the
indoor courtyard. Which happens
to look a lot like my indoor
courtyard....not.

The line wasn't as bad as the other museums I had visited during their free or suggested admission hours. I paid my dollar, got my audio tour, and started exploring. The house that the museum is housed in once belonged to Henry Clay Frick. Most of the art was from his own personal collection. The art was lovely but it isn't my favorite genre. Most of the art is 18th century European. However, the mansion that the museum is housed in is GORGEOUS. I tried to imagine myself living in that house, right by Central Park but even my imagination doesn't stretch that far. I enjoyed the Frick but I don't think I would want to pay full admission because it's just not my style of art. I really like the more contemporary stuff. However, if this interests you it is not to be missed. The audio tour was great and the layout was nice. 

I saw on The Village Voice (I think) that there was going to be a free comedy show in Greeley Square. So I headed there. Which was an adventure in itself. I had 30 minutes to get there and there isn't great subway access from the Frick to Greeley Sq. I decided today was the day to get over my fear of the bus. Ok, I don't really have a fear of the bus but I just have never taken a public bus before. I pulled up a map on my phone and determined that the M1, M2, M3, M4 buses were going my way. I decided that there was no way I could screw that up. Wrong. I tried to board the wrong bus. The bus driver asked where I was going and I said to 32nd. He told me to wait for the next one. He was really nice about it especially because I didn't want ask. He could just tell I looked confused. The next bus rolled along and I got on. Success. 

I really liked riding the bus. We went right down 5th Avenue and I almost felt like I was on a tour bus. My feet were resting, my sweat was drying up, and I was getting entertained by the bus window. What a nice ride! A gentleman two seats infront of my turned to an older lady one seat in front of my and asked if he would be able to walk across the Williamsburg Bridge. She didn't know but I did! I told him he could and we spent the rest of the short ride chatting about all the places he has visited with his bike. He was a bike enthusiast! The older lady also joined in every once in a while with a question. Nice people on the bus!

Koreatown

I got off on 33rd and Park and started heading east to Greeley Square. I walked through Korea Town and it looked delicious! I have been making it a point to try different cuisines so I decided I would eat there after the show. The comedy show as about 4 or 5 different acts. It was lovely. There were chairs out and a lot of people enjoying the show. I sat next to a lady who was eating a Popsicle and before long she offered me one. Suddenly every word my mom told me about taking food from a stranger ran through my head. But it was hot and I had watched her open the box so I thought "what the hell" and took the Popsicle.  I didn't die. She even took my garbage from me and put it in her grocery bag to throw away later. And this whole interaction didn't include a word. She just thrust the Popsicle in my direction and then took the garbage out of my hand when I was done. Of course, I thanked her but she didn't respond to that!  New Yorkers are a hoot! 
http://www.nylaughs.org/online/home.html

I walked back over to Korea Town and looked at a few menus posted on the wall but I didn't find anything really appealing. I don't eat rice or pork so I was pretty limited. Next time, my friends! I decided to head to try my luck at the Wicked Lottery. This time I actually partnered up with someone. He was nice and said he had seen the show 5 times. Yikes! We didn't win but it's always really fun to see how excited the winners get. I get so happy for all of them. 

It was Sunday and a lot of things were begining to close. I headed home to Brooklyn and went to C-Town Supermarket. I grabbed some groceries and cooked myself dinner of bagel bites and potato chips. Ok, so maybe it wasn't "cooking" but I'm in college I still haven't graduated to cooking actual dinners yet. I ate my dinner on the fire escape, watching the Polish wedding party arrive at the reception hall across from my apartment. It started to sprinkle so I called it a night early, planning to call it an early morning as well. 

VIDEO: I took this in Times Square. Of course. I say of course because if this were to happen in any other station, I doubt they would have a huge crowd let alone a singing one. I thought it was cute. Sometimes it's nice to slow down and enjoy random people singing The Beatles together.