Today I woke up and it was raining and hot. I immediately opened all of the windows and listed to it rain for a little bit. It was nice seeing how quiet the city gets when it starts to rain. It seemed like no one was on the streets. It was short lived though and I had no plans today. At. All. I decided to give the tenement museum a go. I quickly got tickets online to the Hard Times tour.
I was a little late getting there because I got distracted by riding the 6 train to the City Hall station. I really wanted to see the abandoned station and I was worrying that I wouldn't make it back down for the rest of the trip. It was pretty neat to see. I don't know if I would go out of my way to see it but since I was there anyways I gave it a whirl. The subway stayed at the last stop for a long time and I almost got off because we had been sitting there for a long time. As we started heading to City Hall station, I started to panic. What if they take this train out of service? What if the train goes down some secret hill at break neck speed and I should be on here? General ridiculous thoughts... Everything was normal. No one even blinked when they got on the train and I was already on there.
As a result I was about 5 minutes late to the tour. I would have been on time but google maps had the wrong address listed. The tour was really fun. I enjoyed it. The guide told us about two different families that lived in the apartment. It was really cool to see the old census and photos of the family. It was HOT in there though. I consider myself to be pretty in shape but I was shvitzing terribly. Overall, it was a good tour and I'm glad I did it. I figured since I was already in the LES I would explore a little bit. I began to just walk everywhere. I found Baby Cakes and remembered it being mentioned as a recommendation. I had two of the best brownies I have ever tasted. They were so moist and amazing. It was a very cool stop. The rest of the day I just wondered around the LES. I saw a few shows being filmed. I took the bus around. I really don't remember much of anything else but it was a fun way to unwind and see the city. I had no schedule and no where to be.
