• street kitties hanging out by the airbnb in jersey (gray/white & tortie ones were super pettable)
  • eating in koreatown where servers kept speaking korean to me
  • upcycled clothing & wearable art shop in port authority
  • walking all around central park soaking in the greenery & water features
  • riding the carousel
  • woman singing opera under an archway for the acoustics
  • loving the eerieness of the north woods as the sun went down
  • walking from the northern perimeter of the park back down to the bus station while drinking cannabis soda
  • raccoon rooting down in a trash can just barely hanging onto the rim w his back toes
  • massive & floofy burmese mountain dog
  • completely missing the 1st day of destination dance & just sleeping in & walking around manhattan soaking in the architecture instead
  • buying fruit from street vendors
  • going inside muji and thinking "this is literally just japanese ikea"
  • loitering in bryant park
  • guy selling anti-trump merch in front of trump tower
  • guy playing sax cover of careless whisper amidst dancing animatronics
  • guy on a typewriter in front of the met w a sign that said "poem store"
  • going to the guggenheim & loving the jenny holzer exhibit as well as the material art exhibit
  • imagining calling a friend n saying "bruh you'll never guess what i'm doing. i'm watching colonoscopy footage at the guggenheim"
  • amazing curry noodles & cream cheese croquettes at abiko curry, maybe my fave meal this year so far?
  • best gelato ever (amarena & lime basil at amorino)
  • finally making it to 2 dd classes
  • blissfully soaking in art at moma & impulse buying $140+ of art books
  • 3 more dd classes
  • moulin rouge on broadway w aaron tveit & jojo levesque - incredible set design, amazing leads, great choreography & costumes, all-around visual & auditory feast
  • joining a crowd waiting by the stage door for the performers to appear tho aaron did not & the crowd dispersed soon after
  • woman in front of me sobbing w happiness over meeting jojo
  • bicycle cab cruising down the street blasting in da club by 50 cent & a guy in the backseat vibing n jamming hard
  • realizing i love witnessing unabashed expressions of joy in others
  • soaking in nighttime city views from the 102nd floor of the empire state building
  • going to times square & satisfying the sensory seeker in me
  • amidst all the light / color / sound, a reserve of sadness thinking "this is a shrine to late capitalism" & "what cost does this all come at" (really i feel the purest awe w nature & art instead)
  • streets full of lingering revelers for mexican independence day
  • pink balloon going translucent w neon light as it floated into the sky
  • spending $75+ at pink taco on signature pink tacos, popcorn shrimp tacos, & lobster enchiladas
  • sitting on a random stoop in jersey eating lobster enchiladas at 2am
  • taking a taxi for the 1st time
  • drenching myself in art at the met starting w the beautifully immersive & mysterious egyptian wing
  • light-filled contemporary wing w huge colorful canvases & finding my new favorite painting that gave me a sense of awe / calm / safety immediately
  • sweet & soft impressionist wing w great collection of degas & monet pieces
  • speed walking thru glimpses of other exhibits (rococo, medieval, islamic, greek/roman sculpture) like traveling thru time
  • being blown away at mercer labs FUCKING HELL I LOVE IMMERSIVE ART
  • 4d sound room lying on carpet under dim blue lights & foam walls as noise engulfed the space (water, subway, growling creature, birds, ambient music, thudding bass), feeling relaxed & riled up at once, punching & running at the walls, imagining the annihilation of the one who hurt me, what a great space for breakdown & rebirth
  • mirrored rooms full of shifting light & color where the boundaries of the space became unclear & i felt gorgeously disoriented, putting my arms out & feeling like i was floating in the infinite
  • wandering around the wtc transit station for a painfully long time trying to figure out the subway system before riding the subway for the 1st time
  • realizing that the stick-on library wallpaper at the airbnb had unusual fake book titles like "conquest and mushroom" & "tales of homeopathic gherkin"
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