So it turns out I do like Mondays...

[catko]

...when they include:
1) Waking up under a skylight and realizing I can roll over and go back to sleep.
2) Wandering out to go shopping at fun Japanese stores.
3) Buying pretty stuff.
4) Leisure lunching at a kind of funky quiet shady cafe, reading the Sunday NY Times Magazine.
5) Manicure and pedicure two doors down from the apartment.
5) Duck won ton soup across the street.
6) Sittin' around watching TV.

Oddly, none of these are things I do at home, especially on a Monday. Even doing laundry was kind of fun.

     

Comments

[duhhhrama.livejournal.com]

i am incredibly jealous of all of that. i need to live in the city. too bad i can't afford it.

[catko]

Hah, well some of these things you can do where you are. And anyway, it's POURING here right now, may not be the best day to check it out?

[pacejunkie.livejournal.com]

That soup looks fabulous. What a rich looking broth. There's a Japanese place by me that does an amazing vegetable Udon but it doesn't look nice and beefy like that.

[catko]

Ooh, pace, when you come you have to check out Ippudo: 4th Avenue at 8th Street (East Village); I talked about it here at LJ, but also:
http://ccatko.blogspot.com/2009/07/best-ramen-ever-ippudo.html
and:
http://ccatko.blogspot.com/2009/07/slide-poached-egg-into-ramen.html

My favorite place so far, I plan to go back, soon. It's also about 1 mile from the Tenement Museum, which I haven't got to but intend to. Hmm, only thing is if you don't eat pork, I think they have chicken-only broths, too...