Whole Delicous Foods

OK, I feel like it's late, which it is, but I can't sleep so I'll fill in on the last week. June 1st, Sunday, I'm packing when Emily calls to tell me we've just lost the apartment we're supposed to be staying in for the summer. Begin Panic Mode. Ok, but really, I'd already decided like 2 days before to just let it roll...so I finish packing and head to Louisville. Emily and Mom find this place on Craigslist, Ems calls, and we meet with the girl on Monday night in NYC. We decide to take the place. I might add that it has an HDTV, and a DVD player and surround sound. The only catch, we can only stay thru June, AND, it doesn't have air conditioning. YAY. So Emily and I are sharing a room and a full size bed (giggle) but we have the apt to ourselves until the 12th when the other roommy comes home. Rumor has it he's a JAZZ musician. Again, (giggle). Last week was fairly cool...but a heat wave hit Saturday and we've been sweating ever since. The box fan and crappy window air conditioning unit do no good. And the breeze has stopped, so open windows also do NOTHING. We are dying. Last week I spent my days exploring and wandering. We've found a couple of cheap diners, and Emily started her job at Starbucks and LOVES it. The kids there are really sweet. And it's a 10 min walk from the apt. Friday night we went to the Upright Citizens Brigade with Tyler and another friend from Western named Tony. Afterwards about eight of us ended up at a diner until three in the morning. Saturday night Tony and Emily and I hung out at the apt and watched movies. Tony brought the movie Arthur, which I had never seen but is HILARIOUS.

I forgot to mention that last Tuesday I thought I'd be a bad-ass and go grocery shopping for us. NYC is very expensive. We're talking $4 for peanut butter people. So we made a budget and a list and I stuck to it. But the funny thing is that Emily and I like the same foods, so we're going through foods like cheese and hummus and milk TWICE as fast as I would at home. That's interesting budgeting. We are about to start our 3rd gallon of milk tomorrow and we've only been here 10 days!!! What can I say, we like calcium?! Anyway, the point of this story was that I took the subway like 25 min away to a brand name grocery store because I thought it would be cheaper (it wasn't). I mean it was my second day here people. Then when I got back to our neighborhood I discovered the local grocery was pretty much the same price and had everything I needed (almost). BUT...the victory came on Sunday when we stopped by the Whole Foods Market on our way home from Central Park. Thank GOD! They had cheese for 2.99, and corn for .50, and milk for 3.99, and all kind of other wonderous deals. I'm telling you, everywhere else in NYC things are like $4.00. I could not find cheese or bread for under $4 anywhere else except Whole Foods. I'm a believer now. And I'll happily make that 20 min subway ride each week. (Or twice a week for us growing ladies). Smirk.