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| Literally those are all dates |
Today was a pretty awesome day at work I gotta say.
I had my own work to focus on and at lunch time, I met up with a friend and we were walking around the building, just hanging out and soliciting when we walked out to the front part of the UNHQ, down to the visitor's pavilion/center and I saw all these tents with Muslim countries like Kuwait and Morocco and they were all giving away foods from their countries!
The only catch? Everything, EVERYTHING was made of dates.
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| Literally. Dates. |
But I was surprised, it was all quite delicious, there were date cakes, date squares, deep fried dates, dates with goat cheese, wrapped-up dates to go, really any date combination you could think of, they had. It was actually really cool, I got to try some Egyptian coffee as well as some other goods I may not have been able to try beforehand.
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| More dates here than I've had the whole year! (Sorry, Chris) |
I sat for a bit outside and it was nice seeing everyone so excited to try and experience this new culture. I know myself, I was very happy to try and experience a new culture! I was so happy to be there!
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| Philippino choir in the lobby! |
When I went inside, it only got better, there was a Philippino choice singing in the front entrance area of the UN and they were amazing. I only got to stick around for one song since I needed to go back to work, but the harmony and the different tones and pitches they hit were jaw dropping.
I headed back to work until the end of the day.
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| What a beautiful view on the rooftop |
At the end of the day, I walked down the Union Square to meet a friend and we walked down all the way to lower East Side, where I was yesterday and we grabbed a drink at this really nice place called Tiki bar. It was on the roof of a hotel and there had to be someone there to scan us up. When we got up there, the decor and the atmosphere did not fail to impress. They had some really cute cups and mugs and some great fairy lights out to set the mood in the evenings.
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| Beautiful view of midtown! |
We sat and talked for a bit before we decided to go up town to hit up two more rooftop bars. First off though, I was a bit hungry so we grabbed some dumplings from this place called "Vanessa's" which was pretty cool since they had so many signs that rated them one of the best restaurants in the city. I thanked the guy in Cantonese and I swear I have never seen someone look so surprised at me speaking an Asian language.
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| Who needs to pay to go up these skyscrapers when you can just go up the bars instead? |
Their dumplings were delicious. The skin was chewy and crispy and just completely and utterly delicious. We took the MTA up to uptown where we went to drop off some stuff, and I went to pick up my keys (Yes I did lock myself out don't judge me) and we dropped by this cute Italian restaurant to say hi to some of my friend's friends and, man, these places treat you like family.
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| Had to add a photo of the dumplings. |
We headed over and saw two rooftop bars, which had beautiful views and both of which had someone who had to escort you to the elevator. Going to have to go again sometime when I don't have work the next morning!
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