Trippin': New York City - Shake Shack

Upon arrival into the city and getting situated into our home away from home for the next five days, I had planned for us to grab a quick lunch at Shake Shack, a modern day burger stand. For some reason that I can not remember now, but I'm sure was valid then, I picked the original Shake Shack location at Madison Square Park in the Flatiron District. You would not believe how long the freaking line was when we got there. It was like a quarter of a mile long. Unbelievable! I thought about going to the one on the Upper West Side but we were HON-GRY. We settled for a pizza place across the street and vowed to make it back here before our time in NYC was over. It wasn't until our very last day that we had a change to make it out there. We made it a priority to get there thirty minutes before it opened so we would be the first in line. Well, we ended up being second in line. By the time the windows opened up, the line had already grown to about twenty people deep. I mean seriously?!? Were these burgers that fracking good? So we order some burgers, fries and shakes. And of course I got the bird dog which is a smoked chicken and apple bratwurst. That was okay. Forgettable. Most of us got the Fair Trade milkshake. Vanilla shake spun with fair trade certified coffee. MMmmmmm. I want one right now! The fries were eh. I think everyone really enjoyed their burgers. Man. It looked so juicy and just that perfect and simple burger. I can almost see why some people wait in line for more than hour for the food here. Almost. In any case, I would mos def recommend this place to anyone visiting NYC for the first time.


The super long lines on the first attempt.

Attempt number two. We arrive thirty minutes before Shake Shack opens.

This dood is already there when we arrive. And he came prepared to wait.

The line that has already formed when the place is barely opening up shop. Crazy.

Time for some eat burger dramatically fotos!

I do this all the time after I eat. The herbal essence hair toss. I love the expressions from the folks behind me. Esp that of big poppa. He's like, why does she have to do that in PUBLIC.

Bachey: Chea

Am I planner? Yes I am. Do I like to take over and plan things without being asked. Oh yes I absolutely do! So when it was time to start thinking about how we were going to celebrate Chea's final days of singledom, I jumped in on the planning action. Unfortunately, there just wasn't enough time to really get any elaborate ideas going so we had to settle for a simple dinner and a night out at the clubs. I picked Cafe 101 and Mochi knew some dood who worked with Roguescene so we were able to get a bottle for a good price. I came up with the idea to make a crown for Chea to wear. But not just any crown! It was a crown of phallic like shapes and we customized the crown to suit the bride by putting pictures of the groom's face on the tips. YES! I'm just glad the normally conservative Christian girl was game and wore it proudly and happily. We ended the night at Pravada, which used to be Crome. Oh my werd, it was a sea of hungry fobs. We were basically one of the only large group of girls and quickly became a target. How hungry were these fobs? Let's just say that I NEVER EVER get hit on when I go clubbing. But that night, I got hit on twice. Yeah, no more AZN nites please! In the end, Chea got wasted, threw up, and the night was over. It was a great time had by all.

Trippin': New York City - Dean and Deluca

I used to love watching Felicity. I'm a big fan of Keri Russell and was rooting for her character to end up with Ben, and not annoying Noel. I remember loving the way the intro was shot and how The Power of Good-Bye by Madonna was used. I also distinctly remember how much that show made me want to move and live in New York City. Chase the man of my dreams and enroll at NYU. Yeah right. I would never chase a guy cross country. Hah! People who were also dedicated followers will remember Felicity briefly working at a Dean and Deluca. At the time, I had no idea that was an actual place! But that was back then, before internet access had hit fever pitch. Now, Dean and Deluca has several locations throughout the city and I was determined to stop into one to get a coffee and one of their famous black and white cookies. The Dean and Deluca that we went to was also a market, most resembling Whole Foods here in Houston. The coffee was okay. I always get a non-fat mocha no matter where I go. As for the cookie, it had more of a cake texture to it. It was good, but not spectacular. Then again, I've never had a cookie that was to die for. I take that back. My third grade teacher's husband used to bake us these chocolate chip cookies that were AH-MAY-ZING! I think about them to this day. I even want to look her up and ask her if she could ask her husband to make me MORE. So DIANE SMITH, if you remember me, leave me a comment! Haha. Now wouldn't that be something!