Livin the life I LOVE: funzies.

yesterday was a terrible day, it just felt like nothing could go right, so today i woke up and thought to myself "wow, yesterday sure sucked but today is going to be great, no matter what" :) and it was. i woke up, did some laundry so now i have a clean place to sleep and clean clothes to wear, i worked out and took myself to magnolia bakery, a movie and barbuto for dinner. everyone is always recommending magnolia bakery for their cupcakes but i am OVER the cupcake phenomenon so i decided to try their cheesecake. it seemed like the perfect cheesecake, perfect size anyways but i hate to say it failed... miserably. the cheesecake wasn't very tasty and there was too much crust. the bakery itself is really cute tho :) apparently it's famous for being on sex and the city but i didn't ever watch that show.. for dinner, yes i had dessert first (and after) dinner ;) i went to a place called barbuto. it's an italian restaurant by jonathan waxman (apparently he's a famous chef?? he mentored bobby flay..) that prides itself on preparing local/seasonal/fresh food and i've wanted to go there ever since bobby flay AND my fave, tyler florence, said they loved their pollo al forno, which is, slow roasted chicken with salsa verde. it was also on the best thing i ever ate... better than mine and if tyler thinks it's better than his roasted chicken, then it must be good! pass! it was so super good, so moist and cooked perfectly, the salsa verde was AMAZING, although i couldn't tell you what it was... some mixture of herbs... i also got a side of patate, which are crispy potatoes, pecorino and rosemary, they were also delish. it's the weirdest thing here in nyc, most entrees don't come with side dishes, they're separate and cost extra, of course. i definitely didn't need a side because the chicken was more than enough but i'd never been before and didn't know that i was being served at least half of a chicken! for dessert i had an affogato. i sure love them but perhaps i shouldn't have one for dessert after din because that shot of espresso is sure keeping me up late right now :) after din, i decided to venture around the west village.. i wandered around for a while and all of a sudden it started getting really windy. it was blowing dirt and trash everywhere and i felt like i had walked into some sort of tornado so i decided i better get back to the subway. welllll... the only bad thing about that part of town, the streets are names, not numbers so i was lost! i finally started seeing familiar buildings and figured i must be close when it started POURING!! whoever made up the saying "when it rains, it pours" must've been from nyc. the rain is insane here! i was absolutely soaking wet in 3 or so blocks. it was actually kind of nice (minus the fact that i actually took time to straighten my hair today) seems how it's been so miserably HOT so i didn't really mind much.. i'm just sad that i wasn't prepared with my cute rain boots :(