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Ärende: Another New York Trip - Part 1
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For a good four or five months, Peter and I had been planning a
trip to New York, more to get out of New England for the day than
anything else. Well, yesterday, was the day when we packed up the
stuff we'd need for a day of walking about the city and off we 
went. We brought our friend Katie along as well, because we figured
that the more people we had the more fun it would be. We, of course,
were right.

We headed off to New York early - at about 7:15 am - and we spent 
the car ride up eating Munchkins, drinking coffee, eating small 
fistfuls of caffeine mints, and talking about places we wanted to
go and what we wanted to do. There were a lot of things: shop, 
Peter was looking for a record store, there was this little ice 
cream shop in the village that I wanted to try, there was a 
pizzeria to try out, and Katie just wanted out of the house for a
day and to hang out with Peter and me.

We made awesome time into the city. We were there by about 10am. 
Our first stop was this little place in Brooklyn that Peter needed
to stop at: the factory that makes and bottles Manhattan Special,
a soda made out of espresso beans. We picked up five cases of it 
and put them in the back of Peter's Saab, and then we found the
parking lot that Peter always parks in. It's this little place that
doesn't charge, and it was about six or seven blocks from the
Lorimer Street subway station, which we rode into the city.

And, in a spark of brilliance, Peter suggested that we all buy the
seven dollar Metro passes, which were good for unlimited rides on
the subway. Peter paid for those with his credit card, and Katie 
and I paid him back for them.

Once in the city, we walked around. There was someplace that Peter
wanted to go on West 8th street, but we wound up on East 8th 
street. So, we walked about and floated into stores that interested
us for a few hours until we were hungry around 11.

So, Peter caught sight of a little place on East 8th Street by 
Broadway: A cupcake store called Crumbs. We walked in and made our
first purchases of the day - Peter bought a cupcake for the two of
us to split, Katie bought a cookie, and I bought a Vanilla Soda.

Cookie Dough Cupcake: A four inch diameter cupcake with a chocolate
syrup center. Topped off with about an inch and a half of handmade 
frosting that was flavored with crumbled Oreo cookies and a hint of 
vanilla. The cupcake part was really moist and delicious was 
all-around fantastic. The giant sugar-infested monster cost him $3.50.

Vanilla Soda: About an inch of Vanilla Syrup on the bottom of a 
(big) cup and topped off with seltzer. I had to stir it around to
mix everything together, but it was really good. I don't usually 
like seltzer because it has this really obnoxious, strange taste, 
but this was fantastic. It cost $3.00, and I let Peter finish it.

Chocolate Chip Cookie: A three inch diameter cookie that was LOADED
with semisweet chocolate chips. But, although it was loaded with 
chips, it still managed to be a crisp, crunchy cookie, not a soft, 
gross gooey cookie. It was also really good, and cost $2.50.

After that, we headed back out to shop and look around some more, 
and our adventures on Canal Street, Broadway, and our first and 
second time getting lost will all be highlighted in part two
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