The Art of Eating Pizza

Eating a piece of pizza in New York is much like playing a game of poker: you gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em. I had my first slice last night and boy was it amazing – home of the best pizza in the world certainly lived up to its name. I had my first real New York Slice whilst wandering around the city getting lost in the avenues and stumbling across a building I always manage to find by accident – the Flat Iron Building. Every time I see it, it still manages to impress me - the architecture and what it must look like inside fascinates me.

The boys had another rugby tournament on Saturday so I needed to fill in the day as I wasn’t really too keen on spending another weekend by the windy field. I woke up and took all of our laundry to the Laundromat – 5 loads later and several conversations with Laundromat locals I was finished. I dropped it off back at the house and took myself in to the city. I was planning to go to the top of the Empire State Building however the queue was at least two hours long and having already been up there on a previous trip I could think of a few other things I’d like to do. So after grabbing a bag of roasted nuts I wandered aimlessly taking in the sights and spotting squirrels left right and centre. It was a beautiful day in the city! On a trip to visit Harry at school in Brooklyn we made a brief stop at Union Square where they were holding a Christmas market and on this Saturday I returned and had a thorough look through the stalls. It reminded me of a Christmas market I’d previously been to with my family in Switzerland. It was so cute. I found a few little things along the way and treated myself to a cup of hot chocolate to warm my insides from the chilly temperatures outside.

Tuesday was Ed’s (my roomie) birthday so he had quite a large night on Monday and stumbled in the early hours of Tuesday morning to find the apartment decorated with balloons and streamers. After sleeping most of his birthday away, Luke (Harry’s friend) came for the night as he was visiting from LA and I pulled out the cake I’d bought for his special day (you can’t have a birthday without cake!) Harry finished work quite late and had organized tickets to the New York Knicks verse the New Jersey Nets at Madison Square Garden. This was to be my first NBA game seen live – I was so excited. It turns out we were court side and could see the likes of Jay-Z sitting on the sideline. The Knicks ended up having a great game and won so it gave us two reasons to celebrate! We went to meet up with some of Harry’s team members who were also out on exchange in Brisbane so it was lovely to see them again! We continued our celebrations with a couple of dollar tequila shots and $2 beers we called it a night after making a pit stop via the pizza shop across the road. It seems I have exchanged my late night kebab runs for pizza runs!