First 4 Days

I'm not quite at my week mark in NYC yet, but I've had an eventful couple of days.

:: I found my 2 new favorite bars ::
- Automatic Slims, which is a crazy dive bar with plastic cups and 80's music and the most non-pretentious people in all of Manhattan. They even played 99 Red Balloons, which made my night! :)
- 75 Dive, which is a fun bar with Scrabble, Connect Four, and Jenga, among other games... And jars of candy around! (For those of us with a sweet tooth, this is much much better than nuts and pretzel jars). To note, I won at Scrabble and Jenga. Connect 4 was dominated by the folks at the table next to mine.

:: I attended a author's book launch party ::
- A friend of mine took me to the house party celebrating the release of Hannah Rogge's new book. So fun! Met a few new uber-creative people, and got to meet an author!

:: I saw the jazz floutist that provided the track for Ron Burgundy in "Anchorman" ::
- This was cool! I went to a tiny jazz bar in Greenwich Village (55 bar) and watched an amazing jazz show. The sax player also played jazz flute and was later introduced as being of Anchorman fame. He played a bit of the track, and yes, it truly was amusing!

Gotta say, I'm enjoying this city! :)
I just hope everyone I've physically run smack into, face first of course, while trying to navigate the subway system can forgive me!