OBSESSED: High Line Park

Words cannot express how in love I am with the brand-spankin new High Line park running along an elevated railroad track from Gansevort to 20th street (and getting expanded this summer and in the future). Here are the reasons

1) It's in the sky! As you walk the paths you feel like you're discovering a magical hidden world. Peeking into broken windows, watching cars fly below you, with amazing views of the hudson, it's a whole new way to see the incredible NYC!

2) It's beyond gorgeous. I want to kiss all the architects and landscapers who designed this place. It is the perfect blend of modern twists and old school park fun. The sleek lines of the benches combined with flowers growing from the preserved tracks and lovely old school stones that remind me of the type I would find back home in MA

3) the sundeck chairs. brilliant! Though I am sure they will most always be snagged, I can't think of a better place to soak in the sun (well, besides grass and sand of course)

Just go already! It's nutso during the weekends now but on a weekday afternoon? Perfect!

This one picture is from their website but it doesn't capture the beauty. Go and take some of your own!

Free events for Summer interns

Just got this email from the fantastic listserve, drinking liberally! Sadly, I am no longer an intern (I'll actually be PAID starting in September, AMAZING) but for any of you progressive poor kids out there this looks like a pretty sweet deal:

Attention All Summer Interns!

Living Liberally will be having weekly events -- comedy, music, picnics, parties and more -- and we'll have special discounts and deals for people working for progressive organizations this summer. If you are an intern, know an intern, have an intern, email contact info to livingliberally@gmail.com to be added to a special summer list.

A listserve to get you in the know.

There are millions of listserves giving you the lowdown on everything to do in the city but lately I've been digging the male-focused "Urban Daddy". Aside from their often sexist images (which may be reason enough to boycott, but then I'd boycott practically everything in the city) they actually have a good range of interesting activities, restaurants, and shops in the city.

They don't specifically let you know about cheap events, however if you become a member you get "perks" which include discount codes at zipcar, massage packages, and free drinks. For example, if you head to the frying pan on Saturday the first 100 people to mention Urban Daddy at 3pm get a free round of Coronas.

Not bad, not bad at all.

Sign up here.

Mermaid Parade!

Probably one of the craziest parades in NYC, this hours long fest taking place on Coney island features hundreds and hundreds of mermaids and other sea-folk. Child mermaids, painted mermaids, naked mermaids, it's just amazing! If the weather clears up I will most definitely be there, see some pictures from a few years ago attached.

Hint: Bring water and food and sit down below the barriers to get a good spot. The parade lasts sooo long (more mermaids join every year!) so you may want to bring something to sit on as well. PLUS after the parade you can enjoy the crazy/beautiful shores of coney island beach.

Here are the details!

FREE wellness retreat! all weekend long!

Thanks to vital juice, a new health-focused listserve, this weekend you can get massages, workouts, food and drink all for FREE in Union Square. Thursday - Saturday of this weekend. All you need to do to get the free goodness is sign up for their listserve (and I'm on it and am already pleased with what they send out!) here are some of my favorite items:

Free Blackberry Massage
Hula Hoop Pilates
Guided nutritional tours through whole foods!

Get the whole sched here.

Bryant Park film fest!

Hello loves!

In case you're looking for outdoorsy old school classic NY fun this summer there's no better place than at the Bryant Park Film festival. Every Monday night great movies show at sundown, with amazing cartoons from back in the day featuring bugs bunny and the like before the show begins. Fair warning, it's one of the must-do events in NYC and the lawn opens at 5, I recommend getting there around that time if you want to grab a good spot. Just send one member from your group with a HUGE blanket to be there when the frenzy begins and you can join them later!

Here is the sched:

June

Mon15
The Sting

Mon22
Breaking Away

Mon29
Gold Diggers of 1933

July

Mon 6
Dog Day Afternoon

Mon 13
How Green Was My Valley

Mon 20
Harold and Maude

Mon 27
The Defiant Ones

August

Mon 3
Kramer vs. Kramer

Mon 10
The Magnificent Seven

Mon 17
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

My favorite $5 sandwiches.

This summer I am mainly, sadly, stuck in Bar review class during the week and often lunch is taken over a computer. Depressing, I know, BUT it has made me realize how much I love $5 sandwiches in the city. Here are my two favorite!

1) Tortas with chicken from "the taco truck"

Ok, this is NOT their real name but I never know what is. It's the best truck food I have ever had and the guys are adorable, always serving with a smile and trying to teach me more spanish words. It's a big white truck with a green awning and a flip down aluminum siding that you can eat on. They are usually on 6th ave between 4th- 8th street or 8th ave and 14th street (where I have seen them more lately over the summer). I will try and find a number for them to call because it is so SAD when you are craving their cheese-avacado-chicken filled goodness only to discover the truck is not there!

In fact, that happened to me this evening and so with only 6 dollars in my pocket I ventured off to find something else to eat and came upon the new Vietnamese sandwich place in the village

2) Baoguette

For five bucks (5.42 with tax, thank goodness for the extra dollar) I got a HUGE sandwich on deliciously crunchy on the outside fluffy on the inside bread stuffed with seasoned and sauced pork with everything a vietnamese sandwich should be (cool and crisp and tangy and delicious). Definitely one of the best I have had in the city. Definitely will be going back!

On their website it says Murray hill but their NEW location is in the west village at 120 Christopher between Bleeker and Bedford!

Now, back to evidence law....