To Shop Or Not To Shop

So I ended up not going to see Jude Law's Hamlet. It was a hard decision as I have vowed to jump at every opportunity to see theatre, but it was $35 and 3 hours of Hamlet. Plus I would have had to get up at 8 am on sat to rush it, and I was up till 4 on Friday...so, yeah.
Instead, me and Lindsay went to Greenwich. We started out at the Brooklyn Bagel and Coffee shop on 8th and 25th, which if you haven't been, you should go. They have really good bagels and like 12 different kinds of cream cheese. I had a poppy seed bagel with strawberry. My fav! OO, I'm getting hungry thinking about it. Anyway, I knew there was some sort of street fair/farmer's market in the West Village, so we went looking for it. We found the coolest shop on Bowery Street (next to the Bowery Poetry Club) that had the funkiest clothes and jewelery. We vowed to go back once we got paid! We then got heckled by a lisping hair stylist who wanted to give us a wash, dry, cut, manicure, massage and wine for $60. Sounds like a great deal, but I was uneasy about shelling out $60 up front. Plus he was making me uncomfortable because he kept asking Lindsay if he could try on her rings and glasses...awkward. After about 15 mins of him trying to convince us (he even cut the price in half) he got the hint that we didn't want his services. He snatched the brochures out of our hands and then huffily shooed us away! Seriously! Lindsay and my feeling's weren't hurt too bad, and forgot all about it when we saw some really awesome vintage jewelery in a booth down the street. I tried to convince Lindsay to get a really cool turquoise owl necklace, but she has more willpower than I do (I need to get some though, because Manhattan is expensive!) Anyway, we then made our way to Washington Square
where a really awesome band was playing. We listened to them for a while, and even got  a free CD. We then decided to catch the subway at Union Square to go to the Manhattan Library. We walked through the Union Square flea market, and I saw some really awesome paintings and tee shirts. (I can't wait till I'm rich enough just to but art!) I need to go back soon to spend a more thorough time there. Anyway, we got to the library, only to find out they close at 6 on the weekends. We got there at 5:45 and they wouldn't let us in. Seriously, what's up with everywhere in Manhattan closing 10 mins early?!
I then got home and went to dinner with Kevin, Sally, Kellie, and Danielle. When I got home, I was all ready to have a quite Sat night, but, Rudy convinced me to go out with a group of 305'ers. We went to a bar and shared some $10 pitchers of beer, and ended up staying up until almost 4 am (AGAIN!) It is seriously so hard to get some sleep in the city that never does! At least I have Monday off, hopefully I can recoup then (I shouldn't get my hopes up, though!)
Sunday, I had a lazy morning, plus it was raining and crappy. I hate when it rains in the city, I feel so gross. It's so muggy and I feel like the rain has washed all the dirt from the high rise buildings down to the streets below. The subways may as well be the sewers! Anyway, that afternoon I went to the Broadway Flea Market. This is a fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids (BC/EFA.) Basically all the theaters cleaned out their closets and were selling old playbills, posters, props costumes, lost and found, etc. I should have gone a little earlier because when I got there, there where so many people, the fire marshal wouldn't let people in until others left. It was overwhelming and we didn't stay long, though, Nick had a successful trip. He came home with some loot and pictures of Audra McDonald who had made some baked goods for the event.
Sun afternoon resulted with a trip down the river. Kevin's theater company produces a series of 1 acts and it's called Going To The River I was really impressed, I hadn't heard great things, but I enjoyed most of the scenes a lot. It was the best Off-Broadway show I've seen! (Ie: Race Music, Avaunte Garde-Arama...)
Sally and I then ventured down to the Trader Joe's in SoHo. It was great (I love TJ's) but apparently so does the rest of the city. The check out line wrapped around the entire store (no joke!) I guess the trick is to do Line Shopping. Just get in line when you first get there, and grab things as you stand in line making your way through the store! (Or, I guess, go on a Tuesday....)
So, all in all, it was a very successful weekend despite the lack of Jude. But it's not over yet! I have Monday off,  and Lindsay and I are going to go to the Capezio store in my building and try to make our way over to the Library. Wish us luck!