Off to Brooklyn I go...

I went to Brooklyn yesterday to hang out with Sarah and have a "girls" night. We had fun chatting, making ice cream out of their Ben and Jerry's recipe book, and watching Blades of Glory. We also got invited to a birthday party that one of their neighbors was holding for their granddaughter. This party was done up right! They had paid a clown to come do a little show and tie balloons for the kids. A local grocery store catered the food and the kids and parents were dressed for the big occasion. It was cute! Anyway... I ended up staying the night since it was pretty late and I didn't want to travel back to Queens when I could stay and enjoy Sarah & Nate's beautiful apartment a while longer. I got up early the next morning and went to the local Farmers Market and got these great veggies.
Then I got onto the train and sat across from this lady. It must have been a long night because she was OUT! Many of the "street people" as I call them, ride the trains when they sleep. They get tired of being kicked off the sidewalks by the police or being teased or bothered by pedestrians so they get on the trains. The train gives them a couple of hours to sleep where no one usually will bug them. The police usually don't bug them because they cant really prove that they aren't using the train to get somewhere and the riders usually don't bug them because they know that other people are all around as witnesses. Anyway... this lady was riding the city all around town and the loud people and announcements over the intercom didn't even phase her...she was snoozing away