City Venture

Behold...The Gypsy Children!

Yesterday the majority of the Writing & Publishing studio broke out from the school bubble (or plastic hamster ball, as it is slightly more difficult to penetrate than a bubble...I'm sorry, I'm making no sense) and went into the city. We walked for six hours, took subways, ate cake and lunch, drank coffee, shopped, discussed, sweat, and then went back to school.

The city, unbeknown to the blogosphere, is beautiful. It's bustling and hot (at the end of summer, obviously), sprawling and dense, and packed with cafes for us hipsters to sip beverages at.

My friend got carrot cake, I indulged in a slab of pumpkin spice cake. We split them. 'Twas amazing.

Shortly after this we braved the city subway to get to the Garment District, where I proceeded to buy pounds of vintage clothing and, wait for it...a pair of perfectly functional Birkenstocks for not fifty, not twenty, not ten bucks...but 30 CENTS! Yes, you read it correctly. Aside from us all being tired, hot and grouchy by the time we finally made it back to school, it was a highly satisfactory day.