I picked up Joanna in the morning and we took the train to the city and then the subway to Brooklyn. After a brief walk through Prospect Park, we found what was supposed to be the first tee for the disc golf course.
After searching all over this open field for quite some time, we finally came upon the two submerged bricks (that may have been orange at one point in time) in the ground and started our game.
The tees were just spray=painted dots with the numbers on them so we basically followed our map around the course. I liked a lot of the ideas used for tees and targets though.
Speaking of the targets, it's one of the things I was interested in/excited for about this course. There are no baskets so we aimed for objects in the park like trees, poles and water fountains. It made it a different kind of fun.
The course was fairly long and we could hardly tell we were in Brooklyn, let alone that close to Manhattan.
We didn't have much trouble with pedestrian traffic either until the very last hole that shot down a path that just wouldn't empty after I took my shot. Finally, Joanna was able to shoot and hit the third and final water fountain target.
The course was a lot of fun to play, the only issue i have is with a few of the submerged brick tees. They're hard to find. Otherwise, we had fun with the targets and we both made some really good shots.
We took a subway back to Manhattan and met Nathan at S'Mac, a "gourmet" macaroni and cheese restaurant. We got a cajun vegetable plate. It came in this skillet and it was delicious. How could it not be; first, it's macaroni and cheese and second, we hadn't eaten anything all day basically. We managed to finish that whole skillet somehow..
We walked down to the Cake Shop to go to a show where tickets were supposed to be on sale at the door. We were told to wait in line outside the door, which was basically just a large mass of people. The tickets were sold out; we later found out that there had been pre-sale tickets available on certain bands' sites but not linked at all on the venue site. Brilliant.
We came in and sat around in the upstairs lounge area for a while listening to the bass drum below us from the bands playing. We went back to the guy who gave us information earlier in the night to see if we could get in eventually and he told us to line up and pay at the basement door to go down. We went and paid the same price as the door even though two bands had played already.
We went downstairs and, unfortunately, one of the first bands had dropped off so the band I wanted to see, United Nations, had played second instead of third so I already missed them. Blacklisted and The Hope Conspiracy played in this crowded, small basement room. I couldn't see any members from any band, just a sea of people as far as I could see. I stayed downstairs for parts and went back up to cool off at times.
After the show, we did a lot of walking and then a lot of waiting for subway trains that were on different schedules. After even more waiting on the tracks of the transit train because of construction, we got back to the car and drove home. We hung out and talked for a while before calling it a night and going to bed. This was technically the next morning but I mean, just look at my hair.
Once we did a few car switches and weather searches and decided to go to New York despite the forecast, Ryan, Erika, Katie and I were off and through the Holland Tunnel.
The first stop was Cheepz for falafel. I wish we had one of these in Philly. It two bucks for a sandwich and it's delicious. They aren't nearly as friendly as the people at our place but at least the food is good. We sat down at a coffee shop to eat and came back to the car to find a parking ticket. Oops.
We went up to our safe and secure parking garage and then joined the line for the Daily Show; yes, my second time this week. We were a little farther back this time than I was on Tuesday but still close to the front.
Katie and Erika passed the time playing cards. There wasn't room for us all to sit down or we probably would have joined in.
The waiting didn't seem so bad this time either. We had a lot to entertain us like the lady behind us doing squats for no apparent reason and eating a pretzel with mustard all over her face. You can always count on strange people to keep you occupied.
I went in disguise.. well, I changed my clothes, shaved and wore sunglasses and a hat.. since you're technically only supposed to go once per six months. I'm pretty sure they didn't care either way but it made it more exciting.
We were ushered in early to get out of the heat and took our seats before the opening guy came out. The warm-up show was great and the show itself was hilarious. Jon talked a lot about the California judge who overturned Prop 8. Most of us in the crowd were excited about that ruling. Larry Wilmore did a piece on the race card and the guest was an author about Muslims coming to America. I really like the shows where they combine the funny things with seriousness.
We met up with Nathan and Jeff after the show and hopped on a subway downtown to get some dinner.
We went to S'Mac since some of us had never been there. We had to wait a few minutes for seats to open up but then we ordered our steaming hot plates of macaroni and cheese. Nathan really liked his but I think it possessed him. He got a spicy one so they may have seasoned it with the devil.
I tried something different and created my own. I put veggies in it with gruyere cheese. It was really good but I couldn't finish it. More for later! I think everyone enjoyed their cheesy experience.
We went around the corner to a bar and had a few drinks while discussing our predictions on the lifespans of various animals. More often than not our average guess was really close to the right age. If you ever need to know how long an animal will live just ask us and we'll guess.
We all headed to the subway soon after to get home. Nathan headed back to Brooklyn and we rode with Jeff halfway back to where he was headed before we got off and walked back to our car.
After a ride home that just seemed long and a few car transfers I was back home and ready to just fall asleep.
