woorijip

no, i didn't accidentally hit the buttons on my keyboard whilst reaching for my coke zero (my coworker said this to me when i sent an email out about going). that's actually the name of the korean restaurant i went to today for lunch. woorijip has a buffet and has ready to go hot and cold containers too.

i took home a beef bulgogi w/ crab pancake and also a tofu & veggies on brown rice dish. i tried both at lunch and they were yummy and cheap (got both for $11.23 and it will all last me at least 3 days!). and they say you can't eat cheaply in new york. too bad i forgot it at work. 

by the way, there is no better feeling than hitting each subway train right on time so that i get home in under 40 minutes. today was the best subway ride ever. ok, not really but i was so happy to get home before 6:45 since, yesterday, i was on the 5 train and after it left the bowling green station, it returned right back and there was an announcement, 'this subway is no longer in service'. wtf?! i mean each train was loaded full of people trying to get home and it's suddenly just out of service? did it hit 6:30 and the conductor was like i'm gone? i'm out!? so needless to say, i got home a lot later than i wanted since i had to get off and take the 2 which has many more stops than the 5. note: when taking the subway, pay attention to the announcements. if the train is local than it will stop on every stop on that line. if it's express, it will skip some. it may be yours.

xoxo,

p.

the subway and the weather

since i've driven most of my life, i thought that giving it up and taking public transportation would be a huge adjustment. it actually hasn't been too bad. besides the first few days when i actually needed a car and on my first couple days of work, when i kept getting off on the wrong subway stop, i haven't really felt the change except for my long commute on the train to and from work. since i take it during peak times, it's usually crowded and you really are back to back with a stranger. i rarely get a seat so i don't even look for it anymore. i just stand, play solitaire on my phone or listen to my ipod. i'll probably test out reading this week.

there's a lot of planning ahead. it's not as easy, obviously, to just jump in a car and get some take out, or meet some friends, or go buy some kleenex. if i have to run such errands, i normally do it during my lunch when i'm in the city. there's a huge cvs by work but there's also duane reades everywhere (pretty much the same as cvs or walgreen's but smaller). i make lots of lists these days. but the subway is very useful and 91% of the people that live in the area use it. it's pretty reliable and it runs all the time. it runs less frequently at night but that's to be expected. i just have to pay attention to the little signs posted in the subway about schedule changes. for example, on friday, i had to make sure to leave the city by 11pm because the 2 train didn't run after midnight for some electrical improvements. if i didn't see that sign, i would have been looking for a cab. sc & i learned this the 2nd day we were here.

considering the temperature has been in the teens, twenties, and thirties (mostly in the twenties and some days, with the wind chill factor, it's in the single digits or less) the weather also hasn't been too bad. i'm sure when it's summer, i won't remember quite how cold it gets here. i'm more concerned about the rain since i have to walk every where. i don't want to be one of those people with a bubble around me but i don't think my polka dot gap umbrella is going to work here. oh well, i'll figure it out.

xoxo,

p.