Saturday began with a relaxed morning of reading, breakfast, tea and some family internetting (picture Beth and I along with our cats sitting in the livingroom sipping tea withour laptops and/or NYTimes in our laps). Beth left for work and I left for the market. I started in Chinatown where everyone and their brother--really--were busy getting food and decorations for the new year. I wiggled my American ass through crowds of short Chinese women with their agressive elbows digging into my sides as I comparatively tried to slide through gently without hitting anyone. There seems to be little or no worry of wailing someone with elbows and other flailing body parts in the Chinese culture from what I could tell from my Chinatown market experience.
While there I bought some exciting coconut milk steamed biscuits as well as some black tea, tea cakes, gold chocolate coins, Happy Panda snacks and a couple beautiful oranges (they are considered lucky for the new year).
I proceeded to a couple other stores and bought a few other goodies and then went to Supreme Market to get the rest of the ingredients needed for the hard boiled eggs and wing dings I was making for the evening. Both turned out lovely.
After cooking with McKenna was finished it was time for Aden and me to go Heidi Kenney's gallery opening. I proceeded to buy one of her plushes for my nephew, he's turning one this week. I also tried to eat it, yum!
Then we met up with the crew at Jenny's apartment. Go team!
And around 11:30pm we left for Chinatown to see the parade, it was very exciting!
It's easily the most exciting things I've attended in this city since moving here in April. The smell of sulfer from firecrackers going off in the streets, fireworks shooting from the center of Race Street, people with cans of beer nestled close to their scarf-covered chests and necks, children giggling and eating candy and bands of dragons with squads of drummers in tow preparing for battles in the middle of a city.
Happy Year of the Pig.
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