Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Coffee 88 Orchard $4.00
Empanada sampler and black beans and rice
Havana Central $13.00
American Spirit Cigs $7.50
Metro Card $6.00
Vietnamese Beef Pancake $1.50

On Wednesday morning I only had a $20 bill, nothing smaller and the girl working the register at 88 Orchard couldn't break it, so she gave me my coffee and told me to pay her the next time I came in...She knows I'm in there every morning, so I paid her right away. I've been wanting to try saving money by eating in, or packing a lunch to work, but how do I resist a fantastic Cuban lunch from Havana Central, and the peer pressure from work mates to order it? So there went $13.00...I've realized it's hard for me to feel bad about spending money on food and movies, i love them both so much.
It was my second Vietnamse Beef Pancake from Dumpling House on Elderidge this week, I can't get over how filling and delicious it is for just $1.50.

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

Winter Coat from Dry Cleaners $25.00
Pho lunch special L'Annam $7.00
Win 49 Japanese Bento Box $7.59
Win 49 Green tea in a can $1.63
Anthology Film Archives (Let's Play Fascination) $8.00

Finally picked up my wool coat from the dry cleaners, it's the coat I love, but being the light green it is, I was constantly spilling coffee on it and it was ridden with stains...
It was an asian cuisine extravaganza for me yesterday. With the comforting Pho from L'Annam for lunch, co-workers and I ate out of these ridiculously large bowls. Then to Win 49 with R&B to have scrumptious bento boxes for dinner, before the screening. We went to and event at Anthology Film Archives. "Let's Play Fascination" was the event curated by a friend of R's, Marian St, Laurent. It was a screening of Ads and short films in all different media formats, and a discussion of the images focusing on, people as objects, fetishism, and the romancing of products. We viewed old commercials from the 60's and 70's, current ads of today, experimental films from the 30's and even peep show films from 42nd street back in the day. I really enjoyed seeing the fashion photography and short films of Guy Bourdin from the 70's and the 80's. There was talk that his films will be shown again somewhere in New York soon. The photo I've posted today is one of his fashion photos, looks like a shoe ad, and you can see more on his site.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Coffee 88 Orchard $2.00
H&M (orange wallet)$8.57
Medium Popcorn and Lg. Diet Coke (Landmark Sunshine Cinema)$9.00

So, J calls down to Brandname at around 5pm, demands (slightly) that I go to H&M with her after work. She knows the shopping addict rarely says no. See, she needed a wallet, but who ended up with a new wallet, me an orange one for $8.57. Jenna on the other hand needed some spending control coaching, which was taken care of by me. This made me feel good, seeing that I'm not only learning money control, but teaching it. I helped her edit out from a pile of seven items, narrowing it down to two. One being a staple item, and the other little lacey number being and absolute essential.
D was in SOHO and called telling me to meet him at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema on Houston. We saw the movie Paradise Now a Palestinian film about two best friends who are recruited for suicide bombings, not so much "the feel good film of the year". But a well done movie. D paid for the movie and well, I paid for the good buttery stuff.

Monday, November 6th, 2005

MetroCard $10.00
Yoga Pants (some store on Broadway) $20.86
American Spirit Cigs $8.00
Bottle of Seltzer water $1.00

Okay, that's it I am going to buy the monthly Metrocard next time around, I can see it all adding up...My morning coffee was free this day, I had filled up one of those cute little punch cards, buy 10 coffee's get 1 free! I realized why I like my morning stop at 88 Orchard, it's a morning ritual, and the girls there know me now by name, and know what I order daily, a medium coffee with half n' half. I think I will miss that when I leave the neighborhood at the end of December...It seems though, where ever I end up living I always find a place like that. Ask me where I'll be living at the end of December? I don't know yet, it's recently the newly added stress in my life. I've been trying to remain dedicated to the dance classes, but I forgot to bring my dance clothes with me to work yesterday so I had to stop and get some new yoga pants in order to attend class.

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Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Fine Fare Foods (ingredients for veggie chili night)$27.46
American Spirit Cigs $7.50
Bialy store $2.50
Bottle of water $2.00
Vietnamese Beef Pancake (from Dumpling House) $1.50
6-pack of Beck's $7.50

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

water and a hot dog from stand on Delancey $2.00
Ethiopian food, Ghenet $20.00
CAPOTE, at the Angelika $1.50 (D paid for most of it)
Coffee at Bookstore $2.00
Deli on Spring St. (cookie dough, cleaning stuff, garbage bags, sour cream...) $16.00

Friday, November 4, 2005

Coffee at 88 Orchard $2.00
Sam Flax Art Store (tracing paper/felt) $15.12
Zen Palate (sesame medallions) $10.00
American Spirit Cigs $8.00
Movie, Prime at Cinema Village $10.75
2 Slices at Ray's Pizza (for me and M) $4.00
The Delancey cover for Band (Seems So Bright) $7.00
Cocktails at The Delancey $20.00


Chili night was a success,and I totally winged my recipe. It was more of a chowder than a chili, but it was quite yummy...Now that we are creeping into Winter, we are going to continue the ritual of Sunday night dinners. It's fun and we all save money by staying in and cooking. Capote was a good film, I guarantee it will be up for an Oscar, and the Ethiopian food was so filling and cured the hangover,we went to Ghenet on Mulberry St. I realized that was my first time eating Ethiopian food in NYC. D left his laptop there, he discovered he didn't have it after we got out of the movie, thankfully the funny waitress kept it for him behind the bar! That would have sucked if he lost it.