We woke early in hope to get wait list tickets to The View. Alissa‘s favourite actress Gwyneth Paltrow was being taping on the show that day so this was a great opportunity. After going down to the ABC Studio and waiting in line for three hours we were given a dilemma: Because we were 6-9th in line we were guaranteed to see the first taping (with guest Hulk Hogan) or we could be at the very front of the line for the second taping (with guest Gwyneth Paltrow) but were not guaranteed to get in.
We put it all on the line for Gwyneth Paltrow, after all she was the reason we went to try to get tickets in the first place. We had about 2 ½ hours to kill before the second taping and were guaranteed our spot in line. We decided to snoop around the lower section of the Upper West Side. We went through the small farmers market in Lincoln Square and some box store shops around the neighbourhood in the shadows of famous apartment buildings that house New York's famous. It was cool to think that we were walking the same streets where the real life events from the famous musical The West Side Story.
We had a very original lunch at Nanooish, a fresh, modern Mediterranean and hummus restaurant. Our lunches were light and smart, and the atmosphere was funky. Matt had the
Hummus Mushroom Wrap made with hummus, tahini, organic greens, organic mushrooms and organic onions. Barb had the Nanoosh Green Salad with organic arugula, organic carrots, organic raisins and organic walnuts with walnut and grapefruit dressing (oil free) or XV olive oil and citrus dressing. Alissa had the Quinoa Salad with organic quinoa, red peppers, red onions, organic walnuts, dried cranberries, organic raisins. So good. But we hardly had time to enjoy it before we had to make it back to the studio.We got there and waited a bit more until finally someone came out and broke the real shitty news that they are full and aren’t accepting any standbys. Well that sucked! So we decided to shake it off and spend the rest of our afternoon shopping at Macy’s because we had a 45% discount coupon.
When we got home the Mochanazes (Mike & Maureen) had arrived from Regina. We had a few beers before going out for dinner with them at nearby Mexican favourite Benny’s Burritos. The place was packed as usual and the margaritas were $3.00 as usual! We had a few rounds with our complimentary homemade tortilla chips and salsa and burritos. By the end of the meal we were all stinking drunk and spent the remainder of the night down at times square, mainly in Macy’s, doing some drunkin' shoppin'.
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