After the bomb scare we got the hell out of town and all went to Coney Island. It only made sense as the temperatures hung around 30 degrees, the beach was the logical place to go.
The subway ride was long but worth it. We were almost immediately rewarded by the most famous hot dog stop in the world, Nathan’s Famous- home of the international hotdog eating contest, still in its original location. We ordered our chilli, cheese, bacon, onion, and sauerkraut covered hotdogs with fries and beer and ate them out on the picnic tables. The beer was cool and so was the sea air.
We walked the famous boardwalk with the backdrop of old amusement parks which creating classic picturesque scenery. We really chilled the hell out here. Talking to local fisherman and listening to a Latino band comprised of very old men on the dock was the flavour of the day.
When we got down to the actual beach we fell asleep in the sand for an unknown amount of time and woke up when Rick came back for us… really chill.
When we went back home after a day of cool relaxing on this scorching Sunday we went for dinner to a Japanese ramen restaurant on near Union Square- we don’t have these in Victoria or Regina so it was quite a treat. It was called Ramen Takumi (formally Ramen Setagaya) and it felt authentic from the Japanese woman servers to the towel-headed Japanese boy cooks. Cold noodles by the open window was the perfect finisher for a hot day like today.
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looks like everyone is walking towards a hot dog! makes me want one and of course to breathe in the new york air on Coney Island!
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