Movie of "Kings of Pastry"

I just saw "Kings of Pastry" at last.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ANUMYH07-Q
 I still can't breath easily and my heart is beating so hard. I'm too excited to stop crying and write what I felt clearly. It was just documentary movie about MOF competition but it shocked me.... 

I don't know what to say and I'm not sure what I felt either today but I want to say something!! lol

I really knew how much I was lucky to work with French chefs in Cordon Bleu in Japan. I could see many amazing demonstrations there. And I could go to see MOF competition in Paris.
I really thank to Chef Bruno, Chef Olivier, Chef Cyril and everyone!!
It's so late to tell them these but I wanted to say!! :)

Many things happened and now I'm working in kitchen of Pastry shop. It's not French pastry shop but I think I meant be here. And everything is connected.

I'm not sure what's going on future but today I felt something special feeling. Unfortunately I can't explain what it is though...:( I will figure out later.... hopefully :) lol

The concert of John Legend & The Roots!!

Last Thursday I went to the concert of John Legend & The Roots!!!
I went John's concert in Japan but it was different!!
The venue was cool!! The guests were so big!!
 (Jennifer Hudson, Common, Melanie Fiona, Estelle, and CL Smooth)
And their performance was soooo cool and FUNKY!!
I couldn't believe I was there but I was!!
I went there by myself so there is no evidence!! lol
He sang his old songs too and of course new songs with the Roots!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPRKtcKRRo

Brooklyn farmacy and soda fountain

It's the shop which has old style soda in Brooklyn.
My friend took us there. It's in my neighborhood...
I'm so lucky to have that kind of place in my neighborhood....
It's like jumping into old movie....
http://brooklynfarmacy.blogspot.com/

Billy Elliot

We could get 50% discount ticket of Billy Elliot!!
tkst in Times Square is popular but there is one booth in Brooklyn too.
It's close to my place so I went there...
There is no line, actually there was no one.... lol
It can be good experience to get on the line at Times Square but if you want to save your time in NY, why don't you get ticket in Brooklyn??
http://www.tdf.org/TDF_ServicePage.aspx?id=56

And the show!!!!!!!!!!
I'm speechless!! Soooooo good!! Toooooo good!!
Why can they make us feel that much???
I laughed a lot, cried a lot and felt a lot....
AMAZING!!!!
Wow.... already a few days past but still I'm excited!! What a show!!!!

puppet show!!

I just past by the park which has puppet show!! So cute!!
And it was funny to see that all of men who were playing those puppets were all big and so manly!! lol

たまたま人形劇にも遭遇。

とってもかわいい！！人形が？観客が？？あはは

しかし、人形を操るお兄さんたち…なんていかつい方々ばかりなんでしょう！！

ちょっとウケてしまいました…。

High Line Park

This was first time to go to High Line Park for me....
It was hot day but it was nice to sit on the bench to get a sun light.... but for me, 10 minutes was enough... lol  Sunshine was too strong for me that day.... maybe in October, it will be perfect weather for me to lie down there.... :)
http://www.thehighline.org/
I could see different sights of Manhattan from there.
And I wanted to try that ice cream shop on high line.... but I was too full to try it... maybe next time!!
I don't know they will be there in winter though....:(

ずっとトライしてみたかったハイライン、やっと行って来ました。

なんだか不思議な気分にさせられる公園。。天気もよくベンチで少しお昼寝を…と思いましたが、日差しがきつすぎて１０分で充分…。こちらの人は上半身裸で日光浴…なんてしてましたが、皮膚がんとか大丈夫なんでしょうか…。

少し上からそして端っこから見るマンハッタンはまた少し違ったように見えました。

アイスクリーム屋さんも出ていて、食べたかったけどお腹がいっぱいで試せませんでした…次回、次回！！いつまで出ているのかしら、あのお店…。

Dos Caminos

I thought she should try mexican too. And she wanted to go to meat packing district... so it was good to go there!!
http://www.brguestrestaurants.com/restaurants/dos_caminos_meat_packing/index.php
I like to eat outside if it's not too hot and cold.... lol it was perfect weather to eat on the top of the corner of restaurant outside...

It was wonderful shrimp quesadilla... and the guy who was sitting next to us asked me what I ordered because it looked so good!! :) and he ordered same thing and finished to eat before me... lol

やはりこちらでかなりの割合で食べられているメキシカンもトライすべきと思い、Dos Caminosへ。

ここのレストランは尖っているので、天気もよかったので、外の先端の席で食事をしてきました。

Mas(farmhouse)

This is my favorite restaurant in NY!!!
http://www.masfarmhouse.com/
I'm always waiting for a chance to go there.... so when she decided to come to NY, I asked her to take me there at first... lol
And that night I could go there with my wonderful friends too!!
It was perfect night good food, fun talk and lovely people!!
Don't worry these are not all mine... these are for 4 people!! lol

Blue Note

That night we wanted to try musical but we couldn't get the ticket so we went to Blur Note.
http://www.bluenote.net/newyork/index.shtml
And we saw the show of Diane Schuur!! She was awesome!!
My favorite one was "taking a chance on love" ... ummmm I love this song!!!
And it was fun to talked with ladies who from Canada too... lol
But it was funny to see how many Japanese were there...
I felt I was in Japan for a few hours. I could hear Japanese conversation as much as English... lol

restaurant BINO

BINO again... lol
http://www.binobrooklyn.com/
I went there on my birthday but my mom saw pictures of food and she wanted to try:)
And I can go there everyday if I need to.... I like there that much!! lol

ご近所のイタリアンレストランBINO
毎日でも行けてしまうくらい、虜です…。笑
そんなに行ったら体がアメリカンサイズになりそうですが…。イタリアンサイズ？？

Mom's visiting

From last weekend my mom from Japan was visiting NY for one week.
I tried to show her many kinds of NY.
And she loved it!!
When I see my family once a while, I always found how much I miss them but at the same time I feel so comfortable to be here and love to be here. So it was really happy moment to spend time with my mom in NY!!

I'll show you where I went with my mom... it was a kind of tour in NY by I YOU ME:) lol

先週末より日本から母が一週間遊びにきていました。
出来るだけいろいろなニューヨークを見せてあげようとツアーガイドにトライしました。
母は楽しんでくれたようなので、よかったです。
家族とはなれているのは寂しいけれど、ニューヨークにいる自分だ大好きなので、母と一緒にニューヨークで過ごす一週間はとても幸せなひとときでした。
これから母とどこへ行ったのか、ちょっとしたNY案内をご紹介。

US OPEN

Finally US OPEN finished this Monday.

I went to see the final to Madison Square Park because they had a big screen for showing us the game.

And I went there a few times to see US OPEN but this day was the most crowded day of course.

Usually they rent us cushion but it was last day so they gave us it. When I went to the booth, staff told me "Take this home!!" It was small happiness... lol

And big happiness was the game was so exciting. And both of players were not American so everyone enjoyed just a game and we pleased simply good shot or good play of both of players.

And Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were really different type of player and that contrast made this game more interesting.

But in the middle of the game, it started to rain so I went back to Brooklyn because US OPEN was held in NY so we had a rain means the venue had a rain too...  and  I tried to find place to see the game but most of bars which have TVs, they showed NFL. American doesn't like tennis that much? I was so surprised....so after that I watched the game with my laptop...:( I wish I could see whole game with big screen and enjoy the game with everyone in the park!! I should've gone back to park after the game started again?? haha  

But still I enjoyed that night!! I love tennis!!

Fashion's night out in SOHO

Last Friday night was "Fashion's Night Out".
I went to SOHO by chance.
When I got off subway I found many people were on the street and everyone was wearing interesting cloths. It was really different from usual. For me, everyone looked like jump out from the fashion magazine... lol
And many shops had DJ booths and music was much louder than ever. It was like all SOHO was in club.
Also I found many interesting show windows....
I didn't buy anything but it was really fun to walk down the street and see shops and people there.
And when I tried to go home, good music jump into my ear.... it was from "Paige" so I went there and enjoyed the concert.... I didn't know them but everyone was singing together.
Carolina Liar.... Are they famous? But I liked them a lot!!
http://www.carolinaliar.com/new/video.php
After that I was trying to go home ASAP but there were too many people to go straight to station.
Then I ran into Gwen Stefani..... (She was in the window though...) Many people was waiting for her maybe long time but I just passed by the window and she just came out!!
It was nice coincident!!  :)

There was truck and there were 3 "Ken"s inside and they were real models... lol

He was painting jeans in show window.

Yoga in show window.

Caroline Liar

 先週末の金曜日は"Fashion's night out"の日でした。
たまたま夜にSOHOに出る用事があったのですが、行っていると、すごい人。
そしてみんな凝った格好をしています。かなり個性豊かな服装が多かったように思いますが、日本人の私からはみんなファッション雑誌から飛び出してきたようにも見えてしまいました。
そしてそんな人、人、人の中、歩いていると、どこのお店でもDJブースを設置し、SOHO全体が一つのクラブかなにかのように、大音響。店員さんも踊ってました。
そして各ウインドーには、これまたおもしろいディスプレーが。
マネキンではなく、人が実際にパフォーマンスをしているところが多かったです。
そして用事をすませ、さあ、帰ろうと思ったところどこからか、音楽が…すると"Paige"から生音が…結構好み…と思いのぞいてみると、"Caroline Liar"というバンドがライブをしていました。私は知らなかったのですが、結構多くの人が一緒に歌っていたので、もしや有名？と思いながら、３０分ほどかなり楽しんでしまいました。
そして、すっかりおそくなってしまったと、家路を急いでいたところ、とにかく、人が多くて、まっすぐ歩くのも大変と思っていたらさらに大きな人だかりが…”あちゃー”と思って、とにかくかいくぐろうと試みていたところ、となりのウインドーからGwen Stefani登場。
なるほど、みんなこれを待っていたのかと。。。窓によじ上っている人までおり、なんとも絶妙なタイミングにそのウインドーの前を通りかかったものだと自分でも驚きつつ、もちろんシャッターを切ってから、人をかき分け、帰って参りました。

New spot in NY? Italy?... Eataly

New spot in New York....
When I found that there was construction in front of Madison Square Park last winter I really wished to see this shop because it said it would open in summer 2010.... it means that if I couldn't stay here, I had no chance to see this shop... But today I could!!!!
It was really interesting shop. It was huge more than I expected... There were everything from Italy...
Don't go there with empty stomach.... you can't stop eating!!

I really want to try this fresh pasta!!

This reminds me the special demonstration of Parmigiano Reggiano in LCB Kobe.

Ummmmmm, yum!!

NYの新しいスポット？
去年の冬に工事中の看板を見てから、とっても行ってみたかったお店。とうとうオープンしました。2010年夏オープン予定の看板を見たときには、もしこちらに残れなかったから見ることができない、もしこのお店を見られたら…と願掛けをしていたのを思い出します。
そして、店内、思った以上にとっても大きいのです。イタリアからの食材あらゆるものが並べられています。どこでも座って食べられるので、お腹をすかせて行った日には、我慢できないと思います。