North Brooklyn, ironically we caught a train into Manhatten to get there (considering we are staying in Brooklyn)
When we arrived we were met with a gorgeous style we had not yet experienced in New York. At least in one complete area. Everyone was covered and old school sailor tattoo's, vintage/thrift shops and restraunts.
I was very interested in checking out a hairdressers whilst there, so we headed there first. Along the way we saw many cute shops, Desert Island being one of them. We made our way there on our way home though. We kept walking until I saw another shop called 10 foot single which was a HUGE thrift/vintage shop. Stunning stuff. Everything was so unique, and it didn't have the feel of secondhand clothes. Unlike a lot of the thrift stores in Australia which are cold, way too open and smell like disenfectant and laundry combined. This place smelt nice and the clothes were in great condition. The staff were cool, but seemed a little cold...
After 2 hours of trying on some amazing things.....
We headed back toward the hairdressers. When we finally made it, it almost seemed too casual. A bunch of people were working, but the others just sat outside smoking and eating. It was probably lunch though!
We were greated by one of the girls with very little smiles. Asked what we wanted and then quoted us a ridiculous amount. $250 for a cut and colour. Now, i understand completely why - my hair is long, I need my roots done and asked for an extra colour in at the bottom. So $250... yeah Iguess thats pretty reasonable - about $270/280 Australian (though she charged extra for each of those than they say on their website), I can get all of that done at home for $180Aus. $170ish American at my hair dresser. Redonk. I was a little upset with how she spoke to us aswell. Condicending and slightly bored with us.
I'm not even sure what I want to do... I'm currently a faided Atomic Turquoise by manic panic, but want to do something different. Ultimately I want to be Pink or a light Lilac. But my hair is stained green now. So... a bit hard. I went deep purple for a bit, but it was too.. I dunno, conventional for me at that time. Lolololol. So I think Mermaid blue and green or even a fluro green for the time being untill I attempt to change to the warmer colours.
After the add experience with the dresser it was about 4:30/5ish I announced we needed to get aomething to eat before I get "hangry". Being on the Paleoish diet, I tend to do so a LOT. We googled paleo restraunts around the area, and found one called 'Fette Sau' or 'Fat Pig' in english (I believe). A smoke house. An awesome amoke houae that had a snokers that could fit a quater tonn of meat. Gee. Wizz. So we grabbes the pulled pork with no sides (as we held up the line a little asking if I was able to eat the meat - so we didn't ask anything further) also, I cannot get my head around the tipping system, you pay for something and THEN they ask you how much you wanna tip? I just don't get it. Anyway, the mean. Was. Glorious. A little oily for me, and we only had half a pound between us - so it was a snack, really. If I had anymore, I would nost definetly have needed something to help absorb the oil.
But all in all.... amazing food, it was paleo (what we got). The feel of the place was nixe. Casual and really cool looking. Cant say much for the service apart drom the guy whom we talked to, who was amazing! He understood what I was asking and knew almost all the answers. It's nice to get that.
It would have been about 30ºc, but the shade was really cooling, so that was great! I'm so happy I have a hat now! Ultimate!!
The other main meal of the day was my new favourite... Banana Pancakes. I LOVE pancales. And being Paleo its not easy to get them. But to make them... killer. my recipe..
★2 squished bananas
☆2 eggs
★1/4 - 1/2 cup of shreaded almonds (depends how you feel)
☆1Tblsp of Chia seeds
★1 - 2tsp cinnamon
Mash together and just cook them in a fry pan. I always have peanut butter on mine, but everyone is different.
Till our next adventure x
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