{"id":2066,"date":"2013-08-16T00:08:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T04:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2013-08-20T13:04:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T17:04:42","slug":"things-i-love-thursday-the-big-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/things-i-love-thursday-the-big-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Love Thursday: The Big Apple."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s Thursday, and I&#8217;m still in New York City. I don&#8217;t know what it is about this city, but it&#8217;s always got me feeling introspective. Maybe because it was part of the first big transformative grand adventure I went on by myself, maybe it&#8217;s that fast paced life that I feel part of now, maybe it&#8217;s because I haven&#8217;t had enough pretzels, I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>A common theme for me every week (whether I post a TILT or not) is that I feel grateful for almost everything that has transpired over the last few years. If you had asked me 10 years ago, where I thought I would be, I don&#8217;t know if I would have had such a positive answer. Life\u00a0hasn&#8217;t\u00a0always been easy, but I think the harder parts of the past have made me appreciate all the good good things all that much more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/dCbcfozUK0\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New York by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/9519009825\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"New York\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2831\/9519009825_020e3f7ec8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;re staying in a beautiful condo in Manhattan overlooking the river (a view I love) and with a glimpse of Central Park. Officially we&#8217;re catsitting, but really, I have come to the conclusion that all vacations are better when I can borrow a cat (i.e., it&#8217;s not really cat sitting, it&#8217;s cat borrowing).<br \/>\n<a title=\"Gizmo the Cat by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/9518499435\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Gizmo the Cat\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5459\/9518499435_1dc0473389.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>This is Gizmo (an action shot)<\/p>\n<p>When we were in Las Vegas I especially missed our cats, and this time is no different, it&#8217;s just a bit easier with another cat around to annoy us. I miss Kes and Emmie, but I know they&#8217;re in good hands with cat sitter I connected with through the (unofficial) Toronto vegan network.<\/p>\n<h2>But on to the TILT&#8230;<\/h2>\n<h3>Coffee<\/h3>\n<p>This is a week I like coffee, next week it could be different. I&#8217;ve tried a couple of the local roasters \u2013 Brooklyn Roasters (which seem to be everywhere) and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkcoffeenyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Coffee<\/a>, in Greenwich village, and all varieties have been pretty great. To really explore the coffee options in NY I&#8217;d have to spend another week here, and focus solely on coffee, and still only get through one or two neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"soy latte by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/9520914714\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"soy lattee\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5506\/9520914714_4e2f7a33a5.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As an aside, most places (at least of the yuppie type places that I&#8217;ve been going to) have non-dairy milk available for coffee alongside the other coffee creamers, a trend that still hasn&#8217;t picked up in Toronto. Also, you want vegan snacks? They seem to be everywhere. I&#8217;ve stopped taking pictures of them. The novelty is gone.<\/p>\n<h3>Grow NYC<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"GrowNYC Farmers Market on 57th by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/9521849494\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"GrowNYC Farmers Market on 57th\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5473\/9521849494_759b28bf21.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.grownyc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Grow NYC<\/a> is a great organization that works to connect people with food and growing in New York City. One of my favourite initiatives they do is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grownyc.org\/youthmarket\" target=\"_blank\">Youthmarket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Youthmarket is a network of urban farm stands operated by neighborhood youth, supplied by local farmers, and designed to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to communities throughout New York City.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They remind me a lot of the stuff that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodshare.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">FoodShare Toronto<\/a> is trying to do.<\/p>\n<h3>Dun-Well Doughnuts<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0883 by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/9521292110\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_0883\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3714\/9521292110_787fe93715.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dunwelldoughnuts.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dun-Well<\/a>. What can I say? This place wins all donut contests. They bake fresh every day, are super nice, and have a nice selection of sweet delicious vegan baked goods and ice cream too.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to go back.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still here for a few more days, and I&#8217;m still working on writing up Las Vegas stuff. Coming soon and thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s Thursday, and I&#8217;m still in New York City. I don&#8217;t know what it is about this city, but it&#8217;s always got me feeling introspective. 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