anything but love;

So the last few days have been pretty nice. I've been off work all week, which has been hugely refreshing and nice. I've just been hanging out, exploring the city, watching lots of Jennifer Aniston movies.. the usual.
Yesterday around 5pm I was super bored so I was like EFF IT and I decided to take the train over to Hoboken!! I walked around the town for a bit, got some food at PANERA which I have been craving lately, and then went to (drum roll please..)

CARLO'S BAKERY

THE PLACE WHERE CAKE BOSS IS.

YEAH DUDE.

They have this little barrier thing on the sidewalk that you have to stand behind in a line, and they hold out tickets with numbers on them and ask how many are in each party and then only let in a few people at a time, but even so the bakery is CONSTANTLY crowded wall to wall.
So you go in and look at the food options and then they call your number and you tell them what you want and then they get it and put it in boxes and tie them up all old-school. And they even have old of those older cash registers. Sadly none of the "familia" was there (it was the 5th of July and less than an hour before closing) so I'm sure they were all off, but I still thoroughly enjoyed going!! The place is very well organized for how chaotic the crowds make it. The wait was actually good because its so hard to decide what to buy!!
I ended up getting 1 red velvet cupcake with cream cheese icing, one chocolate with a Reese's cup chunk on top, one normal chocolate with chocolate frosting, and one vanilla with light blue frosting and a sugar surf board on top.. it was even sprinkled with crumbs to look like sand! So delightful. I also got 2 lobster tails because they are one of Buddy's specialties!! And SO GOOD I might add.
All of it was DELICIOUS. (Although I still have 1 cupcake left.. haha)

After that I went to this park on the water, and strolled about, took lots of pictures. The view of Manhattan from there is like.. mind blowingly gorgeous. I could not get enough of it. Also the Hoboken waterfront is awesome.. I would totally not mind living over there and commuting to the city to work.

Oh, and on the way back I was the ONLY ONE on the PATH train so I preceded to take silly photos of myself and lounge in the seats.

Then today I attempted to dye my hair (for the second time) and it worked a LITTLE better this time but still an overall fail. Maybe I am just meant to have brown hair forever.

Then at like 6pm I decided I should do something so I got a discount ticket online for this show called End of the Rainbow, about the end of Judy Garland's life. So I paid like $35 for the seat on the second to last row of the balcony. Got to the theatre, and the box office man moved me down to FIFTH ROW CENTER, ORCHESTRA LEVEL. HOLLER. It was SUCH a good show. Good Lord. I literally felt like I was looking at Judy Garland and the concert scenes really felt like a Judy concert. Perfect energy level, every last nuance of the character and mannerisms were spot on. That is a good show and I am so glad I got to see it!!

After the show, I stage-doored and got autographs, then headed to the nearest food cart for a chicken gyro.. I desperately needed meat after living off baked goods for 24 hours.

Annnd tomorrow I get to go see CIRQUE!! SO stoked.

Goodnight.