Ear Inn, Soho, Manhattan

Joe’s Pizza, West Village, Manhattan

Joe’s Pizza, West Village, Manhattan

Rachelle & Jess at Joe’s Pizza, West Village, Manhattan

Jessica & Rachelle @ Magnolia Bakery, West Village, Manhattan

After all that relaxation, I was ready for some fun. Jess called to tell me that she was going out with a couple of my former coworkers at Monster, so I met up with them for some brewskis at Ear Inn, a slice from Joe’s*, and a cupcake at Magnolia Bakery**.

* Actually, I had 2 slices, not because I was super hungry, but because I missed it so much. I miss New York pizza a lot. And it’s not like it’s the best pizza in the entire world, I just miss being within a block of a $2 slice any day and any time. While there I also flirted my way into the back to use a seatless toilet (I really had to go!). We also discussed the proper way to fold a slice and the fact that I apparently jump from subject to subject in a conversation with out any sort of segues(?). There used to be 2 Joe’s on this block, but the one right on the Carmine/Bleecker corner closed. That’s the one I used to go to like every other day. It was about 2 blocks from my old apartment. The one a few storefronts down on Carmine that we went to tastes just as good, but just not the same as the old Joe’s.

** We didn’t get to the bakery til about midnight and there was only one cupcake left for Jess and I to share.