New York for Labor Day Weekend!
For Mei, who lives in New York. Labor Day in New York was not really a vacation but rather a stacation. But for Jie it was definitely a vacation.
People Observations
I’m always amazed at the diversity in New York. There are all types of people with different ethnicities. There are a lot more Asians and African Americans than any other US city that I’ve lived. Also, today, we saw several Sikhs with their trademark head gear. Strange and unique is the norm. I can wear practically anything, or nothing, and no one would give me a second glance!
Brooklyn
This weekend was packed with a flurry of activity. This is always the case when hanging out with Mei. We first went to the food festival in Brooklyn on Saturday (Smorgasburg: First-Ever Drinks Day) and had the lobster roll and Vietnamese vermicelli. We also had two donuts the size of Mei’s head. I have to say, the water view was beautiful.
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| Smorgasburg Festival, Brooklyn, New York |
US Open
The highlight was going to the US Open on Sunday. We took the 7 purple train all the way to Flushing which took about 45 minutes. The train was packed with US Open participants. The atmosphere was electric. Mei bought us open ground tickets which meant we could watch matches everywhere except at Arthur Ashe Stadium. So we went to Louis Armstrong Stadium. Good thing we got to the US Open around 10:30 for the 11 am match. Otherwise we wouldn’t have found good seats. As always, Mei thought ahead.
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| On the way to the US Open, 7 train |
We found seats only a few rows from the court. The first match was with Pennetta (Italy) vs Peng (China). After a valiant effort from both players, Pennetta won (4-6, 6-7). Then, Del Potro and Simon were up. Men’s tennis was definitely more exciting and much faster. Our heads kept flipping left, right, left , right. After 4+ hours, with Del Potro looking more and more tired (very like a big friendly giant), Simon won despite the overwhelming crowd support for Del Potro (6-4, 6-7, 2-6, 6-7). Del Potro was “DEL PO” for the American crowd. It must be said that throughout the match, Simon looked like he barely broke a sweat. He was very nimble like a fairy. Even though we didn’t see Nadal, we caught up with his news on his facebook.
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| Pennetta vs Peng, Louis Armstrong Stadium |
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| Del Potro, Louis Armstrong |
After the exciting matches, we headed to flushing for some yummy Chinese food. Mei took me to the basement of New World Mall where there’s a new food court with lots of Taiwanese and Chinese delights. Mei and I had Lanzhou Noodles (Za Jiang Mian 炸酱面) and a spinach pie (Jiu Cai He 韭菜合), which really hit the spot. It was a perfect ending of a perfect day.
Happy Labor Day!
Jie
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