Feeling overworked and stressed out (at least that's what I told my job) I felt the
NEED to do some exploring 'round this
Gotham city of ours to re-familiarize myself with what this town has to offer. Adding to the fact that Summer was packing it's bags to bounce
AND I had just treated myself to a
NEW camera (
Canon sx200) for my B'day, I thought to myself
"What better time than now, right self?" After a quick morning stretch (to grab the remote lol) I headed out to feed my face with a
NICE hearty cheeseburger deluxe at a local eatery and was revitalized and
"ready to go right now!" like
John Legend & Andre' 3000 to hit the streets. First stop...
the Central Park Zoo. What? You got a problem with that? I hadn't been in
YEARS (!), so what the hay! Why not hmmm? Now the
Cntrl Pk Zoo was alright, but
NOT what I was hoping for. Yeah you can get pretty close to the animals, but
WHAT animals! No tiger, lions, gorillas, oh my! You'd find more animals in a box of animal crackers then in this joint! Whizzy wack! Then they had the nerve to have a
Hobbit tree and that damn creepy spider
(Shelob from
"Lord of the Rings") in the
KIDS zoo! Huh? And wait...a
RABBIT? You serious!?! May as well throw some gerbils up in that piece too man! Best thing in there was those two old musicians jamming, and that was
FREE! WARNING: Ladies don't go get your hair did, and walk up in the rain forest room, thinking you coming back out looking fly.
HELL NAH! As the
Jamaican say
"Perm dun off!" Smelling type funky! I'm done. Took the
Water Taxi ($5 down by
South St. Ferry) back to BK, and hopped the turnstile (joking) to take the
F train to
Coney Island. Which is where
the NY Aquarium is located at. Now that's
ANOTHER spot I haven't been out to since a damn grade school class trip! Tix were $13 & $17 per person. If I'm paying $17 It better come with some damn swimming trunks, cause ya boy is getting in that bitch!
SPLASH! Man, it was type muggy in that joint! And packed surprisingly too! It took me a minute to get my camera settings just right, then it was
ON. Let me tell you my friend,
THAT was better than the zoo if you ask me (wait...are you asking me?).
WAY much more stuff to
"ohhh & ahhh" at. However at one point, my camera died on me. So luckily I find an outlet to charge the battery back up, thinking
"I paid for this, I'm bringing SOMETHING back home with me!" Walked away thinking it was well hidden, only to be
"Jack Spade'd" by someone with octopus hands! I was pissed off and puffed up like one of those fish, till I remembered I had a double back at the crib. Yet I was pissed! Regardless of that, I would love to come back again really soon, to set up a sting to catch that
MF'er...in a fish net at that (just joking). It was a cool day off spent, but a felt kinda guilty craving catfish & grits when I left. Nah, maybe some grilled salmon & calamarie at
SEA! Next trip is the
REAL zoo in the
Bronx! No offense to the
Bronx. LOL.
How long have I been sleeping? Cause I heard not a peep about these HOT featured acts that stopped through to Brooklyn Bowl! You would think after the Block Association smashed over there for "Rock & Bowl" that we would be called first thing to be invited out! But NO! We're still getting wind of things at the VERY last minute like the rest of you common folks! LOL! Anyways, I guess we both missed the N*E*R*D show and the John Legend w/ the Roots thing (last night), catching a DJ set (?) w/ Solange' is still an option. I think I'll pass on that one. It's TONIGHT by the way admission is 10 beans.
