LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!-- okay that's a normal street here. Not some biker gang.
I'm becoming re-addicted to Soursop Smoothies, which were my thing in the summer of '03, during my first year at D Sweet B Cafe on Flatbush Ave. Irma, the owner had a special recipe that must have come straight from the Saigon spots. Juice is The Bomb. Highlands Coffee is good. We're establishing "our spots" here. I like it.
Saturday was picking out day tours, walking, -- check the wiring.....
We went to Benh Thanh Market. "Ben Thanh" is Vietnamese for 'smelly tourist trap'-- it's the haggling spot, and I was very careful not to get duped.
After Ben Thanh we needed a break, so we had lunch at ZanZBar-- a great ex-pat bar/restaurant.- Butternut squash ravioli.
Then we attempted what should have been a relaxing afternoon at the museum-- the HCMC Fine Arts Museum. WRONG!
Very.... how you say? "censored"? -- The art was all political/social propaganda in a beautiful French Colonial building with no friggin' A/C. Strangest art museum I've ever been to in my life. Here's the central courtyard.
It cost 10,000dong to get in>> 56 cents. They made us check our purses at the door, then we saw other people walking around with purses and decided it was time to blow that popsicle stand. Actually, a popsicle would have been nice-- Jennie had like, a heatstroke because it was hotter inside than outside.
After all that, I was badly in need of a pedicure. Check. Delicious Indian food. Check. :)
Did a Mekong Delta day tour all day Sunday with Jennie and Mark. It was a lot of fun:
Coconut candy making
Rice paper making
Traditional music
boat rides, boat rides, boat rides!
Peep our "Tropic Thunder" style....
10,000 dong?!..."good lawd, that's alotta money! How 'bout you let me scribble on the wall and I give ya a nickel?"
ReplyDeleteAs they say, "every hoods the same" The Ben Thanh market looks like the Coliseum on Jamaica Ave. and why does the wiring there look like the back of my VCR when I try and hook up my Playstation?
Glad you gals are settling in and establishing a routine, as well as getting chance to check out "the culture". I see you've had a chance to rock your "stunna" shades, very nice. Keep the pics coming, very good stuff...oh and tell Mark I said "what up, without him and Dave I have no one to play 21 with after work, come back!"
Miss ya!