Woo-hoo!
I bought three books: Beyond Black by Hilary Mantell, The Lodging House by Khairy Shalaby and Abyssinian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa. (I'm trying to limit my book buying to books in translation. I'm counting Hilary Mantell because she's British so there's likely to be one or two references in her book that Americans like me will miss.) I also bought a little button that says Housing Works to stick on my new book bag. They were out of buttons with the store slogan, "Text, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll" but I couldn't put those on my book bag anyway. The drug reference is not kosher for middle school. The store bookmarks they give out with each book say "You Are Here."
I did break down and visit The Strand Bookstore, but I didn't buy anything. Even after over an hour of browsing their "18 miles of books," I didn't find anything that I want badly enough to pay their price. The Strand is a bit pricey, if you ask me.
Friday evenings are free at the Museum of Modern Art. Apparently, I'm not the only tourist who knows this. The line to get in went around the corner, around the corner again, and around the corning one more time. I decided that even if I did get in the crowd would be too big for and headed back to New Haven instead.
I thought it would be clever to include a brief video tour of my accomodations at Yale. Looking at YouTube I find that one out of four college students also thinks it's clever to post a video tour of their dorm room. Some of them have several thousands hits. What's that about?
Here's mine. Let's hope it goes viral!
11 comments:
This make me want to go to NY again.
I bet the people looking at dorms on UTube are potential college students or their parents?
I had hoped to make it to Housing Works the last time I was in the city, but didn't have the opportunity. It will be at the top of the list next time (although I really want to revisit Partners in Crime as well)
LOVED looking at the dorm room! My only reference has been Gilmore Girls --- so it was nice to see one in person. I could almost smell the academic atmosphere through the computer monitor :)
When do return home?
When I was at The Strand, I only found one book that was worth it - an annotated copy of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, annotated by Leonard Woolf. I've never seen that anywhere and I didn' tknow if I would again, plus it was on sale! I think I spent $9 on it. Very worth it for me. :)
The peep-hole beginning was very artsy! I love the "Text Drugs and Rock N Roll" button idea. Probably not a good thing to wear around my kids either, but it is clever!
Next time I'm in NY, I will definitely check out Housing Works!
Thanks for showing us your "digs."
I walked everywhere trying to find this place. I must be that horrible with directions. Have you gone to Shakespeare & Co yet? The cat in there is soooo cute!
Oh and the food in NY is awesome. Yum.
Oh, and also, I've always felt that I missed out on a certain experience never living in a dorm room.
Jessica, I could see that, but some of the dorm videos have over 8,000 hits.
Molly, The course at Yale finishes in two weeks and time I'm off to D.C. to visit family. I return to California August 10, which is our wedding anniversary.
Amanda, That sounds like nine dollars well spent. In all honesty, I don't think I'll be paying another visit to The Strand the next time I'm in New York.
Sandy, That's me. Artsy. ;-P
ds, Housing Works and Westside Books were my favorites. Parters & Crime was also lots of fun.
Christina, I did stop in at Shakespeare & Co. but I didn't see a cat. I was in a bit of a hurry and didn't really get a chance to look around. While I am enjoying the dorm experience this time around, I will say it is not a part of my undergraduate days that I treasure.
I'll be interested to hear your reaction to Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black - I really enjoyed that book! Read it while horribly ill in Ireland.
What a nice dorm room! Much better than my first at college where two of us tried to share a room the size of your bedroom. :)
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