
Last night turned out to be unexpectedly fun. We were itching to take some pictures, so we decided to go somewhere by subway, taking pictures of it along the way. Maybe, we’ll post some of those later.
Maruks called and proposed to go to Central Park. Since we didn’t care where to go, that sounded like a splendid idea. I love Central Park. I didn’t have a chance to explore all of its wonderful walkways and little paths yet, but parts that I saw impress me greatly.

We were lucky to catch some kind of acoustic show going on. A whole bunch of drummers was performing something enchanting and impassioned. I can’t tell what kind of different drums they were using, because I don’t know their names anyway and because it was already dark and very crowded. In addition to drummers there were couple of people, playing different instruments – some kind of pipe/flute and also weird ebony sticks which emitted high loud sound, when struck together. People attracted by beat were definitely enjoying themselves – some were dancing (ooo, you should have seen an old guy with totally gray hair jumping rhythmically and shaking his head), some were just standing and stamping their feet occasionally, some were sitting and smiling, some were even smoking weed. As for me, I had a feeling as if I stumbled across some African tribe feast – fiery, jolly and carefree (by the way, musicians were mostly white, so it’s the music, not the skin colour that gave me that impression).

Before going to Central Park itself me and Danya went to Times Warner Center, located on the Columbus Circle. Daniеl’s dad told us that there is a great view of the fountains outside from the top floor of the mall, so we wanted to check that out.

There were 2 colossal bronze statues of naked man and woman in the foyer. They appeared to be Adam and Eve, created by
Fernando Botero. There were some more of his works on the second floor of the building, but we didn’t have a lot of time to enjoy them, because Maruk, Alina and Moisha were waiting for us in the car.

Later this night we saw another naked girl in Times Square on our way back to the parked car after the dinner in “The House Of Brews”. Only this time it wasn’t a statue, but an actual girl!
She was playing guitar and singing (not too well I must admit), getting tips from people who wanted to take pictures with her. One guy was very embarrassed when she told him that $2 are not enough. He, then, had some payback at the expense of her “singing”.

The brewery that we had dinner in was very nice. Small and cosy with a great selection of domestic and imported brands. There was even one Ukrainian brand (Chernomor). Food was just ok, but at least it wasn’t expensive. Drafted raspberry beer, which me, Danya and Maruk ordered, really had a hint of raspberry in it. We also tried some other kinds of beer and they were all good.

One more thing that I enjoyed last night was singing in the car.

We were going home on Maruk’s Infiniti and he put on Tsoi’s “Black Album”. I must say that Danya loves Tsoi (I do like his music too, but I think Danya is more fond of him then me). We know words of many of his songs, so we were just singing together and it all felt so right – the time, the place, the music…
August 4, 2006 @ 11:33
Не хочу работать! Хочу в Аризону к кактусам. Ну на Гаваи тоже бы согласился!
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