NYC DAY 2: A subway city.

Today was non-stop walking... walking around Little Italy, Soho, the Guggenheim, Brooklyn. Also full of subway rides. Scott told us the night we arrived that radio is dead in New York--it's a subway city full of iPod-users. We fully experienced that today and given the amount of crazies on the train, it's no wonder why you'd want to keep your ears plugged. We saw beggers, buskers, and candy bar vendors all riding alongside us. My personal favorite was a bongo player who simulaneously performed a spoken word piece with revelations such as "Life goes by fast. Sometimes, the train goes fast, too!" Ha! How profound.

Anyhow, we ate an amazing lunch of a near-perfect Spaghetti Carbonara in Little Italy at Casa Bella. Mmm, mmm. Finally got to taste the sweetness that is Il Laboratorio del Gelato, as well. So, so good. It's way hot here, so all this food was a bit heavy. But, hey, it had to be done. =)

After lunch, we headed to Soho where we toured Shawn's "New York office". His IT manager showed us around and introduced him to everyone. He is moving to Seattle in the winter/spring and is very excited about working alongside Shawn. =) Back out into the wild, there was another minor thunderstorm soon after, so we headed to the Guggenheim for a bit to enjoy a little art.

Tonight's show was at the Irving Plaza--Editors from the UK. They were great, but let's face it, we were a little pooped after all the walking today! So, Scott has gone out for some drinks after the show and we are trying to relax a bit, regenerating for tomorrow's big finale--Bloc Party, Secret Machines, and Mew playing inside a pool just down the street from Scotty's house. We don't really understand how it's all going to work, but I'm guessing it'll all be too surreal...