The BIG Canal St Adventure..(aka: The Search for ELLIE!)
OKAY, SO yesterday was EVENTFUL. And, while I really don't feel like rewriting this essay, I feel there's no other way to go about it. I believe it all began around 2pm when me and Rich were being bums, watching Maury (paternity testing) and drinking snapples (for the snaffles OF COURSE), when the subject about what we were going to do with our day, was brought up. He suggested that we go up the block to a pet store (this suggestion may seem random to the viewing audience, but actually I've been searching for a pet since the beginning of my summer - it started with a chick, progressed to a duck, then to a dog, back to a duck, and this is where we find our story..), but I reminded him that I don't like any pets that can be found in your average pet store. So, I started to describe to him that I wanted a little animal that I can play with, that can swim, but can also be out of water.. and then I randomly came up with the idea of a little tiny turtle! Rich told me they sold those in Chinatown, and in one spontaneous, swift movement, we were boarding a 3:13 train to Penn, from Lynbrook - in an adventure to find a little turtle.
The majority of the train ride was spent having a bubble blowing contest with our watermelon flavored bubblicious. But, the game was called, on a count of Rich can't hold his bubble for a picture, and me getting frustrated with it, lol. [If this makes no sense, see the pictures below..]
So when we got off at Penn, we took the Subway to Canal (against my free will, I was scared. I'm a cab-taker, not a subway-rider, if you'd like to know the truth.) Once we got there, the search was on, and when we were a few blocks in, I could already see the signs of all hope being lost on Rich's face, because he knew we should've seen the little tubs of turtles by now. At the mere sight of little tubawares filled with water, I went running, hoping for little turtles, BUT NO.. in those tubawares swam only mechanical toy turtles, frogs, and SCUBAMEN.. =\.. scubamen.. So, then we resorted to asking people if they knew where we could find these little turtles, but we kept getting 'no's and actually laughed at, lol. This was until we reached an old chinaman, sitting on a stool. At this point, it was Rich's turn to ask, so he did: "Do you know where we can find those little turtle-" -"NO!"-"Okay, thanks.." So we start to walk away, when all of a sudden.. the old man is calling us back: "Okay, go two blocks down, and make a left." Very strange, no? That's what I was thinking.. but we trekked on. So we reach the street he's talking back, and there weren't many shops, so the first one we tried, we were literally pushed out of - with the Chinese lady saying "NO TURTLES! NO!" and pushing us out of the store.. but, the next one we went in.. went something like this: "Do you have little turtles" - "YES.. HOW MANY YOU WANT?" - "Can I see them first?" - "NO! YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BUY THEM, I'LL BRING THEM OUT" - "okay, I want one." - "TWO FOR HAPPINESS, ONE DIE" - "I can only have one." So, she brings out like four for me to choose from, and I choose one. She gives me a container, and responds "food" to "What do they eat?" After the transaction was done, I was clearly expected to leave quickly. So, if you haven't gotten it yet, these turtles are what you may call.. HOT merchandise. haha!
When exiting the underground turtle retailer, I spotted an approximately 75 yr. old woman standing on the street. At her feet was a garbage bag laid down, with bootleg dvds on top. So, naturally I bought Mean Girls, and The Terminal (cute movie, I watched it last night) for $5 each. I've decided she has at least 8 grandchildren. lolol, she was so clueless. <33
On the way back, I decided: 'You know what, I'm on Canal, let me see if they have any good bags.' So, we're walking back up and all of the stores are closing down, but I stop in one random one and I start looking around. Well, there prada knockoffs (they said PANDA) weren't really doing it for me lolol, so I asked the guy if he had any louies that I could take a gander at. He was like "YOU WANT A LOUIS VUITTON?" - "I want to look" - all of a sudden, he's bleeping some girl, and she comes out of this back room and he's like "FOLLOW HER".. so me and Rich go and follow this girl into a back room.. which looked like your average back room for storage and stuff, but THEN she opens up another door (which was VERY Alice in Wonderland-like - it required much crouching) that was hidden behind shelves, and purses. We end up, entering this room filled with more louie and god only knows what else knockoffs than you can image. It was insane. Rich and I were too in shock to even concentrate on the selection.
ALAS, that is my whole story.. after that, we caught the subway, followed by the train, and came back home.. and Rich left shortly after that to go back to SI. Now it's just me and ELLIE! my new turtle girly<3 (today, she looks like she may already be dying =\ ) And, that was our trip to Canal St, with all of it's illegal goodness, and bargaining. Loves it<3.
..you think he's got it..
..but NO, it popped..
..this is when the contest went diva, and his gum fell out if his mouth RIGHT after this..
..random, these are all of our snaffles - luckily, they're all from DIET snapples! lol..
..those are my CANAL ST purchases - heart earrings, shell earrings, dvds, and an I<3NY shot glass..
..ELLIE girly<333!..
Tonight is the Sex and the City Marathon (Season 1) at my house.
Anyone's welcome, just shot me a holla dun. =P
<33
The majority of the train ride was spent having a bubble blowing contest with our watermelon flavored bubblicious. But, the game was called, on a count of Rich can't hold his bubble for a picture, and me getting frustrated with it, lol. [If this makes no sense, see the pictures below..]
So when we got off at Penn, we took the Subway to Canal (against my free will, I was scared. I'm a cab-taker, not a subway-rider, if you'd like to know the truth.) Once we got there, the search was on, and when we were a few blocks in, I could already see the signs of all hope being lost on Rich's face, because he knew we should've seen the little tubs of turtles by now. At the mere sight of little tubawares filled with water, I went running, hoping for little turtles, BUT NO.. in those tubawares swam only mechanical toy turtles, frogs, and SCUBAMEN.. =\.. scubamen.. So, then we resorted to asking people if they knew where we could find these little turtles, but we kept getting 'no's and actually laughed at, lol. This was until we reached an old chinaman, sitting on a stool. At this point, it was Rich's turn to ask, so he did: "Do you know where we can find those little turtle-" -"NO!"-"Okay, thanks.." So we start to walk away, when all of a sudden.. the old man is calling us back: "Okay, go two blocks down, and make a left." Very strange, no? That's what I was thinking.. but we trekked on. So we reach the street he's talking back, and there weren't many shops, so the first one we tried, we were literally pushed out of - with the Chinese lady saying "NO TURTLES! NO!" and pushing us out of the store.. but, the next one we went in.. went something like this: "Do you have little turtles" - "YES.. HOW MANY YOU WANT?" - "Can I see them first?" - "NO! YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BUY THEM, I'LL BRING THEM OUT" - "okay, I want one." - "TWO FOR HAPPINESS, ONE DIE" - "I can only have one." So, she brings out like four for me to choose from, and I choose one. She gives me a container, and responds "food" to "What do they eat?" After the transaction was done, I was clearly expected to leave quickly. So, if you haven't gotten it yet, these turtles are what you may call.. HOT merchandise. haha!
When exiting the underground turtle retailer, I spotted an approximately 75 yr. old woman standing on the street. At her feet was a garbage bag laid down, with bootleg dvds on top. So, naturally I bought Mean Girls, and The Terminal (cute movie, I watched it last night) for $5 each. I've decided she has at least 8 grandchildren. lolol, she was so clueless. <33
On the way back, I decided: 'You know what, I'm on Canal, let me see if they have any good bags.' So, we're walking back up and all of the stores are closing down, but I stop in one random one and I start looking around. Well, there prada knockoffs (they said PANDA) weren't really doing it for me lolol, so I asked the guy if he had any louies that I could take a gander at. He was like "YOU WANT A LOUIS VUITTON?" - "I want to look" - all of a sudden, he's bleeping some girl, and she comes out of this back room and he's like "FOLLOW HER".. so me and Rich go and follow this girl into a back room.. which looked like your average back room for storage and stuff, but THEN she opens up another door (which was VERY Alice in Wonderland-like - it required much crouching) that was hidden behind shelves, and purses. We end up, entering this room filled with more louie and god only knows what else knockoffs than you can image. It was insane. Rich and I were too in shock to even concentrate on the selection.
ALAS, that is my whole story.. after that, we caught the subway, followed by the train, and came back home.. and Rich left shortly after that to go back to SI. Now it's just me and ELLIE! my new turtle girly<3 (today, she looks like she may already be dying =\ ) And, that was our trip to Canal St, with all of it's illegal goodness, and bargaining. Loves it<3.
..you think he's got it..
..but NO, it popped..
..this is when the contest went diva, and his gum fell out if his mouth RIGHT after this..
..random, these are all of our snaffles - luckily, they're all from DIET snapples! lol..
..those are my CANAL ST purchases - heart earrings, shell earrings, dvds, and an I<3NY shot glass..
..ELLIE girly<333!..
Tonight is the Sex and the City Marathon (Season 1) at my house.
Anyone's welcome, just shot me a holla dun. =P
<33