Rebecca Relaxes in Manhattan (Saturday)

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Saturday morning came very early for the New Yorker - but the San Diegan was ready for some shopping. First stop: Canal St. Our first 'tour guide' to the underground brought us to a bus station. The front area seemed to be a working bus station, but through a maze of hallways we were led to a bonanza of bags.

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We both picked up this fabulous reversible tote, the perfect size for an airplane carry-on.
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This is one side:
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And the reverse:
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We also found some cute little wristlettes.

(Maybe I'll finally replace my 'pouch' - OK who am I kidding, the pouch can only be replaced by another pouch. For the benefit of anyone who doesn't know - I have problems with wallets, they are too confining, so I carry all of my wallet essentials in a Kipling 3 zipper pouch. Organization is at a minimum, but it does offer maximum convenience. I know the pouch is looking a bit worn, but I just haven't found a suitable replacement.)
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Later in the day I found this perfect for spring bag

(it will make it's CA debut for Thomas' First Communion).

I'm looking at the picture - it looks better in person, really!
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With our first round of shopping done we headed to the West Village to meet Rebecca's college friend Charlie. He took us to a great little restaurant simply called 'Good'. With a name like that, you better serve tasty food. It lived up to it's name. We started with a custom bread basket that included savory cheddar corn bread, moist pumpkin bread, and hand rolled orange doughnuts with sugar coating. The doughnuts were amazing, warm with a hint of orange and a thick sugar crust. Rebecca had the lemon ricotta pancakes (she said they were delicious) and Charlie and I had the chicken green goddess salad. The chicken was tender and juicy, it was sitting on a bed of greens, roasted red peppers, ricotta salata cheese all topped with green goddess dressing with a few croutons thrown in for some crunch.
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Post lunch break, we headed back down to Canal St. and met the girls from Syracuse for round two of shopping. We stopped in a few of the usual places, and then just when it seemed like it would be a pretty quiet shopping trip Rebecca decided we needed an adventure. We followed our guide a few blocks off of Canal St., up 5 flights of stairs and through a sweat shop (yes really a sweat shop with lots of women working at sewing machines) before we hit the pocketbook jackpot. We made a few carefully negotiated purchases and called it a day.

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While Rebecca and I were ready to take a break for a few hours, the girls wanted to see Central Park and window shop down 5th Ave. We put them in a cab, gave them a few directions and then headed back to the apartment for some cool drinks and a quick snack.

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We had just enough time to clean up for the theatre - Mary Poppins was our entertainment for the evening. The story was combination of the book and the Disney movie. The set was incredible - I've never seen a set that moved and changed the way this one did. I cannot come up with any kind of description that would do the set justice, it was Disney magic at its finest. The best number of the show was a tap dance extravaganza - lots of great choreography and glittery costumes. On the way home we stopped at Uptown, a local bar, where we grabbed a nightcap and an array of appetizers to finish out the evening.