my week in food truck faves

There are only two and a half weeks of school left and I couldn't be happier! After a long school year (though it went by super fast!) I am more than ready for summer!
Since it is now officially spring (though at times the weather says otherwise) some of my favorite food trucks are back! Last weekend, I went to the Big Gay Ice Cream shop, Waffle & Dinges Truck and Kelvin Slush in 24 hours! But I just couldn't help it! The weather was so nice and my tummy was very happy. At Big Gay, I decided to try the Mermaid, which is a vanilla ice cream cup with key lime curd, crushed graham crackers and whipped cream. Light and refreshing! I've been meaning to try the cococone (since I am very into coconut these days) and the horchata shake.

At Waffle Truck I tried three days in a row to get their waffle of the week, which was a liege waffle with peach/apricot preserves, spekuloos and whipped cream. By Saturday I had given up, until I saw an update aroun 10:30pm saying a truck was actually on St. Marks! So my suitemate and I went and enjoyed our waffles with all the crazy people on St. Marks.

I think the Arnold Palmer plus a fruit mix in is truly Kelvin Slush's best slush (though I have yet to try a slush with ice cream, saving that one for a hot day), so for my first slush of the season I had to go with my favorite. I got the Arnold Palmer with pink guava mix in. I was really pleased to see they have many more fruit mix ins this year. And luckily for me, Kelvin Slush is always near Union Sq so I'll have many opportunities to try the different combos!

Thursday, there was some free food event at school if you downloaded an app called Fondu. Sadly, I missed it literally by a minute! (I was in line furiously downloading the app when they said the event was over) So I consoled myself by getting Waffle Truck anyway, but I got a wafle cone with spekuloos cookie ice cream.

On Friday, the office wanted to take a chocolate break. So we went to Nunu Chocolates and I chose a bacon toffee bar. It was interesting. The toffee was super hard/sticky and I was scared I might chip a tooth. But the mix with bacon was much better than I expected.

Don't remember which day, but I opted to eat in the park, and I stumbled upon some lovely chalk art, including this adorable Totoro!

my week in (free) food!

This week was quite busy. I had two presentations (including one for ~Stern) and a midterm. ick. The week started off on Sunday with a group meeting for my EMI presentation. To make things more cheery, I wore my macaroon t-shirt! Of course it was cold, so I had to cover up the macaroons with a sweater.

Tuesday morning, I had an interview for next semester's internship. gah. I hate interviews. I'm not entirely sure how this one went, but I hope I get it! It was pretty cold, so I wore one of the jackets I got made in Shanghai for the first time! I love the shape and the furry collar! I wish I had another one in black!

Tuesday night I had another group meeting at 7:30, so it just made sense to stay on campus and do work until then. I saw on twitter that Artichoke's Macdougal location was doing a 2 for 1 deal for NYU students. So my friend Rose and I went! We both got the crab slices. Yummy!

Thursday I got a free lunch from Rickshaw Dumplings and Kelvin Slush!! Thanks to Mastercard, every Thursday until November 17 the ten best food trucks in the city will have free lunch for #PricelessNY! I hope the locations will rotate every week. This week Rickshaw Dumpling and Kelvin Slush were on University between 13 and 14th st, so I went right when they opened (or were supposed to open) as a study break. I got the Thai Chicken and basil dumplings and the special slush of the day, Arnold Palmer with cherry mix in. I really liked the peanut sauce that went with the dumplings, so much that I ran out with two dumplings left! And it was also my first time trying the Arnold Palmer slush, (I usually get a citrus base with a fruit mix in) and it was so good!

Saturday, it snowed! A record breaking one inch!! I couldn't believe it until I saw the big, fluffy flakes from my window. I certainly did not go outside yesterday...I heard it was miserable.

Snapshots from the week

near WSP

I was entranced by how fluffy her vest is!!

just a sample of my everyday chronicles. Washington Square Park, September 2009.

[perfect] Wednesday afternoon.

I spent a lovely afternoon with Eric Ding in Washington Square park today. There was a man was playing classical music on an upright piano and I finally saw the sand man artist in action! Plus, there was a random samsung promotion? I’m not entirely sure. Also, Starbucks/Faye’s accidentally gave me a hazelnut iced coffee. strange. I wasn't too fond of it actually..... If only the weather had been 5 degrees warmer today and the sun was out. But, overall it was a peaceful afternoon full of people watching and classical music. love. (pics taken from my phone….hence the poor quality)