Queues, cake, Lenin and a cheeky ombré

The shows on Broadway are one of the main things we wanted to check out during our visit, so this morning we were up and out early to join the queue for tickets to see 'Once'. Its a new musical that includes an Irish man playing the guitar so we obviously have to go see it!

By the time we got there - an hour before the box office opened - there was a pretty large queue already. Regardless we stood and waited hoping we would get a ticket, unfortunately we were just 4 people short of getting the $30 tickets! #gutted
Next time - we're going earlier!!

After this disappointment we were in need of cake. I took this opportunity to take us to east village to 'lulu's' gluten free bakery that I'd read about prior to our visit.

East Village is very cool and after stocking up on a panini and lots of cakes, coffee and a slice of pizza for Sparks, we headed to the East Village Park to soak up the sun.

The parks here are so nice and have such a friendly atmosphere. They had a dog park which was adorable - lots of people looking like their dogs and lots of yappy dogs herding big dogs which was rather amusing.

We sat people watching and feasting on our cakes, Amy excitedly went to open her box of mini cupcakes only to find they had all melted and turned upside down. Needless to say Lauren and I were in stitches, Sparks was not impressed. (photos included)

East Village is a really cool area full of cute little shops and thrift stores galore, so with Lauren at our side we tried to recreate our thrift store extravaganza we'd had with Clare in Chicago. I got a new bag and amazing vintage skirt for a cheeky $25.

Lauren had also decided to ombré her hair pink/purple so we headed in search of a store selling bright hair dyes. On the way Amy spotted a shop full of Russian trinkets and a gold ornament of Lenin's head - needless to say Amy was inside in seconds.
The shop was more like a room full of stuff the crazy Russian man had hoarded over the years. We could barely move once inside, the guy who owned the shop showed us his favourite pieces (he had a thick Russian accent and was wearing lime green tinted sunglasses, an orange tank top, and looked about 70 #ulitimatelad ). He even had a computer print out of a Romanov family photo in a random frame... We could have stayed in there all day but he seemed too attached to everything that if we bought anything we might cause him serious distress.

Soon after leaving we found the hair store and stocked up on bleach and hair dye, after an hour and a half of bleaching we were ravenous so I made us a dinner of chicken and quinoa with spinach. Yummeh!

With our new found energy we started the colouring process. The ombré was a success although we were a bit stingy on the bleach so it wasn't as light as we'd of hoped but the colour made it a cool pink/purple/red ombré #beaut.