Manzana Grande Peligroso

Hey Molly,

SO, New York was pretty excellent. John and I started out from Grand Central Station and puttered about for a little while, visiting nearby stores in Times Square. Highlights include the Lego store, the Nintendo Store (at which John found very necessary to remark on their declining game line up), the M&M store, and the Hershey store, which was actually right across from the M&M store! ...And was a lot smaller, like a lot a lot.

After that, we headed down to Soho and hung out on the docks. It was very wet. Then we took the subway to the MoMa, where we saw the after hours exhibition of modern video games. I kid you not, 99% of the people there were hipsters. Like hardcore, pabst-blue ribbon drinking, flannel wearing hipsters. I actually pointed out to John when I found another guy that was "normal" and un-hipsterish. Most of the games presented we'd already heard of, and in our own way we scoffed at the masses and laughed at how mainstream their tastes were.

Wait! No first, before we went to the MoMa we went to the Brick in Brooklyn, a little hole in the wall theater. From the outside I thought it looked awesome, but John was a little intimidated and was REALLY hoping it wasn't going to be a really small venue. And it was. But it was still great! The play was interactive, and set up in the style of an adventure game like that Monkey Island one we started playing; a person in the audience would tell the guy on stage to go pick up a phone, and he would. Interactive! There was more to it than just that but it would take way way too long to type, so I'll tell you all about it tomorrow after you've read this post. John LOVED it, and thought it would be excellent for the agents, and I gotta agree. You would have loved it.

We headed back to Grand Central, caught the train...and you know the rest :P

There are many more blanks that I'll fill in when we chat about it! But now time for tending to you. Love you :)

-The Mouse