星期六下午有空，趁天黑之前去了一趟紀伊國屋書店 (Books Kinokuniya
)。

紀伊國屋就在著名的 Bryant Park 的旁邊，距離 Time Square 也只有五分鐘的步行距離，

算是非常好的地段。







紀伊國屋的櫥窗。

書店總共有三層樓，一樓是日文雜誌和英文書，地下一樓專賣日文書籍，二樓則是藝術類書籍和漫畫。

此外二樓還有一小間麵包店可以休息聊天。



雖然這間紀伊國屋的規模完全不能和日本或台灣的相比，

但對於在紐約的日本人或喜歡日本新書的讀者來說，

這裡會是讓人興奮、不可多得的好地方。



唯一讓人覺得不親近的是價錢，

一本書幾乎是定價的 1.5 倍，如果不是很喜歡還真的買不下手...

從我住的地方往郵局的路上，有一段路 (91街介於第二和第三大道) 是車輛不能進入的。

從步道的一頭往另一頭看還蠻漂亮。

唯一的缺點是這條路是上坡...

今天的天氣只有用詭異來形容，

下雨+颳大風+突然地回暖。

因為風大，到實驗室不僅牛仔褲和鞋子全溼，連外套都被淋到不少。

奇特的是路上到處可見到被吹爛的雨傘，

不曉得這些把這些傘丟掉的人要怎麼避雨?



I was all drenched from today's bizarre weather: heavy rain, gusty wind and a sudden rise in temperture.

Oddly there were some broken umbrellas here and there on the street.

I wondered how people would wanna give up their umbrellas in this kind of weather?

昨晚在 23 街上閒晃時路過這家店，

覺得這外表和 In-N-Out
(西岸一間著名漢堡店) 也太像了吧?

紅底白字，以及黃色的圖案。

照片裡的菜單看不清楚，但外型和字體都和 In-N-Out 如出一轍。

不過我是沒進去啦，吃一個漢堡加薯條飲料可能要花 In-N-Out 的兩倍價錢。



I saw this burger place while walking along 23rd street.

It looked totally like a rip-off of In-N-Out.

I haven't tried their burgers and fries yet, since every item seems to be twice the price.

實驗室去年有一位美、日混血做暑期的醫學系學生，前幾天來拜訪，帶了一小盒和菓子做新年伴手禮。

老闆一直以為裡面是糖果，

直到昨天打開吃了一個才說，

「這不是糖果啊，這是糖嘛! 喝咖啡的時候就丟一顆下去...」

嗯...並不是好嗎?



We had a Japanese-American summer student last year, who came visit us the other day.

She brought us a box of wagashi (traditional Japanese confectionery) as a New Year's gift.

My boss thought it was a box of candies until yesterday when she opened and had one of them.

"Oh I thought they were candies. They are actually pieces of sugar. You put one in to your coffee."

Hmm...good thinking, but it's not that. Okay?

日本著名的二手書店 BOOKOFF
在紐約有一間分店，

位於中央車站 (Grand Central) 的附近。



全店有三層樓，一樓是英文書和英、日語 CD DVD，二樓是英日文漫畫，地下一樓則是日文書籍。

規模雖不能跟新書店相比，但其實數量還蠻大的。

而且有許多舊書以 $1 $3 等出售。



我買了兩本 偵探學園Q 的漫畫，$2 + tax。

書很明顯是舊書，但整理得還蠻乾淨的，可以說花得很值得。



BOOKOFF is a well-known chain store for used Japanese books. Its New York store is located near the Grand Central Station.



There are lots of selections of books, CDs, DVDs and magazines. The 2nd floor is all Japanese and English manga and many of those are just $1 each.



I purchased two from the Tanteigakuen Q series, only for $2 + tax. It's totally worth it.

傍晚的 Bloomingdale's 百貨公司。

年末的假期已經結束了，燈還點成這樣覺得有點浪費電...



It's definitely not the most environmentally friendly department store in town.

Starbucks 也開始賣 cupcakes 了。

看到當場買了一個，不過店裡沒位子坐，只好到外頭在寒風中享用。

(實在是有點冷，所以 frosting 有點被碰得亂七八糟)



上層的 frosting 很香濃，但是超級甜，下面的蛋糕部份還好，

也許天氣太冷，顯得有點乾。



I just found out that Starbucks started to sell cupcakes.

I bought a double chocolate cupcake and a decaf, but there were no seats for me to sit down and eat.

I had to finish it in the cold wind.



The frosting was very rich yet a bit too sweet.

The cake itself was a little dry, maybe from the cold weather.

Overall it was okay. However it's always good to have more items to choose from though.

去 IKEA 只為了他們的食物似乎有點奇怪。

但在物價驚人的紐約想來一份簡便的外食，IKEA 的價錢算是很低廉。

週末本來要去 Target 添購一些日用品，地鐵坐到一半臨時轉念決定去吃一頓，

最後還抱了2個單價只要 $0.67 的盤子回家。



It's sort of weird to go to IKEA just for their food,

but I have to say it's not a bad choice when you live on a budget.