I Ate Lunch With a Korean Rapper in K-town

This large tree stood before us with ornaments as big as your head.

     Ok I didn't exactly share the same table with said rapper, more like same restaurant. It was actually the greatest surprise of the day. I planned a day out to explore the holiday markets of Manhattan with my two friends, Bow and Lils, and it seems like every year that I go, the weather is always freezing cold. This year was actually a little better, but the weatherman lied about the day being 47 degrees. I could see my own breath and there was chilly wind. Overall on this day, all three of us reaped some great benefits of our own.

We started off with the holiday market on 42nd St Bryant Park. Honestly this market was disappointing. It wasn't the prices that were upsetting, but the actual stands themselves didn't interest us too much. I don't remember anything that particularly stood out and I recognized a lot of vendors from last year like the leather journals stand. Probably the most memorable thing was seeing the stand that sold olive wood kitchen utensils. They had expensive cutting boards for $70. Even the smallest cheeseboard was $25. Being that it is hand carved (I'm pretty sure they cheated with the spatulas) and is made entirely with olive wood, the value lies in the material and handiwork. Some items relied on the shape of the material itself resulting in an irregularly shaped cutting board or a fruit bowl. We got some chocolate samples from "No Chewing Allowed". Their chocolates were not overly sweet and did slowly melt in your mouth. There were a couple of food oriented stands, even a sushi stand which I don't remember seeing before. Overpriced however and all three of us remarked, "We could make it ourselves."