<img src="http://cravenmaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sarahday.gif" alt="Hi. I miss u today. its a sarah day." />

I received the above text this weekend and it made me feel a mixture of melancholy and happiness. Happiness because its so warming and humbling to know that 'lil ole you' can make someones day. Melancholy because, a side effect of having your favourite friends all over the world is that you can't just literally pop around to their place and hang out or meet at the local coffee shop and get the rx type relief that comes from just <i>being</i> in their presence.

But it got me wondering. What exactly would a 'sarah day' entail? No limits, no reservations..I think it could look something like this:

<img src="http://bealing.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/messy-bed1241106109.jpg" alt="Sleeping in late" />

It would probably start by sleeping in late until the sunshine's persistence gets just too much and forces us up.

<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_01/breakDM1604_228x288.jpg" alt="Full English" />
Then i'd make a full english brekkie - caribbean style - with fried plantains and <a href="http://www.whats4eats.com/breads/bammie-recipe">bammie</a>. With the Moka bubbling away on the side with some delish Brazilian coffee.

<img src="http://cravenmaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/lastfm.gif" alt="Last fm tracks last week" width="350/">
We would rock out to my last.fm playlist while cooking and getting ready to go out -  after all your meal only tastes as good as the music you listen to while making it..

<img src="http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Sections/Travel%20Section/______EDIT/PARTNER%20STORIES%20TO%20EDIT/081606-icecreamTheBrooklynIceCreamFactory.h2.jpg" alt="Brooklyn Bridge Ice Cream" width="200/">

We would meander around the stores in <a href="http://nymag.com/realestate/articles/neighborhoods/dumbo.htm">DUMBO</a>, say hi to <a href="http://www.loopymango.com/">Anna and Waejong</a>,  then walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, chomping on ice creams from the <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/brooklyn-ice-cream-factory/">Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory</a>.

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Chambers_st_nyc_subway.jpg" alt="NY subway" width="300/">
Then we'd hop a subway to the <a href="http://www.moma.org/">MOMA</a> or <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/">MET</a>, maybe both. Catch the <a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/313">Tim Burton exhibit</a> and daydream at the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={284E2626-F32E-4EFF-9E89-213AA61644B8}">19th Century European Paintings.</a>

<img src="http://www.urban75.org/photos/newyork/images/ny431.jpg" alt="The Pink Pony" width="300/">
We would head back downtown to <a href="http://www.pinkponynyc.com/">The Pink Pony</a> Cafe Litteraire &amp; Cine Club, I would snack on the  'Elvis Sandwich'...good enough for the king, good enough for me. And you would have the Roast Turkey Breast with brie &amp; green apple on a baguette. We'd people watch and brainstorm creative projects as we eat.

<img src="http://www.space-invaders.com/images/ny4.jpg" alt="Space invader in NY" width="300/">
Then we would kick about the area, searching the street walls for the work of some our favourite artists, like Space Invader, Blek le rat and Judith Supine..taking pictures of the world as we pass it.

<img src="http://gallerydriver.com/Art/backwards.jpg" alt="JLG Gallery" width="300/">
Next, we'd swing by the <a href="http://www.jonathanlevinegallery.com/">JL Gallery</a> to see what's new. Then sufficiently peckish,  start musing over where to eat..

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3302/3519400728_41112af4c2.jpg" alt="Freemans" width="300/">
We would settle on <a href="http://freemansrestaurant.com/">Freeman's</a> a little out of the way - but one of those places you always mean to go but never do.

<img src="http://icanhascook.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/ace-lobby.jpg" alt="Ace Hotel Lobby" width="300/">
Then it's off to the <a href="http://lxtv.com/1stlookny/video/10164">Ace Hotel</a> lobby for drinks with friends before seeing where the night take us..


(this post is dedicated to my favourite Canuck and little sis through something stronger than DNA)


images from <a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/the_noun">open salon</a>,<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/">the daily mail</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25192687">msn</a>,<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/">wikimedia commons</a>,<a href="http://www.urban75.org/photos/newyork/ny431.html">urban 75</a>,<a href="http://www.space-invaders.com/">space inavader</a>,<a href="http://selectorreflector.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html"> selector and reflector</a>, <a href="http://labelhoard.com/?cat=7">labelhoard</a>, <a href="http://icanhascook.wordpress.com/2009/10/">i can has cook</a>