for the love of dim sum

had made plans to meet up with friends for dim sum this morning and go watch part of the new years parade in chinatown. the roommie and i decided on to drive my car- i needed to move my car, get gas, and we decided to pick up "the wang". on a whim we decided to take the manhattan bridge into chinatown.

big mistake. BIG.

the bridge was seriously backed up and chinatown was a zoo of people and cars. matters weren't helped by the blocked off roads, chinese people doin the chinese thing and walking out randomly on the street, and having to wait for the parade to go by. it took us an hour and a half to get to the restaurant. by 1:45PM the roommie told the wang and i to go ahead to the restaurant and he would park the car and meet up with us later.

btw we got to the restaurant, everyone else was already seated and eating. although it was a serious pain getting there- the food was incredible (i don't think most people realize that dim sum is great hangover food) and we did get to see the parade.