1 post tagged “flushing”
I haven't posted in awhile - the Internet in my building's been shut off for a few days now, for whatever reason. I'm pretty much counting down the days until I can move.
I stayed in New York for Thanksgiving, which ended up being pretty lonely, since all of my friends had either a) gone home to visit their families, or b) were busy entertaining their families. It left me a lot of time to work on my Chinese history report, and stumble around the New York Public Library.
On Thanksgiving proper I ended up going to Flushing, where I'd never been, and boy was I amazed. Flushing obviously has a significant Chinese and Korean population, because downtown I saw a ton of restaurants and cute little shops just like the ones I saw in Toronto two years ago.
I started off by hitting up Morning Glory and another stationary type shop. I tell you, the Sanrio store is fun - but when I walk into a space that's larger than my mom's house in Michigan. I was surprised - the Morning Glory store seemed to have more Sanrio items than Morning Glory items. I picked up a few things for myself and Alyssa before I headed down the road to the Flushing Mall.
The Flushing Mall was probably my favorite part. Right off of 39th Avenue, it was only a jump away from Main Street. The mall isn't like typical American malls - these stores catered to the Asian population. Inside were stationary, jewelry, makeup, homeware, and jewelry stores. One of them even carried Blythe! I ended up buying some bento accessories before heading out and picking up some tofu and rice before getting on the train home.
I think I'm going to get on the train and go there again this week, to explore a little more. Honestly, everytime I think I like Queens, I find something about it that makes me love it a little bit more. I can't wait to move there!
