Ahh, New York City. The elusive city that seems to call to so many people, including me. Growing up in Colorado, I just moved to the city, and some funky little things have caught my attention that are different out here. Some are actually a little bit funky and weird.

1. Grocery Shopping is a serious chore.

In college, I would do my grocery shopping very casually. Make a quick stop to the King Soopers, grab a few things I needed, self-checkout, and BAM done. It would only take me long when I spent the time really debating whether of not I wanted Cheetos AND Chips (cause like it is wise to keep both in the house at the same time, you know?)

Enter NYC. Grocery Shopping is WAR. You have to go to Trader Joes, because everywhere else is expensive. The only problem is that EVERYONE is going to Trader Joes. I remember the first time I walked into one I just wanted a granola bar, and I saw this massive line wrapped around the entire store, confused what it was for when I realized- that that line was the line to CHECK OUT. I just figured it was a busy time and I'll try again another day.

Heh, silly me, I was still too new to understand- It is like that literally every moment of every day. So when you go to Trader Joes, you best BE READY.

2. Brunch is almost exclusively bottomless.

As in, you don't just go to brunch at a breakfast place and maybe order a mimosa or two. No, five restaurants on the same block will be offering bottomless brunch. Breakfast places, Dinner Places, Lunch Places, everyone will be open and offering Bottomless Brunch. Brunch really means something out here. I once was walking by a place at 4 pm or so on a Sunday, BRUNCH was still very much alive. Hey, I'm not complaining though.

3. In Walgreens, they put an alarm on the soap.

This is a bit of a funky one, but at a lot of the Walgreens / Duane Reade's I've been at here have an alarm lock on the hand soap! To get to the soap you have to open a lid that makes a sound go off when you open it.
I guess a lot of people are stealing hand soap here in the big apple?

4. There are less big liquor stores and more small wine and spirits and stores.

I've noticed in the city, there are a bunch of small wine and liquor shops but fewer large liquor stores. As in, I wanted to buy beer one night, but I didn't really know where to go, because there were only small wine and spirits by me that, by title, only carried wine and spirits. I'm so used to the one stop shop liquor store (Hazel's Beverage World, I'm looking at you) that this took some getting used to. Luckily of course, as it does with everything, Trader Joe's came through for me on this one.