Billy Checking In With You June 28, 2007

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Hey, this is Billy from Silverstein. Yesterday we were in New York City, playing at the Nokia Theater in Times Square at a sold out show.

The day before yesterday we had a day off, so after a few quick interviews in the morning, I had the entire afternoon to hang out in the city. I met up with my friend Aileen, who was getting ready to leave to work for Shirts for a Cure on the Warped Tour. I was real excited to get to see her before she left for the entire summer. I took a cab to her place, where our band's entire crew had already headed to hang out and take showers. Right away Aileen, Cheapie (our guitar tech) and I headed to Red Bamboo (one of NYC's finest, and my favourite vegan restaurant in the entire country). I ordered my favourite meal, the Soul Chicken Parmesan Hero sandwich (with vegan cheese)! The sandwich was HUGE, and I ended up taking some to go to eat later.

Most of us stayed at Aileen's apartment so we didn't have to travel back to our bus which was parked up in New Jersey. We all met up at the venue yesterday at noon for a photo shoot, and when that was done, I headed back to my friend's to pick up my bike. I've been really excited to have my bike out on this tour, as it has been my means of getting good vegan food every day, not to mention some exercise!

I got on my bike and headed back to Red Bamboo to meet up with my friend Pulin for lunch! This time I had the Bamboo Tofu Club sandwich, which is another favourite of mine. It was nice to hang out with Pulin and his friend Joe. Afterwards, Pulin and I took the subway back up to the venue, which let me avoid the fifty block bike ride, especially since it appeared to have started raining. I almost got my bike caught in the subway gate, but I ended up just having to pay an extra $2 to get it unstuck. (Long story)



Also, my arm is still pretty swollen from getting tattooed in Philly, but it looks great, and my mom even likes it! I'm really excited for the rest of this tour, and our new CD that comes out on Tuesday. It's called Arrivals & Departures, be sure to go check it out next week! Keep checking back for more blog updates from this awesome tour!

<3 billy // silverstein.

PS - Here's another video of me eating some vegan pizza.

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