joy-C in NYC!!
thursday: great flight on jetblue (my new fave airline), checked into renaissance times square. hung out with T & R...dinner at penang in soho, la bella ferrara in lil italy for dessert (best damn cappucino float with hazelnut gelato, still drooling), back to times square and drinks at the lounge at paramount hotel (where we will stay later).
friday: me + W = ultimate tourists. double decker bus tour of downtown, got off at battery park, went to statue of liberty (nice, but big waste of 2 hours), ground zero (very emotional, hard to stop the tears). very very cold, we were sitting on the top deck!! J & G arrive, go to chinatown for dinner (cheap and good!). then went to empire state building, more standing in line, but the views were spectacular (we got there just before midnight).
saturday: double decker bus tour of uptown, got off at guggenheim. very interesting building, featured artist was james rosenquist, pretty cool (tho i'm not much for modern art). walked around times square/5th ave./rockefeller center...soooo many friggin' ppl, headache developing. dylan's candy bar for retro candy, tiffany's (2nd floor, *wink wink*), stopped in sanrio (of course), then dinner again with T & R at a really yummy asian tapas place, kuma inn, lower east side (ludlow & rivington, go check it out), had the best damn thai chili-lime sauce with chinese sausage (of all things, but it was so good, we ordered 4 plates of it!). chit chatted with the father of chef/owner, and asked chef king for recipe, but no go. good news, he's bottling it! yahoo!! after dinner, happy ending (chinese massage parlor turned lounge, weird and cool at the same time). time hotel lounge for more drinks, but parties going on, so we couldn't really talk to each other.
sunday: woke up and it was snowing!!!! cachu came out from connecticut to hang out, got tix to see "thoroughly modern millie" (thanks koji for the recommendation!), very good, go watch it (delta burke was in it). checked out of renaissance times square and into paramount. very interesting decor. killed time before show at the HUGE toys r us. didn't want to go far from hotel for dinner, so ate at the fanciest red lobster ever. note: don't eat "salsa" in nyc. for dessert, went to serendipity 3 for frrrozen hot chocolate, sooo good! who knew!
monday: time to go home...had a great flight back to cali.
the highs: the food, especially that cappucino float at la bella ferrara and frrrozen hot chocolate, and who could forget that thai chili lime sauce, the snow, and turning the corner to approach times square (wahhh...). what a great "welcome to nyc."
the lows: wasting 2 hours of our day for the statue of liberty that we couldn't go up to view anyways, everything in nyc is too expensive, and W & i didn't get to have our "romantic evening" as planned.
things i noticed: the ppl are very diverse, i like that. the food is very different. drivers honk their horns waaaay too much, it's ridiculous.
next time, i think i'd like to stay in the soho/greenwich village area...stay away from the tourists!
thursday: great flight on jetblue (my new fave airline), checked into renaissance times square. hung out with T & R...dinner at penang in soho, la bella ferrara in lil italy for dessert (best damn cappucino float with hazelnut gelato, still drooling), back to times square and drinks at the lounge at paramount hotel (where we will stay later).
friday: me + W = ultimate tourists. double decker bus tour of downtown, got off at battery park, went to statue of liberty (nice, but big waste of 2 hours), ground zero (very emotional, hard to stop the tears). very very cold, we were sitting on the top deck!! J & G arrive, go to chinatown for dinner (cheap and good!). then went to empire state building, more standing in line, but the views were spectacular (we got there just before midnight).
saturday: double decker bus tour of uptown, got off at guggenheim. very interesting building, featured artist was james rosenquist, pretty cool (tho i'm not much for modern art). walked around times square/5th ave./rockefeller center...soooo many friggin' ppl, headache developing. dylan's candy bar for retro candy, tiffany's (2nd floor, *wink wink*), stopped in sanrio (of course), then dinner again with T & R at a really yummy asian tapas place, kuma inn, lower east side (ludlow & rivington, go check it out), had the best damn thai chili-lime sauce with chinese sausage (of all things, but it was so good, we ordered 4 plates of it!). chit chatted with the father of chef/owner, and asked chef king for recipe, but no go. good news, he's bottling it! yahoo!! after dinner, happy ending (chinese massage parlor turned lounge, weird and cool at the same time). time hotel lounge for more drinks, but parties going on, so we couldn't really talk to each other.
sunday: woke up and it was snowing!!!! cachu came out from connecticut to hang out, got tix to see "thoroughly modern millie" (thanks koji for the recommendation!), very good, go watch it (delta burke was in it). checked out of renaissance times square and into paramount. very interesting decor. killed time before show at the HUGE toys r us. didn't want to go far from hotel for dinner, so ate at the fanciest red lobster ever. note: don't eat "salsa" in nyc. for dessert, went to serendipity 3 for frrrozen hot chocolate, sooo good! who knew!
monday: time to go home...had a great flight back to cali.
the highs: the food, especially that cappucino float at la bella ferrara and frrrozen hot chocolate, and who could forget that thai chili lime sauce, the snow, and turning the corner to approach times square (wahhh...). what a great "welcome to nyc."
the lows: wasting 2 hours of our day for the statue of liberty that we couldn't go up to view anyways, everything in nyc is too expensive, and W & i didn't get to have our "romantic evening" as planned.
things i noticed: the ppl are very diverse, i like that. the food is very different. drivers honk their horns waaaay too much, it's ridiculous.
next time, i think i'd like to stay in the soho/greenwich village area...stay away from the tourists!
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