NEW YORK CITY
It has been exactly a month since I took a little weekend trip to NYC with my friend Marie Beath, so it’s about time that I actually got around to organizing and posting these photos!
We rented an apartment in Gramercy for our stay and it worked out perfectly. The location seemed to suit us and the bonus was that we were located a few blocks away from the Shake Shack. The Shake Shack is new to me, but is a outdoor burger joint in Madison Square Park. Known for their awesome food, they are also well known for their incredibly long line ups. You can check their website’s shack cam to check out how long the line up is in advance of heading over. Luckily since we were so close, we were able to sneak over at odd times to get our fix. Cheese fries & vanilla shake!
Quite a bit of our trip centred around food and eating all sugary things that crossed our path. I am in love with New York food trucks. They are absolutely not like anything we have here in Toronto. I’m talking about organic ice cream and coffee (Van Leeuwen), dumplings (Rickshaw), natural slush (Kelvin), and tacos (Endless Summer). There are lots more. I’d love to do a tour, just sampling all this delicious truck food.
When we weren’t eating, we actually covered lots of ground, Central Park to Soho, Chelsea to West Village to Nolita and even a day in Williamsburg. Here are a few of my favourite highlights….
- Ace Hotel : Our trip started and ended here, actually. Stump Town coffee, breakfast at The Breslin and buying Japanese socks at the Opening Ceremony shop.
- Momofuko Milk Bar : A slice of grasshopper pie and birthday cake ‘truffles’.
- Grand Central Terminal : One of my favourite buildings in New York. I just love the restored constellation ceiling.
- Eataly : Italian food emporium. This was our Friday night excitement. Seriously.
- Green Market in Union Square
- The Highline
- Art Galleries in Chelsea : My favourite street for gallery hopping is West 24th Street between 10th & 11th Avenues. This is where the Gagosian, Mary Boone, Marianne Boesky and Luhring Augustine galleries are located.
- Magnolia Bakery : We walked by at a moment when there was no line!
- Purl Soho : I got to go check out their new larger location and browse all their lovely goods
- Coclico : One of my favourite shoe shops. I lucked out with an awesome pair of grey wedge shooties
- Cafe Gitane : Side walk table, watermelon juice, goat cheese with pomegranate molasses and bread + couscous = heaven.
- Juliette in Williamsburg : Met up with Canadian gal pals, Natalie & Jen, for delicious brunch in their garden room.
- Mast Brothers Chocolate in Williamsburg : American craft chocolate. I didn’t realize, but they do tours of their factory on the weekend. This is on my list for next time!
- The Strand : I don’t know how many hours I have spent wandering the aisles of this incredible book store.
- Don Hills : Dancing at an open bar fashion week party until the wee hours of the morning. Surprise (to me) concert by Crystal Castles. Fun!
I’ve posted all my photos from the weekend here, including my daily photos of Marie Beath with her soy latte. Can’t wait for the next girls weekend!
Happy Thanksgiving!
6 comments
ooh, it looks like you really DID new york! many of these are new to me…
I went to NYC in May and loved it! We covered some of the same ground. Where is the bookstore in the photo (with the ladder)? Great post and blog!
Found it! The Strand looks as wonderful as Powell’s in Portland, OR!
i totally agree with you about the food trucks. there’s always something tasty to try!
out of curiosity, from whom were you able to rent an apartment in gramercy? i’m trying to find one in that area for my visit next month and i’m not having much luck.
new york is one of those places that you can go again and again and always have something new to discover.
congrats on your workroom anniversary.
Great post! I’m heading to NYC myself later this week so this post is perfectly timed for me! Thank you!
I’m having one overwhelming fear before going to the city, and that’s bed bugs. I know here in Toronto we’re overrun with them too, but New York seems to be a bit of mess when it comes to these pesky things. Did you experience anything nasty RE:bugs? Any tips? Anyone?