Again, it's been crazy busy! Here's a bit of a re-cap minus photos.
Day
27
We
decided to make the trip out to Williamsburg in Brooklyn because we
had heard it had awesome coffee and good boutique stores. We were
not disappointed! The first stop for us was a cute little cafe called
Vittoria where we actually had proper coffee (much to Sohan's
excitement)!! A successful morning of shopping was had with Rachel
and Sohan picking up some nice items both for themselves and gifts.
When
it got time for lunch we decided we would do the touristy thing and
head to Grimaldi's but looking at the map it was a fair way away and
with no taxis in sight we decided to head to the East Village to go
to another place we had been told about called Lil Frankie's. Once we
finally found it, we saw it was closed on weekdays for lunch! We
ended up going to Katz's Deli, the one from When Harry Met Sally,
which was just around the co0rner. It was very overwhelming with lots
of customers, probably a couple of hundred pictures of the owners and
famous people lining the walls, but what was more overwhelming was
the amount of meat in our sandwiches!
After
four weeks of walking non-stop it was truly getting to Marni and
Sohan, so we stopped by the Strand Bookshop but then these two headed
to get a pedicure (we opted for the spa package) and chilled out for
half an hour, while Rachel got lost in the 18 miles of books at the
Strand.
On
our way back to our apartment we stopped into Max Brenner for some
hot chocolate (which they apparently do have in New York!), but also
received a message from our friend Sean saying he was in the area so
we headed back near our apartment to meet up with him and catch up
which was nice! We then headed home to our pasta leftovers and headed
into Times Square to get our Hershey's fix and buy s'more (graham
cracker + melted choc + marshmallow) supplies - which were amazeballs
by the way!
Day
28
We
did another spot of shopping at Urban Outfitters and Bloomingdales
and then headed to Chelsea to see the High Line Park and got
sandwiches from the Chelsea Markets. After our lunch in the park we
headed back home and got ready for BROADWAY!!! We met up with Sean at
B and H Photos and then headed to his friends' rented apartment where
we hung out with Tim, Paul, Matt and Noel.
We
headed to the Minskoff Theatre for THE LION KING! Which was amazing
for lack of a better word...we hung out with the boys for a bit
longer and then said goodbye to Sean who heads off to London today!
Day
29
Today
we actually slept in!! We had a chilled out morning and headed to
Soho House in the Meat Packing district to meet Priya. Soho House is
a members only club kind of thing which has a rooftop pool (we did
not use), we ate amazing salads and headed out for a look around the
shops. We found some awesome things that were slightly out of our
price range but Marni managed to snag a jumper for $40!
We
then headed out to Buttercup Bakery (we are basically doing a cupcake
tour of NYC), Marni tried the banana pudding (amazeballs) and Rachel
and Sohan got cupcakes and a brownie. After this sugar fix we got
ready for dinner with Priya, we headed to her apartment and had a
late dinner around 9:30, at an awesome restaurant called Ilili.
Day
30
We
made the trek out to Coney Island, which is a long way from
Manhattan! We walked around, had a hot dog, then decided we'd pretty
much done Coney Island, so we headed back to the city for Fifth
Avenue. We visited Saks Fifth Avenue (where Marni and Rachel actually
bought something!), then visited Tiffany's & Co (where we all
realised we could afford nothing), made a quick stop at Nike and
Victoria's Secret, before dumping our stuff at the apartment, and
going to a movie at a small cinema nearby. We'd decided on the new
Woody Allen movie 'To Rome With Love', which was quite weird, and
didn't entirely make sense, but was enjoyable all the same.
For
dinner we tried to go to a Mexican place in the East Village
recommended by Keith, but we couldn’t find it! So we settled on a
cute pizzeria/bar.
Day 31
We
had a chillaxed morning again, then made our way to the Little Owl
for brunch, which happens to be at the bottom of the building that
was used as the exterior for Friends! So we kinda went to the real
life Central Perk!
We
met Keith and Catherine at the City Hall Park, right near the
Manhattan side of Brooklyn Bridge, then we walked across it in the
disgusting heat and humidity that we had! We walked past Grimaldi's
and saw the long line out the door and were glad we weren't waiting
in that. We wandered around for a bit to find something for lunch,
and finally stopped at a place where we had a view of both Brooklyn
Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and the East River. Once we were cool once
again, we ran to the subway, trying not to get wet from the huge
drops of rain that were falling from the sky.
Once
back in Manhattan we were feeling pretty drained, so we just went
back to the apartment, got clean and chilled by watching the stupid
movies on our only good TV channel, which included a clean version of
The Hangover (which was a very strange experience...) We also got
pizza from nearby and ate on the couch which was fun!
Day 32
The
day started off with a trip to Amy's Bread in Hell's Kitchen which
had been reccommended to us. We made the mistake of getting drinks
instead of the awesome looking pastries and bread on display, none of
us were too impressed with our beverages. We then got a taxi to
Riverside Park where we chilled for a while, played on the swings and
seesaws, and then walked over to Zabar's Delicatessan where we had
sandwiches. A trip to Ben&Jerry's was also in order since we were
yet to visit there, so we got on the subway to one uptown, which was
so good! We went back to Bloomingdales for Sohan and Marni to do some
last minute gift shopping, then we got ready for the evening. We met
Rachel's friend Sofie in Central Park, and we had another little
picnic while listening to the New York Philharmonic. So many people
turned up, the lawn was packed!! We left early, as the dark, the bugs
and our tiredness were getting to us.
