I am a week late blogging about our girls weekend in NYC. My best friend Julie came to New York with her good friend Becca to visit me! This is not Julie's first time in the city. She visited back in May, when I had only been living in the city for about month. Now I have been living in New York for almost seven months! Oh how time flies! Sometimes it feels like I have been in New York my whole life and other times it seems like I just moved here.
My friends and I had a fun weekend shopping in Soho and exploring restaurants on the Upper West Side. It's great having visitors come who don't particularly care about going to visit all the tourist sites. I have been to Time Square, Ground Zero and the Brooklyn Bridge a few too many times. How did we spend our weekend? We did what girls do best; eat, shop and have slumber parties every night.
This is the view from my living room window of my apartment. This is taken a week before all the leaves fell off the tree. Fall was short lived, but it sure was beautiful while it lasted.
The Butcher's Daughter
The Butcher's Daughter is a restaurant in down town Manhattan. I have walked by it a few times and I have always wanted to try it. There was about a 25 minute wait. While we were waiting we ordered warm drinks because we were starving and it was freezing outside. The food was great! I ordered Eggs Benedict, which is my favorite breakfast item. This Eggs Benedict was served on avocado toast, it was delicious!
I had to take a picture of this building because it is the first Christmas decoration I have seen in New York. I am sooooooooo excited to spend Christmas Time in the city. I plan to do all the cliche festivities I have seen in the movies, including ice skating in Central Park, drinking hot chocolate at Serendipity and visiting the tree in Rockefeller Center.
Photo Booth at Bubby's Restaurant in Tribeca
Bubby's is a restaurant in Tribeca. It is known for its yummy food, a photo-booth in the basement and most importantly it is a hot spot for celebrities. This is not the first time I have been to Bubby's, however I have never seen a celebrity. I have been told Jay Z and Beyonce live close by and one of my friends has seen Justin Timberlake there. So for all of you who get just as excited about celebrities as I do, then I definitely recommend visiting Tribeca and ordering some grub at Bubby's.
Doesn't this gelato look like a scoop of chocolate fudge? I have never seen gelato this thick before!!
Levain Bakery is a very popular cookie shop on the Upper West Side of town. I know they have other locations but this is the closest one to my apartment. We had to wait in a long line before ordering, but both my friends and I agree it is worth the wait. It is a mystery to me how Levain's cookies are crunchy on the outside and warm on the inside. The chocolate chips melt in your mouth, it's awesome.
I guess regardless of how many times tourist come to New York, they still always want to visit Time Square. It is not my most favorite place to go. It is the tourist capital of New York and because of that, there are too many creepy costume characters harassing you for money. We went later in the night, so it wasn't too bad. I have to admit, when I go to Time Square it makes me feel like I am visiting New York. I love feeling like I am on a vacation, so sometimes that is my incentive to go.
Having your friends in town means having slumber parties every night. Luckily I have a decently sized New York apartment, which is rare and hard to come by. I got really lucky finding awesome housing. My two friends slept on a mattress next to my bed. We had fun staying up late and falling asleep watching Netflix. I sure do miss them now that they are gone :(
