I'm back from New York and I have to say that I didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did.....but I did...I fell in love with the city of Manhattan.
Everything didn't go as planned, but it all worked out for the best. Me and my lil' brother went all over. Central Park, Ground Zero, Bryant Park, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Statute of Liberty, Ellis Island, Union Square, Soho, 5th Avenue....etc. Every-single place was beautiful.
It was funny because I based where I wanted to go on my movies! hehe, so yes, I went to Serendipity (from the movie Serendipity), went to go eat Gray's Papaya Hot Dogs (from Fools Rush In), Empire State Building (Sleepless in Seattle), many of the squares (You've got mail), Empire Diner (Forever Young)...and the list goes on. I LOVED IT!
Many people usually complain or always say that New York is to fast paced....well I loved that very thing. Everybody walking, taking the subway or a taxi (and its not even difficult to get a taxi), always seeing people walking around in the streets. Lots of tourist by the way...a lot of them spaniard! And even though the weather was COLD, we walked and walked and walked. And did I mention that it was freaking cold!!! I was wearing 2 coats, scarve, I don't know how many shirts, gloves, wermers.....and I was still cold! yeah....it was cold!
But just walking around in so much history....that was amazing. The streets, the lights, the colors, it all has a story. OH, and every park has a "dog run", that I thought was the cutest thing. I missed Toby when I saw those.
The pizza is great! yummi. We practically ate pizza every-day, well kind-a. and Gray's Papaya hot dogs, wow...I'm not a big hot dog person, but wow, those little hot dogs were good. OH, and the chish-kabob (or however you spell it) those little suckers were good too!
Everyday we went somewhere new. Always drinking coffee to stay warm. Seeing all that's playing in Broadway and all the lights and ads in Times Square. Literally being freezing cold while up in the Empire State building observatory deck. We would, well at least I would, go back and forth from the observation deck to the inside to try and get warm. Walking all the way down broadway to Soho and under! Then the breath-taking site and view of Ground Zero. And then on Sunday morning we woke up to snow! We walked over to Central park again to see New York ice skate in the rink in Central Park, or just sit back and enjoy the ride in a horse carriage. Walking through 5th avenue, and seeing some of the most expensive stores/boutiques in the world in one street. Finding Serendipity and realizing there was a 2 to 3 'hour' wait to get in. And going to see Liberty and Ellis Island. We finished off our trip by going to a Jazz Club with my friend Zack our last night in New York.
I'm definitely going back...maybe for New Year's, that would be great. But seriously, the city of Manhattan is amazing. I would recomend everyone to go at least once.
Until next time....