I'm in a New York state of mind!!!

Ok, so I really haven't posted in a while, but it is only because we have been extremely busy!!! I have a few other posts in the works, so I will get those published soon, but I just cannot wait to share our New York Trip!!!

As part of my birthday gift from Joon, he decided to plan a trip to New York to celebrate my last year in my 20's.  This was my first visit to New York, and I was sooo excited.  There is so much to see, so much to do, so many places to eat that I was a little overwhelmed at first when Joon told me that I was in total control of the sightseeing part of the trip... The pressure was all on me to have a great two days in NYC!!!  I decided my strategy would be to have one or two "big" sightseeing things on the agenda, and then let our trip roll from there.

We left for New York on Friday, September 25 via bus... you can take the train but its three times the price, and the bus leaves literally less than half a block from our apartment, and drops you off less than half a block from Penn Station and Madison Square Gardens...super convinient!!! 

However, the TRAFFIC leaving DC for New York for the weekend is insane... I didn't get a picture, but for the first two hours we were in stop and go standstill traffic on the highway... Crazy.

We got off the bus a little behind schedule, so rather than arriving at 7:00pm, we actually arrived at 8:30pm... Boo :(  However, the city, although dark, feels like it is midday with the amount of people out and about!!!  We got off on the corner of where Madison Square Gardens and Penn Station is... when people say the city is alive they mean it!!!  The city is an organic machine -always movement and motion with traffic, people, sounds...

We decided to walk to our hotel... it wasn't that far (like a 20 minute walk) and I wanted to see a bit of the city from the walk, rather than a cab...  We also stumbelled upon a Whole Foods Grocery store... Oh My GOD!!! I totally wish we had one of these at home... It is like a Sunterra with healthy and organic food, but BETTER!!!

We went in and got a few snacks to tide us over to dinner and for the rest of the weekend... it was so hard to just get a few things!!!

We then proceeded to our broom closet- I mean Hotel Room!!!  Manhatten is 59 square kilometers, which means that space is a precious, precious commodity!!! Our room was really nice, just very very small... We could touch all four walls by holding hands and touching the wall with our other hand... only about two feet walking space between the bed and the walls... It's a good thing we didn't spend much time there!!!

View from the doorway

Joon in said doorway...

We then headed out to a restaurant I had read about online that had gotten good reviews... It was really nice...small, personable, great service, PACKED at 11:00pm at night... Very New York!!!

For some reason the night settings on the camera were acting up... this is as good as it gets...

By the time we finished supper, it was nearly midnight, and we headed back to the hotel to get a good night sleep to be ready for our day of sightseeing in New York!!!

That's all for Day One, stay tuned for Saturday and Sunday in New York!!!

xoxo

L