Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
New York, New Yorrrrrk
Start sprrreadin' the newwws...we're back from Newww Yorrrk. So Bev and I took a red eye on Wednesday night and arrived at JFK at 5am. Since our hotel room wasn't available until 2pm, we dropped off our bags, grabbed some continental breakfast, and began roaming the streets of Times Square. It was quite an adventure walking around with slippers in the rain with no stores open yet to duck for cover. Considering it is the city that never sleeps, I was surprised to see that most stores don't open earlier than 10am.
Later that night was game 4 of the NBA finals and we headed out to ESPN Zone to watch the game. Surprisingly, there were still a bunch of Lakers fans in the East Coast too, and again I was cheering with maybe two other Magic fans.
After the game, we headed out to Pop Burger to meet up with Pierre's friend KJ, who was DJing there that night. Jeff's cousin and friends also got in touch with me and came out to meet us. It was cool how we've never met these folks before and how comfortable it felt just hanging out with them as if we've known them for years. Pop Burger had some "mad" delicious burgers and probably one of the best fried calamari I've ever tasted.
The next day, we headed out to Brooklyn and met up with KJ again. He took us to Grimaldi's Pizzaria which is known to be one of the best pizza places in NY. It was pretty tasty, but I prefer deep dish pizza over thin crust. Afterwards, we went to get ice cream for dessert right under the Brooklyn bridge and enjoyed the nice scenery of Manhattan and the two bridges. KJ also took us on a stroll down the streets of Brooklyn where Notorious used to live and where they shot his movie. It was nice to get out of the busy city and walk around a more chill place without crowds of people everywhere.
That night we headed off to SoHo for some bar hopping. The guys met up with us, and took us around to different hot spots. The best part of the night was trying the original Halal Cart on 53rd and 6th. Super long line at 4am but the chicken and lamb over rice plate was "mad" delicious! They need to have that here in the bay.
The next couple days were pretty much spent shopping in SoHo, Manhatten, and Chinatown. I'm a big fan of their mass variety of shoe selections at pretty cheap prices. Not to mention...no tax on shoes and clothes! I think I am going to become a hypebeast. Haha.
Here's a quick time lapse of us walking the streets of Chinatown.
Overall, it was great trip. I think I've gained 5 pounds from eating so much, but I ain't gonna lie...it was worth every bite of every food I ate. LOL. Big thanks to Jay, Migs, Noel & KJ for showing us around and taking us to all the hot spots of NYC. You guys rock and made our vacation "mad" fun! Thanks also to Bev for coming out and spending the trip with me. It was good to have some girl time. I <3 NY. Can't wait to go back (in August?!) Haha...I wish.
Later that night was game 4 of the NBA finals and we headed out to ESPN Zone to watch the game. Surprisingly, there were still a bunch of Lakers fans in the East Coast too, and again I was cheering with maybe two other Magic fans.
After the game, we headed out to Pop Burger to meet up with Pierre's friend KJ, who was DJing there that night. Jeff's cousin and friends also got in touch with me and came out to meet us. It was cool how we've never met these folks before and how comfortable it felt just hanging out with them as if we've known them for years. Pop Burger had some "mad" delicious burgers and probably one of the best fried calamari I've ever tasted.
The next day, we headed out to Brooklyn and met up with KJ again. He took us to Grimaldi's Pizzaria which is known to be one of the best pizza places in NY. It was pretty tasty, but I prefer deep dish pizza over thin crust. Afterwards, we went to get ice cream for dessert right under the Brooklyn bridge and enjoyed the nice scenery of Manhattan and the two bridges. KJ also took us on a stroll down the streets of Brooklyn where Notorious used to live and where they shot his movie. It was nice to get out of the busy city and walk around a more chill place without crowds of people everywhere.
That night we headed off to SoHo for some bar hopping. The guys met up with us, and took us around to different hot spots. The best part of the night was trying the original Halal Cart on 53rd and 6th. Super long line at 4am but the chicken and lamb over rice plate was "mad" delicious! They need to have that here in the bay.
The next couple days were pretty much spent shopping in SoHo, Manhatten, and Chinatown. I'm a big fan of their mass variety of shoe selections at pretty cheap prices. Not to mention...no tax on shoes and clothes! I think I am going to become a hypebeast. Haha.
Here's a quick time lapse of us walking the streets of Chinatown.
Overall, it was great trip. I think I've gained 5 pounds from eating so much, but I ain't gonna lie...it was worth every bite of every food I ate. LOL. Big thanks to Jay, Migs, Noel & KJ for showing us around and taking us to all the hot spots of NYC. You guys rock and made our vacation "mad" fun! Thanks also to Bev for coming out and spending the trip with me. It was good to have some girl time. I <3 NY. Can't wait to go back (in August?!) Haha...I wish.
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