So I figured I would wait until I had pictures to put up here. But when we went to NYC I hung out with a friend of mine and she took almost all the pictures of us hanging out in NYC on her camera, to lessen the pictures needed to be taken on different cameras, and I haven't gotten all those pictures yet. So I figured I would just load up what I had taken.
Our adventure started at 4:00am on Sunday morning. We had to be at the school at 5am to catch the bus to the airport. It was brutal, I slept like 2 hours total and was a zombie. Don't worry that I sat next to this girl on the plane (I didn't know her) who fell asleep on my shoulder. I was so bugged. I couldn't get her to flop the other way either so I ended up having to get up to make her move. I watched a movie on the way out cause I couldn't fall asleep. We got to NYC at 3:30 their time. It was cold and so different. We rode a taxi to our hotel, I thought I was going to die. They aren't kidding when they say the drivers are scary and the taxis don't stop. We made it one piece and were glad. We spent the first night in Times Square and ate at the hard rock. It was so good.
Times Square.. a huge place full of wind!!
Day two we walked to the MOMA (Modern Museum of Art). We were there for like 8 hours, there was so much to see. Later that night we went to Rockafeller center. We watched people skating. It was cool to see, and I walked through Sax Fifth Ave just to say I had cause we all know I couldn't afford the cheapest thing in there. It was a blast. We spent that night at a bookstore called Strands. It has 18 miles of books. It is crazy. After all this we went home and called it a night.
The MOMA..
Rockafeller Center
Day Three we went to a graphic design firm in Chelsea. It was pretty neat, it was called spotco and they do a whole bunch of ads for the the broadway shows. It was neat to see all the things in the works. After this we ate at a great little cafe and then walked around the galleries in Chelsea. There was honestly like 3 whole blocks full of galleries. After we saw all this we got on the subway, and went to Brooklyn. It was a fun town. I liked it. We went and saw a graphic designer who works out there and got to talk to him for a while. Very fun. When we finished we went to the Brooklyn Bridge, SO pretty. It was part of my favorite things we did there. After that we ate at a wonderful pizza place called Grimaldis. If you ever make it to Brooklyn try it, it is the best pizza I have had in america. It is right under the Brooklyn bridge. Then we walked to Juniors, famous for NY Cheesecake and bought a slice. We then rode home and ate the spoils. We then went to the MET to shoot pictures. We walked through central park, so pretty and huge. Don't worry we didn't make it home until 3:30a. SO tired!!
Brooklyn Bridge..
Day Four we went to saw a photographer in Chelsea named John Moe. It was so neat to meet him. He is originally from Utah but moved there and is very successful. I loved meeting him. That afternoon we went to the society of illustrators and had some lunch. I ate at a place called Green Cafe, it was good. They custom made me a caesar salad and it was so good. We also stopped by Dylan's Candy Bar, yum! After all this we went to meet the photo editor of People magazine. We got to go up into the workings of the place and see some of their photo database. It was pretty neat to see, I think this was my favorite part of the whole trip. I loved seeing all this come to life. After finishing at people we decided to hit up the world trade center. We traveled down there just to discover that it is a hole in the ground. We missed making it to the only little museum they had by a 1/2 hour. But when it is finially all rebuilt it will be so neat.
Day Five we spent the whole day inside of the MET. It most likely would have taken 2 days to see it all if we had the time. I only got to see 8 of the 20 exhibits which is sad on all levels. But it was fun, my feet were so sore when I finished and I was pooped. We ate dinner and walked around we went and saw grand central station and the empire state building. We called it a night early seeing how we were so tired from walking all around.
Empire State Building.. it was green for St. Patricks
Day Six was a free day. I got up and went shopping in SoHo alone, since my pal Rachel was in an appointment with her internship. I loved it. It was the best shopping place out there by far and it was nice to be alone without a group of people to stay up with. I met up with her later and we rode the staten island ferry to see the statue of liberty. She is pretty and smaller than I thought but it was neat. We liked it. After we went back, hit up a few more shops. We stopped by our hotel and dropped off everything and went to eat at a place called Angelo's Pizza it is right next door to the David Letterman show. After that we went to Magnolia's Bakery, by far the best cupcake I have ever had. When we finished that we went with Rachel's friend Jessica to get the Twilight movie. We stood outside Madison Square Garden for the movie and froze but it was fun. We went home and packed since the next day we were going home.
The Statue of Liberty..
Day Seven we spent the morning inside the Guggenheim. It was pretty cool. I liked it. After that Rachel and I ditched the next museum and went to Central Park. We watched some Acrobats, they were pretty neat and then had a Gray's Papaya hot dog. Yum. Then we went shopping and then back to the hotel. We grabbed our luggage and hopped onto the subway. We rode for like 45 minutes, next to I swear what was a dead guy, and then got off to go the airport. We rode the airtrain and arrived at the airport shortly afterwards. It was a great trip! I told Cody when I got home that night that I was glad to see him and Tyke but I wish it was in NYC. I loved it and would love to go back or even live there. It is amazing if you ever get the chance to hang out there take it!!
inside the Guggenheim..
The Acrobats in Central Park..
