I Love New York!
[ 30 August 2007 ]
New York is my favourite city in the entire world. I have been obsessed with it since I was a child — it seemed like the total opposite of the sleepy city in which I grew up. Last year, I visited for the first time, & it kick-started a love affair. You know those ‘I 
NYC’ t-shirts which are totally cheesy & awful? Well, when I was there, I wanted to buy one. (In fact, I still kinda want one…) To me, it is the happiest place on earth. It’s big & noisy & neon & alive.
When we were in the cab hurtling towards the city from the airport, I screamed with excitement when I saw the skyline. We arrived on the 12th of September — the night before my birthday — & after we checked into the Hotel Chelsea (love), we walked up to Times Square, where I celebrated my 23rd birthday. It was amazing.
The Hotel Chelsea.
We stayed there for two weeks, & I loved every second of it. The energy there is incredible, the city practically hums with the activity, & it really pumped me up.
The food was amazing. We were staying close to Pizza 33, which I believe does the best pizza in the world (though I may be biased). We ate a lot of hot dogs (mostly at Chelsea Papaya). We found an amazing Chinese restaurant which delivered us hot boxes of General Tso’s chicken (see also) — the most delicious thing I have ever eaten, which I have never found anywhere else. We visited Baskin Robbins at 2am: I was wearing a pink afro wig & I danced with a thug to the hip hop on the radio. I visited the delicatessen next to the hotel every day & loaded up on sugary beverages, peanut-butter flavoured everything, Starbucks in a can, etc. I could eat myself into a coma in that city.
We went to Burning Man after-parties. We celebrated the two year anniversary of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. I actually managed to make friends with people in the hotel. I had my half-sleeve done by Tim Kern, genius tattoo artist. I went into the Christian Louboutin store on Fifth Avenue & almost passed out with excitement. (Ditto the Apple store.) I hung out in Patricia Field‘s store in the Bowery, talked about magazines with the sales assistants & was invited to a party (which I couldn’t go to because by then we were in London!). I crawled on the Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park & made menacing faces at the children so I could get a photo alone… but they kept coming closer because they wanted to touch my hair! There was also an impromptu skate disco in the park that day.
I am dying to go back. I plan on being there for Fashion Week 2008 (which coincides very nicely with my birthday, & Burning Man in Nevada). I want to go to Magnolia Bakery, allegedly the home of the best cupcakes in the world. I am dying for a membership to the Soho House! I want to go inside the Plaza Hotel, which was closed for refurbishments when we were there. I want to spend a lot more time in Christian Louboutin & I want to salivate in Manolo Blahnik on West 54th Street.
Ways to get your NYC fix:
Read old, creased copies of The Babysitter’s Club (especially Super Special #6, New York, New York! or anything featuring Stacey or LAINE her snobby friend!)
Flick through the pages of Eloise: The Ultimate Edition by Kay Thompson — the most adorable book about a 6 year girl living in the Plaza Hotel!
Laugh your butt off at Overheard in New York: making eavesdropping socially acceptable!
Cringe at American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis — very gory, but one of my favourites. A quintessentially New York book.
Read the exceptional archives of Siobhan, a fabulous writer who used to live in NYC. She definitely fuelled my obsession with the city for a long time. (Go back to 1999 & read the whole thing.)
Grab a bag of popcorn, pull the blinds & embroil yourself in Ghostbusters! (Bill Murray for life!)
Embrace the shoulderpads in The Secret Of My Success!
Drool over the eye-candy in Hackers (& giggle at the rollerblades).
Ditto in Cruel Intentions...
Turn your brain off & enjoy the silliness of New York Minute!
& of course, the Sex & The City collector’s giftset is always a good way to spend some time!
Videos:
Madonna — I Love New York — a montage set to her song about New York.
A timelapse of the skyline — gorgeous.
Another timelapse — only 5 seconds, but worth it.
The Chelsea Hotel: If These Walls Could Talk — an interview with the hotel’s owner & some history.
New Year’s Eve 2007 in Times Square! — I don’t know what he’s saying, but it is exciting anyway!
Walking through Times Square — technology makes me so happy.
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen in New York City — two three of my favourite things!
Tell me about your love affair with glorious New York City!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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I used to read the babysitter club series religiously~! I can’t believe I forgot about them. My copies were already old and creased because I checked out about 10 of them at a time from the library weekly. n______n~
I just got back from a New York vacation a couple of weeks ago! I have now been 3 times, and I agree that it is one of my most favourite places on earth. I could live there and love every minute of it! The subway, the people, the history, the shopping….purrr!*
I did some journalling of my trip…if anyone’s interested please take a look:
http://lesleydenford.blogspot.com/2007/08/just-listen-to-rhythm-of-traffic-in.html
and
http://lesleydenford.blogspot.com/2007/08/ive-never-been-so-lost-ive-never-felt.html
(Sorry, I don’t know how to hyperlink those here!)
I live in Toronto right now, which is a big city not that far from NYC, but it’s still not the same. I feel like I have some sort of connection with New York, and I can’t wait to go back. *
Oh – and I also have pictures of myself on the Alice in Wonderland statue! I had to sneak my way in because of all the kids that were there. I know what you went through to get that photo…hahaha. :)
We took my mum there for a surprise birthday trip for her fortieth birthday. Despite a fairly disastrous stint at Heathrow (aren’t all stints at Heathrow?), we had a fabulous weekend. I don’t remember laughing quite so hard since!
I think my favourite movies for an NY fix are Annie Hall and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I just love Diane Keaton and Audrey Hepburn’s style in those movies. True individuals!!
oh, nyc. i miss it so much. if i could do, i’d still be living there, but alas! :)
as far as pizza is concerned, i’m not sure about the place you mentioned (never heard of it), but some of my favorites were the classics: lombardi’s (super ancient pizza joint in little italy, the birthplace of NY style pizza, begun in 1905, the US’s first pizzeria). and grimaldi, near the brooklyn bridge, on the brooklyn side. they both use coal fired ovens to cook the pizza, which comes out in about 7 minutes. the bottom side of the pizza is ever so slightly crispy. and they taste super fresh because of that. i’m drooling just thinking about it.
for a twist on the typical pizza, there’s also “two boots,” which has shops all over the city. “two boots” refers to the boot of italy and the boot of louisiana. some of the pizza flavors there have a subtle cajin influence, particularly the “bayou beast,” which has crawfish, jalapenos, andouille sausage, etc. they had a great spicy sauce that was totally original.
as for other great aspects and destinations in NYC, i could basically rattle on forever…but won’t, as it’ll make me too sad! :P
sob
NYC is amazing, the vibe is alive 24/7!!! Only thing I’d say is that Pizza Uno in Chicago produces the best pizza in the world!!!
Gala – do your legs not get tired after walking around cities all day in your fabulous boots?
I too love NYC. My fella and I went there on our honeymoon: dined at the met, traveled by subway, watched people, gorged on wonderful food, etc, etc, etc. Ahhhh – I miss it.
For another good NYC song: Andrew W K “I love New York City”
Wow, we MUST have been at some of the same parties when you were in NY! Did you perhaps got to Rubulad out in Brooklyn?
Please give me a holler when you return to NY. I’ll even let you crash on my aerobed!
xoox
dicie
ps. Did you hear about the man getting set on fire early?
http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/ http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9767310-7.html
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/08/the-man-burns-i.html
i went there last year on a band trip and it was absolutely amazing. i had kind of a crummy time (thanks to randomly getting sick on the first day and having to stay in Newark New Jersey. hahah!), but i’d love to go back someday not on a preplanned trip and explore on my own!
Hey Gala!
I live in NYC (at least for the next few days), I’d be happy to send you one of those shirts if you like….
Let me know!
Camille
oh, how i love new york. my mom and i used to rent out other people’s apartments in the city for about a week at a time during the summer and it was absolutely wonderful. now i live in portland, oregon and moving to nyc is the only thing on my mind these days. i’m obsessed! i spend each and every evening browsing through old apartments in brooklyn and queens, planning the big move for next summer (if all goes well!)
some of my favorite new york memories:
+a late night at smalls.
+buying a fabulous pair of boots at valentino and getting a discount from valentino himself!
+being completely wide-eyed in the garment district.
+renting an apartment in chelsea with my mom that was decorated with HUGE artwork of man-on-man action.
+spending humid evenings out a fire escape with good reading and my journal.
+the sex & the city tour. terribly cheesy, but we got to see so much of beautiful new york (and i got to see on carrie’s stoop)
+getting cocktails in a bar set up like a massive living room.
+having the best pizza of my life.
+ordering vegetarian chinese food to our hotel room at 2:30 in the morning.
there are too many good ones.
perhaps we shall meet up during fashion week next year!
(oh, and magnolia’s cupcakes were not good at all! i was quite disappointed. but perhaps i am just a cupcake snob.)
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who didn’t enjoy Magnolia’s Cupcakes – there are much better cupcakes in that city! :] (But novelty is novelty if you’re a SATC fan – & there is no arguing that they ARE pretty to look at )
argh, i am DESPERATE to live in nyc one day! i totally agree with you – i grew up in a little town where nothing much happens in england, and i want the excitement of new york!
xoxo
i didn’t like Magnolia’s either. it’s a cute shop, but they were kinda boring tasting.
it’s funny, i used to LOVE NYC, but i live in Jersey…and well, i used to visit every few days. then i lived there and NEVER went out, and then i worked there and ran back to Jersey as fast as i could after work. now i never have to go back into the city if i don’t really want to (save the few times i have to go in for a few hours for a meeting … i work for a fashion company based in the city).
i’m actually kind of a spoiled sport regarding NYC. maybe after a few years of being away, i’ll want to go out and enjoy all that the city has to offer. i understand the lure that it has on people that don’t get to take it for granted though :)
i’m sorry, this comment wasn’t meant to be such a bummer. it is an amazing place, but once you live there…you tend to overlook the amazing parts that other people travel the world to see.
Ah, someone beat me to offering! I got an extra of those t-shirts while I was in New York this summer, and it turned out that the friend I was going to give it to as a ‘present’ (haha) already had one.
“New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down…”
New York is home, where I was born, where I ran wild in my childhood, where I stumbled drunkenly through neon lit streets filled with other kids with funny coloured hair and bits of ink and metal in their skin. I’ve lived all over the country, but the gravity well of this city is ultimately inescapable. I always come back. It’s breaking my heart though.
It gets cleaner and safer day by day but culture is being strangled and homogeneity rules. The city I grew up in is dying if not already dead, the bars and clubs and shops and hangouts that fostered the subcultures and movements and passions of people as varied and resplendent and beautiful as tropical birds have been cleaned away by waves of money. Over the past 5 years I’ve been constantly driven from my neighborhoods as they’re discovered by the well to do and the rents sky rocket into absurdity. It’s an endless struggle to stay afloat and most artists, muscians and writers I know work so hard just to stay here they have no time to work on their passion. One friend literally lives out of his touring van. Another, who’s finally making it as a comic artist, sleeps very little and leaves the house less in order to work her full time job and then make art that will probably take years to garner her enough money to quit her day job if she stays here.
But still, when this city drives me crazy and I dream of Portland, Oregon, or even (oh yes!) fleeing this country altogether, I know I’ll always come back. I know I’ll always love it. It festers in my heart some days, it’s a grudging, resentful love, as much bitterness and loathing as anything else. But those days and nights when those perfect moments happen, those New York moments, and the white noise of 10 million lives occurring on top of each other sings in my ears, that love is pure. I just hope that somewhere in all of the people being driven into cracks by the march of gentrification there exists the passion, boldness and visions that have always made this city the place to be, the place that you love like no other, because it is like no other, and that they’ll find ways to bring back that wild beauty.
Oh, and Magnolia got closed down by the Department of Health, but I’ve long heard that the Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery has the truly greatest cupcakes known to humankind. One of these days I’m going to find out, gluten intolerance be damned!
I was there this summer,( sadly for only a day) and like you, i fell in love immediatelly. My parents though it was too overwhelming; but i cannot wait to move and live there for the rest of my life! My family is planning on visiting the city again in new years eve… and because you have been there a bit longer the i, surely you know all the special little places a tourist must visit without breaking the bank.. if you could make a post about that, you will rock my world forever. hahaha.
tight boots!
never been to NYC, though.
I ADORE the picture of you on the Alice in Wonderland statue!!!!! It’s too cute!!
Never been to NYC...
Actually the furthest north I’ve ever been is Virginia…sad, I know.
But I absolutely LOVE Sex & The City. :D
Oh, I’d love to go there, I’ve never been. Well, I have, but I didn’t leave the airport. Oh well, I have the whole of my life.
^ Cookie to whoever sees what I accidently did there. I’m tired. Commenting not going good!
You need to come visit Seattle!
Oh, how I love NYC! It’s never dull there, that’s for sure. The vibe of the city is so unique and wonderful, and it just clicks with me. I fully intend to live there after college. I can’t wait!
wendalyn! i absolutely loved reading your comment… amazing writing. :D
ahhhh new york is definitely on my list for a long stay trip. i’m with you gala, i live next to a farm on the edge of the manukau harbour and the diversity and vibrancy of new york is mind boggling… just thinking of the daily experiences one might have while there seem light years away from where i am now. oh, and to totally embarrass myself, i took my little sister to see new york minute when it came out (just cos it was set in new york) and honestly i thought it was quite a clever wee movie. there were some parts where i couldn’t stop laughing even when everyone else had stopped. :P!
Oh, I LOVE General Tso’s chicken. That stuff is so good…with pork fried rice. Mmmm.
This entry made me smile, I absolutely adore New York too. Just being there sort of gives me energy and makes me happy and alive :) I’ve been there twice and am hoping to go back next year, I think it’s kind of a fix I need every two years or so! and hehe, I think it was actually the Babysitters’ Club books that made me first want to go there – Stacy was always the coolest babysitter. ;-)
ohhhh man!!! hackers is the best movie ever! i love how at the hackers-only rave kids are rollerblading down ramps. soooo ’90s. the guy with the braids is my favorite and angelina jolie is so young and beautiful and perfect for the role.
sounds like you had my dream vacation girl!!! burning man, new york, london, + all the fantastic stuff you did along the way.
Me & my mom moved to NY when I was 6. It was the first time I can remember being happy and finding out that there were people that looked like me in the world (I’m mixed race)!!! At first we lived in Queens, close to Junction Blvd/Hollis area and the energy and culture that produced RunDMC (this was 1980-5) was a huge influence on me.
Woe upon woe, we eventually moved back to my lonely childhood in London, but I got to spend the entire summer, every year, living with my cousins and aunts in NY. It was so magical and got me through my hated school and teenage years. I thank NY for giving me something to look forward to and somewhere to be me and to feel at home.
Until I moved to Australia I still visited pretty often; my most memorable trip was in 2001 with my SATC obsessed housemate. It was her dream city and so me and my NY-dwelling, modelesque cousin, took her for cosmos, Broadway shows, manicures, hotdogs on the Circle Line, midnight makeovers in Times Sq. and dress shopping extravaganzas in every store from 50th down …
Talking about New York City time lapse, a professor at NYU’s film school, Amos Poe, just made a feature film (3 hours!!!) and it’s the Empire State Building and the West Village seen from his window for an entire year in time lapse! You can see all the seasons, weathers, and parades of NYC. The film is going to be at the Venice Film Festival-
check out the preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVATI1eR1Dk
www.amospoe.com
re: overheard in new york – have you seen overplot? http://persistent.info/overplot/
it’s overheard in new york vs google maps – totally fascinating.
count me in as a NYC lover – i lived there for three months a couple of years ago, and absolutely fell in love. grey’s papaya is also great for hot dogs (and papaya juice of course). another awesome pizza place is moon pie, i think it’s around avenue B and 2nd street. they do awesome pizza with huge toppings – i remember eating one that had a topping of pasta! soooo good…
Paullina Simons the Girl in Times Square is probably my favourite NYC book.
I’m in love too – I can’t wait to visit there. Maybe in 5 years when I finish my degree and can stop being a broke student.
This is not relative to your post in any way, shape or form but a new shop called ‘Little Cupcakes’ is opening on Degraves St. I was irritating the construction men yesterday and I stealthily [read: blatantly with much excitement ] peered inside the closed door, past the ‘coming soon’ signs to see walls of the most delicious pink…
I don’t know what it is going to stock [please god, let it be edible!] but I know I’m EXCITED like whoa!
Everybody I know who’s lived here for a while has what we call a “love-hate relationship” with NYC. It can be a real struggle just to get through a day – but at the end of that day you usually feel like you’re blessed to be here, and heartbreakingly aware that the diversity of culture has yet again touched you in some way that has made you feel truly alive.
One of my fave places is Alice’s Tea Cup – http://alicesteacup.com/
Eep! I’ll be there in November and I cannot wait. I’ve been re-reading a Francine Pascal series of books called Fearless, which is set in NYC. I used to read them as a teen and they helped me to fall in love with the city. They’re as embarrassing as Babysiiter’s Club books.
I just heard the sad news that Hilly Kristal died, I think he was a great icon of the city.
i second the notion that living in NYC is a love-hate relationship (moreso the hate for me, unfortunately— my choice was Los Angeles, but this was more realistic & the boyfriend’s choice) and also public transportation is a miserable, awful affair. and for the city that never sleeps it’s a pain to find restaurants open for dinner past 11!
i like magnolia’s cupcakes for the sheer commercialism and popularity, but taste-wise you’ll want to check out Crumbs (the one I visit is on the upper west side) and today I had one from Whole Foods (a grocery store) which was REALLY good.
And you will ADORE Alice’s Tea Cup, lunch is fabulous there, and their cupcakes are also thebomb.com/awesome
Hey gala!
I absolutely love reading your site! I am glad you posted this about New York City, also my favorite city EVER. I go at least once or twice a year && I am so amazed about the various things you can do there— bright skyline, amazing food & not to mention… cupcakes!!, shopping in soHo, and broadway plays. For me, a trip to NYC is not complete without having cupcakes at several cupcake shops and magnolia is one of my favorites. I am also an S.A.T.C. fan, so I HAD to try these cupcakes & I hope when you visit NYC again, you will fall in love with them. There are dozens of cupcake bakeries & I know you would enjoy exploring them. Babycakes is one my favorites… vegan cupcakes!
This entry makes me want to go back NOW. Try going in the winter… the snow & the Christmas spirit is just beautiful.
Emily
Yay!!
Thank you for this article and all the feedback from everyone who has commented. Today I booked my flights to NYC (just a holiday) and this article has given me loads of inspiration and idea of things to see and do. Combined with the Las Vegas article you wrote a couple of months back, I am going to be one busy girl!
Now if you could just write an article of things to do in San Diego, LA, and San Francisco and I’ll be all set ;)
I have been to New York three times and I just love that city.
I want to go back someday if I ever get the money.
Some of my favorite memories.
Chinatown
Walking over the Brooklyn Bridge, Twice.
Being brave enough to take the subway.
Times Square at night.
Taking a cheesy sightseeing bus tour my first time there, which was actually good, The whole of mid and lower Manhattan crammed into a couple hours.
And sadly the Trade Center, before and after. I stayed at the hotel there in August 2001 and went back in 2003.
It’s really great to hear everyone’s stories about good times in NYC. I’m stuck here and always fantasize about leaving, if only to go to Yonkers or Jersey or somewhere away from the nonstop tangle of people and noise. Those of us who live here spend an awful lot of time just struggling to pay our rent that we forget there’s a whole city out there that has so many beautiful things. I mean, I live down the street from Central Park and i haven’t gone there for a year! What I can say is that New Yorkers are a great bunch. It’s a pretty permissive place, you can do what you want without a second glance your way, and when you have a problem, people always pitch in and help. There was a car crash outside my building yesterday, and before I could even go downstairs to make sure everyone was alright, there were already people out there directing traffic and hugging a really shooken up couple. (no one was hurt, thank goodness!) New york is the only city I’ve lievd in where this happens, people really do look out for each other and you can always find help when you need it. So, even with our new Starbucks down the street and all the gentrification, I think New Yorkers really make it what it was… if only I’d leave my apartment and go meet them!
Great post, though, thanks! Let us know next time you are here so we can have a picnic in Central Park.
Oh my god, I am DROOLING!!!
I am so obsessed with New York, I tried to convince my parents to let me go on an exchange year there for my grade 10 year.
I am so so so in love with the place, and I STILL haven’t been there. I think I might not want to come back!
falgrlegrhjkashir
Oh! makes wistful face
Now I’m all hyper and unable to sleep, haha!
amuffins hit the nail on the head:
“I’m stuck here and always fantasize about leaving, if only to go to Yonkers or Jersey or somewhere away from the nonstop tangle of people and noise. Those of us who live here spend an awful lot of time just struggling to pay our rent that we forget there’s a whole city out there that has so many beautiful things.”
And agreed about New Yorkers being helpful— I once passed out on the Q (i dont do mornings, crowds, or extremem temperatures very well) and someone caught me, someone else gave up their seat for me, and yet someone else gave me their cup of ice (leftover from coffee). Even though they may have a reputation for being grumpy and un-friendly, New Yorkers always know when to help.
I thank God everything morning that I was born on the East Coast of the USA right across the Hudson River from NYC. I started working in Manhattan a little under a year ago and I still get a thrill walking past Columbus Circle each morning on my way to my job which is located across from Lincoln Center.
NYC is the greatest city in the world. I will never tire of it.
Lesley — I feel a connection with NYC as well. As soon as my feet hit the ground, I felt at home & super-happy. I’ve never had that before! It feels more comfortable to me than the place I grew up… I figure that’s rare & to be embraced!
Amy Paiko — Ha! Heathrow! Last time I was there, there was a “bomb threat” & our flight was cancelled, NIGHTMARE.
Robin Hosking — They’re actually rather light! Plus, I’m used to wearing them… They are the most comfortable shoes I own!
Dicie — Nope, we didn’t make it to Brookyln, but we went to some rooftop party at the Delancey… & another party in a weird bar (in Soho I think) full of fun-fur-covered furniture etc.?
& yes, I did hear about the man burning early! Silly people…
camille — Oui OUI OUI!!
Summer — Wow, that’s amazing. What incredible memories! I’m so envious! Let me know if you’re going to be there for fashion week, of course I would love to meet you!
amber — I know what you mean. It can be easy to get jaded about amazing places (like the way that I am jaded about New Zealand)... but I think that with a little effort, the excitement can be recaptured (if you’re willing to try).
Elizabeth — Aw, you cutie. I will let you know if the previous offer falls through. Thank you for your sweetness!
Wendalyn — Gorgeous comment. It must be hard to see a city warp & change. I think, unfortunately, gentrification is a natural effect of a city which is continuously popular & in which there is only so much land. I’m glad that you’re sticking it out though, even through all the craziness & push/pull. Oh, & I’ve heard of Sugar Sweet cupcakes but I also heard that they are perhaps a little bit too sweet… Only time will tell! I’ll report back next year ;>
Deena — I really don’t know much beyond what I wrote! Tricia Royal (of bitsandbobbins) would be the person to ask, I think…
Renai — I flew from Seattle to New York! I was there staying with my friend Kaia!
nicOla — That sounds incredible, all of it!
Bex[ceptional] — Thank you for telling me! My friend & I went to have a look yesterday. The guy says it is opening next week, but he didn’t know which day, & YES it is going to be a cupcake shop!!!!!! Heart attack!!!
Ritalin — So jealous! For info on what to do in S.F., check out Violet Blue’s SF tourist guide. It’s awesome. Other than that, um, I don’t really know! Eeeep!
amuffins — Yeah, my NY friend Jamie told me that New Yorkers have a bad reputation but that they’re blunt but helpful. He gave this as an example, “Hey! You’re fuckin’ LOST! ...Let me show you where to go.” ;D & yes to picnic in Central Park, but you should go there before I get there!
‘tine — Good for you!
Fingers crossed I’ll be in New York over Christmas/New Year!!!
Was wondering if anyone had tips for shopping especially for clothes. Maybe outlets? We don’t want to be big big spenders so any advice would be loved.
I’m already drooling at the thought of pizza, hot dogs and cupcakes.
oh gala…i get it, i TOTALLY get it! last summer was my first and only trip to nyc and i fell in love with the place. my most favourite thing was finding bryant park and starting our days there having breakfast under the lovely trees. also: walking for hours with no destination in particular and finding wonderful surprises like washington square park (the doggy areas were so much fun to watch) and anthropologie in soho (i think it was soho?). also, eating eating eating at the most incredible vegetarian restaurants i’ve ever been to. faux buffalo wings and coconut shrimp! eep…i was in heaven!
I’ve been reading this blog for forever and a day, and I love going through the archives. I just went to NYC a few weeks ago, and it’s something I’ve wanted to do all my life. I love Central Park, especially that Alice In Wonderland statue.
Never stop posting.