Keiana

NYC Trip Spring 2018 :+D

We arrived on Thursday night around 5:20 in La Guardia. We then waited in a 20 minute line for a taxi:D The taxi ride was enjoyable as we got to see the citayyy. Ummm it was 50 dollars tho. wtf. After we checked into our hotel, the Seton Hotel, we walked to Shake Shack which just happened to be next door to us!! I got the Veggie Burger and Bob got the classic Shack Burger and cheese fries with a black and white shake. It was so yummy! Then we walked around and found a local grocery store and grabbed some food for our hotel. We grabbed muffins, apples and bananas, chips, ridgies(sour cream and cheddar knock off ruffles), peanut butter, and bread. After we brought it to our hotel, we went walking to Bryant Park! We sat down on the chairs for a bit, then continued our walk to Times Square. We saw everything including the scary people wearing costumes lol! We went into a Broadway store and the Guitar Center store. Then we started our walk back to the hotel. It was a fun start!

Day 2 <333

Bobs birthday!! We started a little late as Bob had some work to do, so we left our hotel room around 11am. We got the yummy coffee from downstairs (espresso) and started walking around east midtown. We ended up walking north on 5th avenue, running into the Rockefeller, The Plaza, and Central Park! We walked around Central Park, then went to a pizza shop on the lower west side. After eating the delicious pizza, we walked through the park! We ended up at the boat pond and I got to use free bathrooms and we grabbed a coffee and cookie at Le Pain Quotdien. It was so yummy. There was a really funnny squirrel and the birds were walking around the cookie. hhehehehehheh

After we ate, we kept walking through the park. We ended up walking past the Gugenheim and the Met! We walked into the Upper East side, stopping by Bobs old apartment. We stopped at the little park near the river on the upper east side. It was really nice. The weather was dreary, but it was still enjoyable. Bob talked to his grandma and then we started the trek to the subway. Luckily there was a new subway station that we stumbled upon. Oh also we got to pet Cecil the golden retriever!! He was so cuteeeee. We got our metro card, hopped on the subway, and we were off! Back to the hotel. Once we got back, I fell asleep from 7pm-9pm. Whoops! It was a well needed rest. We decided to go out again and we went to a mexican restaurant called Siniqual. It was soooo yummy! There were free chips lmaooooo! The waiter was so nice. We got a veggie fajita. Yum! We stayed until around 11:15pm. Once we left, we tried finding a newspaper so bob could record the events form his birthday. (the main notable thing that happened was that Bill Cosby was found guilt of all three counts of sexual assault….so we are glad we didn’t find the newpaper lmao!)

Day 3

We were TIRED! I slept in until 9:30! RARE. We got ready, grabbed the free espresso downstairs, and headed out. We stopped at Bryant Park for a few minutes, then decided to get H&H Midtown Bagels. We took the subway up and got there. Bob ordered a Blueberry egg and cheese + a tee shirt, and I ordered an Onion Bagel with plain cream cheese…but I got an onion bagel with tuna salad? It was still good tho. We walked to central park to eat, and it was magical! After eating, we walked to The Met and sat on the steps. I took some photos for a group of gals, then we met up with one of Bob’s friends and got some Pizzzzzzzzaaaaa. It was yummmmmmy! He got us into The Met for FREE and we said our goodbyes. Bob and I then walked around the met! We first started at the Asian art but not finding Japanese art -_- After, we saw Greek adn european statues. Omg. that was so cool! I think the coolest was seeing how big the marble and limestone statues were. There were also funeral statues…so they carved the persons face/head into marble and would place their ashes inside this marble box. It is so neat. Then we stopped at the Petrie Cafe and got a coffee, but not before seeing the Oceanic part of the museum. After the Petrie Cafe my legs we hella sore…but I persisted! lmao

We ended up looking at the European paintings section next. We stumbled across a lot of Christ paintings, some a little scarier than others. Then we got to see some Van Goghs, Monets, Degas, and Renoirs. I wish there were more famous female painters :( Anyways, that was cool! After that, we walked across the park! It was very busy and it was sunny :D We ended up on the upper west side to go to Levain Bakery. It was worth it. We got a chocolate chip and walnut and a double chocolate chip cookie. I liked the walnut and Bob liked the double chocolate. Worked out perfectly :-) We brought our cookies to Riverside Park and sat, ate, and people watched. After we ate, we facetimed with bobs mom who was watching Suki. He was so excited!

We started walking towards the Subway and took it all the way down to Times Square. We saw some interesting characters on the subway and near Times Square. Needless to say we were getting eager to go back to Suki and our apartment lololll

Later that night we watched some Modern Family in the hotel room and ordered Shake Shack. I got the veggie again and bob got the crispy chicken burger-sooirrr good! It was rainy outside, so it was a perfect way to spend our last night in the city.

The next day we had a bit of an early start as check out was 11am. The hotel was kind enough to hold our bags so we were able to roam the city in the afternoon! We started out getting espresso from the free coffee machine in the hallway, then headed to Bryant Park with our muffins. It was so nice :-) Sunny and in the mid 50′s. We sat and ate, then made our way to the Empire State building. We continued down 5th avenue to Madison Square park and people watched. We got to see the Flatiron building and saw cute dogs everywhere! We then went to Wagamama. It was ok…I’m not sure if I would recommend. The chicken katsu was good for a food chain serving Japanese food. After eating, we made our way back to the New York Library! We went through a neat 60′s-70′s exhibit then made our way up to the third floor and saw the main study rooms. It was so cool. I was so excited to be there! We then rushed to Rockefeller, took some photos, ran into a bakery to find Black and White cookies, then ran into Magnolia Bakery because we couldn’t find the black and white cookie, then ran into a little deli and finally found black and white cookies. YAY! We persisted yet again. We made it back just in time to grab our luggage from the hotel (Seton Hotel….the best/cutest place to stay on a budget in NYC.) We hung out in the lounge and got picked up and taken to the airport in a Lyft! :D

I am currently writing this at La Guardia, where we just ate a really yummy pizza from Angelino’s. 10/10 recommend. It was such a fun trip! I can’t wait to come back soon.