Friends Part Deux

It was a frigid day in NYC on NYE as people bustled through the streets. Mere and I were feeling a little blue that it was our last day but quickly perked up as little snowflakes fell from the heavens. 

The day was devoted to knocking off the first item off my bucket list - ice skating in NYC!

We trotted off to Bryant Park with our snow caps, mittens, and booties. The park was flanked with leftover Christmas cheer and wrapped with quaint little shops. It seemed only fitting to pop into a few.

Try prying this off Lo's wrist. Doesn't everyone deserve a little Chanel?

We all seemed to be needing a little perk in our step or shall I say liquid courage before we braved the ice. The gals and myself plopped down near the outdoor fire pit and cozied up for some warm rum and apple cider.

We laughed and we chatted until we were frozen to the bone.

I made the executive decision that having drinks with my girls watching other people ice skate was close enough to me actually ice skating. So let's just consider that item checked off, why don't we.

Technology can't live with it can't live without it.

Once we were good and frozen, we gulped down the rest of our hot toddies and strolled on over to the New York Public Library. What a beaut!

The lady of the hour was quite smitten with stacks upon stacks of literary wonder.

These were the very steps that Carrie Bradshaw glided up and minutes later frantically ran down in dismay in her gorgeous Vivienne Westwood gown. All my SATC readers know what I'm referring to.

I hate to break it to you folks, but that's all that is left from our adventures in NYC. Back to the cold, harsh reality of the real world.

xoxo,

Bee

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Bryant Park Winter Village

Bryant Park is one of my favorite spots in New York on a normal day, but at the holidays it gets all dressed up as a winter village that makes it extra special spot. I've covered about every inch of the village, but any time I'm in the vicinity I manage to find an excuse to go back and roam around some more.

 These mini green houses are pop-up shops and cover the whole park. There's food, art, Christmas shops, and boutiques. Basically it's a one stop shop for Christmas shoppers.

 In the center of the park they've put in a giant ice rink, a staple for any winter village.

Perfect combo.

 This place is genius. It's a two story bar and restaurant built temporarily for the winter village. It overlooks the ice rink, so once you're good and frozen you can go sit by the space heaters with a cocktail to warm back up. Given my lack of figure skating skills, my personal plan would be to just camp out here and watch everyone on the rink try not to fall down.

 Bryant Park Grill seems like a charming little place that I can't wait to try, expect a post about it soon.

Merry Christmas!

XO,
Lo

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NYC Part 1

This week I'm hitting up the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, the...yes I'm going to keep using as many cliches as I can think of. Sorry. I flew in for a long weekend with three of my favorite girls. We met during study abroad last summer and have decided to keep the travel going. I visited them in Atlanta earlier in the year and this time we decided to do it big and go to NYC. Travel weary and a bit delirious, we got in Thursday afternoon and headed straight out on the town. First stop: Times Square.

Introductions are in order. Meet Ceci, Katie and Shayda. Ceci, ever the little traveler, just wrapped up a cross country roadtrip from California to New York. I'm jealous.

Dinner was at John's Pizza. It's housed in an old church which provided quite a beautiful little setting for dinner.

By far my favorite sangria I've ever had. Not too sweet and not too dry.

 We had the bruschetta pizza on whole wheat dough. So so yummy.

The famous Macy's at Herald Square (sadly minus all the Rockettes dancing like on Thanksgiving day). You could easily spend half of a day roaming all the floors. I spent a little too much time in the shoe section.

Our fearless leader hailing our cab.

 Up and at 'em for day two. On the agenda is roaming through Chinatown and Soho.

Loving their bubble teas in Chinatown.

Lunch was at Burger + Barrell in Soho. I happen to completely agree with their sign.

 I had the truffle burger served with truffle fries. It sounded like a great plan, and it was really good, but half way through I was experiencing truffle overload. I still managed to eat most of it though.

After lunch we took the subway to Grand Central to have a look around....

Ceci and I playing at the whispering wall. If you stand and talk into one corner the person can hear you at the opposite end.

I think the Chrysler building is my favorite of the skyline.

We then headed over to Bryant Park, possibly one of my favorite spots in the city. In just a couple weeks they'll be setting up for fashion week here.

Shayda and I had a mini photo shoot while we were there. When I say mini I mean like thirty pics of each other. 

This was a HUGE moment. Grom is a gelato chain we discovered while we were all in Italy together and visited it almost daily. NYC is the only location in the U.S., so I have been dreaming about visiting for months.

I had pistachio, salted carmel, and crema di grom (vanilla with graham cracker and chocolate pieces). If you ever find yourself near a Grom, GO! It is without a doubt the best.

Content after our gelato fix, we wrapped up day two and headed back to the hotel. There's tons more left for us to do in the city so check back tomorrow for more adventuring!

XO,

Lo

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