new york
Loved my quick trip to New York last week with my daughter. The purpose of our trip was to explore the downtown area with the intent of getting a feel for what it might be like to live there as she will be moving in December. We stayed in SoHo at The James and were very happy with our choice. We roamed around on foot, explored the parks, restaurants, and streets and accomplished exactly what we set out to do.
I have so much to tell you it's not even funny. I've listed below the five best and worst experiences on the trip, and will elaborate this week as noted.
A very charming apartment courtyard setting in Greenwich Village
FIVE BEST EXPERIENCES
1. Complimentary Mercedes to dinner, provided by hotel, after nightmare cab ride from airport. (See #1 WORST)
Air conditioner was never more appreciated during transportation to dinner.
2. Tagliatelle Bolognese ~ L'Artusi (restaurant post coming)
3. Pappardelle Bolognese ~ Babbo (restaurant post coming)
4. Tagliatelli Ragu Antica ~ Osteria Morini (restaurant post coming)
5. First four hours at Bergdorf Goodman
Shopping is awesome for the first four hours.
Runner up: Mackenzie-Childs store (mc post coming)
Runner up: Sticky's Finger Joint (restaurant post coming)
FIVE WORST EXPERIENCES
1. Cab ride from airport ~ 101 degrees/broken air conditioner/heat exhaustion
I have never been more miserable in all my life. I will spare you the pitiful whining I could fill an entire post with.
2. Torrential downpour
Let's just say a torrential downpour does not go well with a planned day of shopping in New York. Getting a cab is impossible, ruining your shoes is highly likely, and falling while juggling an umbrella and your belongings in plastic bags is basically unavoidable.
3. Heartburn/Soul Cycle cancellation
We researched and analyzed the instructors, handpicked our favorite, jumped through hoops to get in her class, and could not wait to experience a Soul Cycle session with Janet. When I woke up with heartburn or heart attack, Urgent Care seemed a more appropriate destination for 9:30am. So sad and such a disappointment. (It was heartburn, very painful heartburn.)
4. Sleep No More/heat exhaustion/body odor/gas
I will be devoting an entire post to my personal review of Sleep No More, an unusual interactive play held at The McKittrick Hotel in Chelsea.
5. The fifth hour at Bergdorf Goodman
Shopping is awesome, but not for one minute more than four hours. The fifth hour is better described as hell. We hated shopping's guts and wanted to escape shopping prison ASAP. (Hence the eventual application of plastic to our bodies and scrambling to the subway in torrential downpour... See #2 WORST)
Next up:
Restaurant post