Now you're in New York

My sister has come to visit me! So for the first time i have really gotten into the sightseeing scene in the city that never sleeps. We had an exciting yet exhausting packed weekend the one just been so i thought i should show you some snaps :)


On Friday night we got all dolled up (/ i had just gotten off work so got dressed in the car on the way and did my makeup on the train) and went to the very famous radio city christmas spectacular with the rockettes which was truely quite amazing! i do have to admit im not much of a festive person myself but after watching this its hard not to get excited about my first ever white christmas. there was an ice skating rink on stage, three camels (real alive camels! which made me a little sad, but still impressive), four sheep, two goats, dancing teddy bears, a moving bus, and some pretty trippy choreography which kept you guessing where people kept coming from. After the show we heading up town to a friends apartment for a few drinks before heading all the way back down town to a bar called Down the Hatch in the east village, which is my new all time favorite bar in the city.

The next day (after two hours sleep) we where up bright and early feeling a little crippled and hungover and set out on our day of sightseeing. we walked the streets of greenwich village and the lower east side just cause thats a fun things to do, stopped at few shops and ate a scrummy yummy meal of spinach and walnut gnocchi. Then Sunday was all about upper manhatten.





Nivonne had her first experience of the new york food stands on the street, some kind of hazelnut thing, although i had already warned her everything from those stands are pretty foul.



we stopped by Brynt park, which was looking very pretty and festive, to get Max Brenner hot chocolates and then made our way up up up town through central park (of course stopping to get a little ice skating in) to the Solomon Guggenhein art museum before heading back to the New York City Library, dinner at a romantic asian bristo in times square and Madam Tussauds wax museum then BED! with blistered feet and aching legs. i have to say i was almost relieved to go back to work on monday and relax a little.






All in all it was a magical weekend- thanks New York! Next weekend- Boston after our tradition Thanksgiving dinner with the family tomorrow

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!