Gossip Girl, Gyros, & Great Food | New York Photo Diary

Hello lovely reader! Today I wanted to share "Part 2" of my New York Photo Diary with you! It shows what I got up to starting around the second or third day and into the fourth day. By this point we felt as though we had somewhat mastered the subway system and were able to explore some new areas. If you haven't seen Part 1, "Chelsea, Cupcakes, and Challis", you can check it out here! Enjoy!

Grand Central Station

Gyro's in Bryant Park. I wish I had taken more pictures of this area. It was so picturesque with tables with umbrellas, places to play chess, and a gorgeous old carousel.

On this particular evening we went to a lovely Italian restaurant called Pietrasanta. All their pasta is homemade and it is located just outside of the Theater District which was where we were headed afterwards to see a show. It was delicious and it was evident that this pasta was fresh!

After dinner we headed over to the New Amsterdam Theater to see Aladdin. The theater was absolutely stunning and the show was fabulous! I would highly recommend it, the story is one that kids can recognize and understand but the jokes are actually more for the adults. They even add stuff relevant to today, I mean where else can you see Genie singing "Work" by Rihanna?

 

The Plaza Hotel

Eloise! Now some of you who have followed this blog for a while will now that I absolutely adore Eloise, the books, the movies, her attitude towards life, so getting to go to the Plaza and see this was pretty special for me.

Chelsea Market was one of my absolute favorite places and I would say it is a must visit. We went around lunch time and it was perfect to grab some fantastic Mexican food and ice cream for dessert. It was quite busy which I'm pretty sure it always is but the inside is just so cool and quirky.

Eleni's New York

LOS TACOS No. 1

Chicken Quesadillas, Chips, Guacamole, & Salsa = Well deserved after all the walking. This guacamole was some of the best I've had as well as the salsa. Again, everything tasted extremely fresh and the meat had great flavor.

Dessert Time at Chelsea Creamline

Strawberry Ice Cream

So that's Part 2! Have you been to any of these places? Are you craving all these foods just as much as I am now?? I'm not sure how many parts total there will be to this photo diary but it's looking like there will be at least 3 more, so keep an eye out for them! Xx

Chelsea, Cupcakes, and Challis | New York Photo Diary

Hello lovely reader! As you may know, within the last few years, I have become really fanatical about traveling. Whether it's going on a one hour road trip to somewhere with a friend or flying across the country to a new city and state, I love going to new places and discovering different areas. I find it so inspiring, visiting somewhere I've never been and having a completely open mind as to what it will be like. After having this somewhat new appreciation for doing so, I one day hope to have a career in which I can travel all over the world. This being said, a few weeks ago I went to New York City for the first time. As someone who is studying to work in the fashion industry, it was an understatement to say that I was thrilled with the opportunity to go. I was there for one week and the trip was "go-go-go" but amazing. We stayed in Chelsea which was a fantastic location and I highly recommend it, especially if you have never been to New York before. It was far enough out from the Times Square area that there weren't mobs of tourists but also close enough that you could easily walk to the iconic location. It is also the flower district, so getting to wake up to streets lined with fresh flowers every morning was pretty great. My friends and I made an effort to see as many different areas as we could. I took tons of pictures so I'm going to break them up into a few posts, starting with the first couple of days.

We stopped at a cool little bakeshop "Baked by Melissa" which we later discovered can be found all over the city. These little bite size treats are delicious! I was surprised by how moist they were, the little cupcake even has a filling inside. I got a snicker doodle macaroon, a sugar cookie macaroon, and a rainbow crunch cupcake. Perfect for to fulfill your sweet tooth while walking around!!

 

 

 

 

 

Swatch! If you watch Project Runway, you will understand that this was a moment

SoHo

SoHo Park

 

The first day we stopped at a hole in the wall pizza/gyro place which actually was pretty good and then headed over to check out Times Sqaure. It is very busy and full of tourists so I would suggest doing this towards the beginning if you don't want to have to deal with all the people again. The next day we went to SoHo and shopped around. I really liked the area with the cobble stone streets and cool old architectural buildings. We had dinner at SoHo Park and it was perfect! After walking all day you definitely build up an appetite. The setting is also really cute with an outdoor feel indoors and a nice beer garden patio area. Later that night my friend and I went to Rockefeller Center to do "Top of the Rock". This is something that I highly suggest doing. They take you 850 feet up and the view is stunning, it was particularly beautiful at night but I think it would be equally as amazing to do during the day!

Have you been to any of these NYC spots? Xx