NYC Day 1

Jono and I are visiting New York this week- neither of us have ever been.

We arrived yesterday and had a fairly smooth transit to our apartment for the week, located on 116th st - a little too far Uptown for my liking. Once inside the place it became very clear to both of us that a trip to the laundromat was necessary. So, with sheets in tow, we made our way through this "eclectic" (sketchy can also be inserted here) neighborhood at midnight. We survived this outing, although we are absolutely convinced we saw a Mafia deal going down on our way back. Of course my husband, being a superhero, immediately got to work on scrubbing the bathroom once we got back to the apartment. Now we have a squeeky clean powder room. I love him.

We intended on starting the day Bright and early this morning, only to wake up at 10.30am, although dismayed at first we soon realized that the New York day goes deep into the night and not much time had been wasted.

Ready for the Day!

Our Apartment Building

We decided to hit up the Metropolitan museum. After wandering around Central Park much longer than we originally intended we finally found it. I really enjoyed the Met: the medieval display was my favorite. The coolest thing about the Met is the snappy-pin-thingys they give you as a ticket- this way you can sport your little pin all day letting the whole city know you are a tourist. Can you spot our pins in the pics?

Getting lost in Central Park is fun

Next up was Times Square. On our way there we stopped at the Rockefellar Center and had an AMAZING apple pastry at the Subway station there. Good times.

Once we got to Times Square we noticed everyone gazing at one Jumbotron in particular: this was because the NFL people were about to announce where the 2014 Superbowl was going to be held- NYC was in the running. Jono and I took a seat on the stadium seating located at the north end of the square. Within a few minutes the results were in for the NFL vote and NYC had won. It was cool to see everyone's reaction. We were almost on TV but were obviously not enthusiastic enough to make the 3sec shot.

After people-watching for quite some time we hit up Chelsea and had GRAY's Papaya pineapple juice while watching a man get arrested for trying to take his pant off in public- a valid reason in my opinion for getting arrested.

*Sidenote* we stopped at what we thought was an authentic pizza place for lunch, which ended up being really crappy.

After our refreshing pineapple fix, we walked to the Flatiron building and sat in Madison Square Park watching the squirrels harass the people. Extremely amusing. From Chelsea we went down to Greenwich Village and enjoyed Washington Square Park. I love the arch in this park, and kept thinking of "I am Legend", since Will Smith's character lived right on the square in the movie. Then we walked along Bleecker st and checked out all the cool little restaurants along the way. This part of the city really reminded us both of Cape Town. We then made our way back to Times Square to soak up the City lights (because according to Alicia Keys "they will inspire you") Feeling truly inspired we decided to call it a day and head home.

Photo of the Day: On the Rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum. I heart New York.