After a bit of breakfast and coffee on the roof area of our hotel, we took a walk down to the water and along to the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. It was a bit of a mission to get from the waterfront to the start of the bridge, but we found the crowds in the end. … Continue reading Last days in New York: Brooklyn, Katz Deli, and a Halloween Doggy Parade
The morning’s first port of call was Levain Bakery, known for their door-stop sized cookies. The shop front is tiny - blink and you could walk right past it - but the queue out of the door and people taking their Instagram snaps give it away. We indulged and bought a double chocolate chip, an … Continue reading Central Park, a Rangers Game, and the Best Cookies
Today we gave the Lonely Planet architecture walking tour another go that we had to abandon when my phone died. We started at St Patrick’s cathedral, a stunning church on the corner of 51st St and 5th Ave and right by the Rockerfeller Center. It’s worth taking a look inside at it’s huge stained glass … Continue reading New York’s Great Architecture and Top of the Rock day to night
It was bagels again for breakfast, this time from Davidovich Bakery at Chelsea Market. It was a great place to start the day before it started getting busy. There are loads of outlets serving a wide variety of different foods, and this month they’ve gone all out on creepy-as-f**k Halloween displays. Don’t let it put … Continue reading Chelsea Market, the High Line, and a walk around West Village
We were in a mission this morning to make our reservation on the first ferry crossing to Liberty Island to see great Lady Liberty, so a swift breakfast was in order. Dunkin Donuts met our brief and so we briefly admired their Halloween donut names and grabbed our donuts and coffee to go. Mine was … Continue reading The Statue of Liberty and the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
This morning we headed towards Midtown for a museum/shopping day as the weather was fresh! We had our breakfast at Pick a Bagel, a popular spot with a huge range of bagel and topping choices from savoury fish, onion or egg to sweet strawberry cream cheese. I tried the pumpkin bagel with walnut and raisin … Continue reading Bagels, The Met, and Central Park
We started our morning on Sunday at Eataly, an Italian indoor market at the top of the Westfield WTC shopping mall. This is a dream come true for anyone who enjoys cooking or eating Italian food. No area of Italian cuisine is shortchanged at Eataly with separate zones celebrating cheese (including a mozzarella lab), pasta, … Continue reading 9/11 Memorial, Times Square, and Plenty of Pickles
Aaaaand...we're in New York!! After having a few shambolic plane journeys over the summer, this one went refreshingly smoothly - the inevitable turbulence aside. Before we knew it we were through customs and on our way to Manhattan. After a brief pit stop at our hotel, we were off again in the direction of Smorgasburg … Continue reading Smorgasburg Market and Wandering Through Brooklyn
