My first trip to New York City was earlier this year and I couldn’t wait to plan another visit! Each Columbus Day weekend, I visit my dear friend Sarah who lives in Santa Barbara, CA. This year, Sarah had a contract job in New York City so I jumped at the chance to have another big city adventure.
Friday:
Incredible tapas and drinks at Traif
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Dancing at Bembe – We loved the DJ and live drumming! The drinks (mango guava margaritas – yum!) and the music took us back to our Central American travels…
Drinks at Hotel Delmano
Very late night NYC slices at Anna Maria Pizza
Saturday:
Brunch at the Brooklyn Smorgasburg and enjoyed the skyline view
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Checked out arts and crafts at Artists & Fleas
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Enjoyed goats milk salted caramel soft serve from Victory Garden at Father Demo Square, while being serenaded various Sting/The Police songs.
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Checked out Washington Square Park
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Music in the park
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An abandoned pool
Walked down to the Financial District
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One World Trade Center
Across the street from One WTC, historic St Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church. Known as the oldest church and a place of refuge for responders after 9/11.
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Next, browsing at Century 21 Department Store – What a crazy place – it’s like the Nordstrom Rack on crack.
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Breakdancing performance at the subway station
Ace Hotel – Dinner at The Breslin (enjoyed the best kale salad ever), then drinks in their beautiful lobby
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NYC street scene – New York Garden Church and the Empire State Building at night
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Look who we rode the subway with!
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Neighborhood Columbus Day fixture of some sort
Sunday:
Brunch with Evan at Oxford Kitchen
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Sarah, cousin Evan, and I; My dapper streetside juice guy
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Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can’t you see
Browsed the Brooklyn Flea and picked up some jewelry
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Enjoyed the Manhattan skyline from The Ides, the Wythe Hotel’s rooftop bar and then mexican food at Zona Rosa
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Jalapeño Watermelon margarita; sun-kissed skyline
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Monday:
Sarah had to work so I took the subway (all by myself!) to the Green-Wood Cemetery and just wandered around, enjoying the warm fall day.
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The Green-Wood Cemetery entrance
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The chapel
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The controversial Civic Virtue statue
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View from Battle Hill – look closely to find Lady Liberty
After visiting Green-Wood Cemetery, I strolled around Sarah’s Williamsburg neighborhood and checked out the great graffiti.
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Sarah’s NYC fire escape
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I call this one ‘Mean Mug’
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That evening, we scored tickets to the sold out Deltron 3030 concert at the Highline Ballroom.
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After the concert, we returned to Williamsburg and had a drink at Union Pool – a former pool supply store now neighborhood drinking establishment with a taco truck on their outdoor patio.
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We finished off our night with more drinks and dancing at Bembe and a few more pizza slices from Anna Marie.
My flight left very early that morning so I decided to stay up all night, in the city that never sleeps. Until next time, New York…
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NYC Travel Tip: the Time Out Shortlist – New York guidebook, and the HopStop app were invaluable and helped immensely in directing where we needed to go!