Well, after 5 days in New York City, my best friend Jesse and I are home and mostly recovered. We did and saw SO MUCH in such a small amount of time. We walked about 6 miles a day and slept about 3-4 hours a night…needless to say, we were pretty tired puppies when we got home.
I have a lot to say about New York City in the next few blogs, but the first thing I want to say is that The Big Apple is NOTHING like we expected it to be. We expected it to be dirty, stinky, and filled with grumpy, rude thieves. I bought a thing of mace just for the trip, and was extra careful about my things being stolen. We thought that it would have a sense of high stress, and that everyone would be running over us trying to get somewhere. We thought that people would either ignore us if we asked for directions or help, or that we’d get yelled at for doing so. We could not have been more wrong!
The people of New York were just as kind and laid back as they are here in Seattle. Anytime we needed help with directions, not only did people stop to help us, but they were completely friendly, some of them taking the extra time to talk about the city that they love so much. New York is definitely busy, but not the kind of high stress busy that we were expecting. In all honesty, I felt just as safe anywhere in the city as I would in my own town. Really! It was amazing! So I have to say that if you are thinking of visiting NYC, but are concerned about the stigma that goes along with it…DON’T BE! It’s a really really awesome city!
So here is Day 1 of a 5 part blog. I don’t mean to be like one of those annoying people who sends you a Christmas card once a year and only brags about their wonderful vacation…wait a minute, yes I do! Let the bragging begin!!!!!!
We started out at 4am to catch our flight. We were both tired but really excited!
No, he’s not actually our pilot, but he is A pilot and let us wear his hat!
Waiting…waiting…waiting….
Once we got to the city, we dropped our stuff off at OUR HOTEL and immediately headed out on the town! Of course, the first place we hit up was a store called SHOEGASM, which is only the coolest shoe store ever!
After shopping for a few more hours, we were famished and found a cute little Italian Restaurant to grab some food.
By the time we were done with dinner, we were pretty tired. We figured we’d wander back in the general direction of our hotel and then hit the sack. As we were walking, we noticed that down the street, the buildings seemed to be glowing…we realized that it just HAD to be Times Square! We hadn’t planned on going to Times Square until later in the week, but we figured since it was only 25 blocks away, that’d we’d just go! I have to say, it was a lot more fun sort of stumbling upon it that it would have been to plan out our visit there…made it a lot more exciting! We felt SO adventurous!!!!
Jesse was a little star-struck…okay, so was I. Times Square was BEAUTIFUL!
Yes, that is Jesse sprawled out on the sidewalk in front of Hard Rock….we got a lot of weird looks this trip.
On our way home (at 2am, might I add) we found this cool spot and did a mini photoshoot.
Day 1 in New York was FANTASTIC! Keep your eyes peeled for my next blog on Day 2!
Finally!!! I can't wait to see the rest of the pics. I really love the one of you on the red steps.
Looks like fun! Next time you go, take me with you! Please! =)
TTFN, Rina
1st of all….I WANTED TO GO! 2nd….I want those red strappy shoes….3rd..I want that dessert…badly.. 4th…you actually get a lot of strange looks where ever you go!
5th..ARE YOU LOOKING UP THAT GIRLS SKIRT?! 
-Erin Rily
I have never wanted to go to New York before now. It looks so awesome.
I love it!!!!!! Can't wait for more!
I really like the times square perspective shots. They look great!
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