Monday, January 3, 2011

TRIP BACK TO THE BIG APPLE! I just love this place.

So a few weeks ago i was able to go to NewYork City for my second time!  And i have got to say that it gets better every visit! Ahhhh my first time to the big city was amazing, but i have to say that i was a little overwhelmed by all the hussle and bussle out there.  But this second time around i knew exactly what to expect and loved every second of it!!!! We were walking the ENTIRE time there and couldn't stand to stop because there was just too much stuff to see and get done.  I am still amazed with Time Square and how it looks like it's day time with all the lights and people movin around it 24/7.  This whole trip inspired me like crazy as well with all the museums and artwork i was able to see.  You can't walk down a street without seeing some type of artwork.  And the shopping there is INSANE!!! Hello China Town!!!...

So while were where in New York we went and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge.  It's one of my most favorite things to do here in NY.  It was soooo stinkin cold while we were there!!!! That first day i thought i was going to freeze to death!  But luckily the days got a little warmer and i was more prepared for the weather. So our first day there we walked straight off the plane and went to play.  We didn't sleep for almost two days haha.  There was just too much to do and we didn't want to waste any time!  Our first and one of my favorite things we did was get tickets to the JIMMY FALLON SHOW!!!! Ha it was so great!!!! Sir Paul Mccartney was a guest who sang on his show and rocked it.  It was so sweet to see everything that happens behind the scenes on those shows.  We went to lots of museums too.  This is one of my favorite things to do in New York. It is impossible to walk into one of these places and not become inspired in some way.  Our first museum we went to was the MOMA(Museum of Modern ART) This place is awesome!!! And a little crazy...haha.  I loved all the art inside here.  It was funny to hear Andy say he didn't understand a lot of it and just didn't get how some of stuff in there could be considered art...Welcome to the art world ha.  
We also got to go to the American Museum of Natural History! I had heard things about this museum, but i was completely blown away with everything it had to offer.  I mean this place is HUGE!!! And there is soooo much stuff to see and do.  You would have to spend a few days in there to really see everything.  Dinosaurs, butterfly rooms, space, diamonds, stuff about different cultures all over the world, every animal you can think of, and sooo much more.  
I loved just walking through all the famous buildings and streets in NY.  There are so many familiar places because i have seen them on TV shows or movie at one point in my life It's so crazy to see them in real life!  Grand Central, The Plaza, Ground Zero, Serendipity, Carnegie Deli, Time square, etc.... 

This is a video of some guys that we ran into multiple times in the city.  They were awesome and HILARIOUS!   They were always doing crazy flips and dances and were great at interacting with the crowd.  We also ran into some similar guys in the subway who walked in, set a boombox on the ground and started busting out all these crazy moves and flips! It was just like you would see in the movies! I loved it!

There were sooo many stores with awesome artwork in and outside of them!  I didn't even care about looking at the clothes, i was too into the designs and pictures around them.  So one of the things you have to do in NY is eat at some incredible places.  Yes the buildings and city life are amazing, but the food here blows my mind haha!  Every place we ate was AMAZING!!!! I could have blown all my money on the food alone.  We ate at so many different places while we were there but our favorites were  a bbq place called Virgils, a chinese place with this delicious soup in a roll stuff, and the simple carts outside on the streets haha.  They were so good. 
So we shopped the entire time we were there and it was awesome to see all the different stores there, but i gotta say that my favorite place to show there was CHINA TOWN!!!!! This place was great!!!!!! Holy moly you can talk down anything to almost 10$.  And i guess i am cheap cause a lot of the owners got real mad at me for some of the prices i offered hahaha.  But i did land me some cheap perfume, bags, and jewelry for some amazing prices! Some friends i was with landed some Rolex's for 80$ bucks!  Yeah they may not have been the Real Deal, but i don't think you could even tell the difference! 
There was an alley way with tons of fresh fish that you could by and we happened to notice a big garbage can with a price on it.  We were confused until we looked inside and say over 50 frogs just chillin inside ha ha.  I don't think they know what they are in for.
This trip couldn't have been any better!!! We saw as much as we could in the little time that we were there.  To finish things off we went to the amazing Central Park and walked around for awhile.  This could be one of my most favorite places to go.  It is so BEAUTIFUL and is so big that you could get lost trying to make your way around the whole thing.  I gotta say that if one place has it all it's NYC.  I can't wait to go back:)

2 comments:

Kelly Jean said...

Oh my gosh, Jacki!!!! I LOVE THIS POST! NYC is one of my favorite places in this world (if not THE favorite)!!! And you were AT the Jimmy Fallon/Paul McCartney show?!?!! For real!?! Wow. So jealous. And when I tell my dad, he'll be so jealous too :) What a AWESOME trip! I have to DITTO everything you said - because the art is EVERYWHERE in that city, it's sooo inspiring. Ah!! I want to go!!! Love all the pictures - so artistic & you're so gorgeous!

Kamille said...

Love it!!!!