We arrived in NYC on Wednesday Sept 27 at about 5pm. After picking up our baggage we made our way to curbside for our pre booked car. We were disappointed that a smart looking driver in uniform Was not greeting us with a nicely letter sign! The van was kind of junky and there were other passengers as well! Never mind we arrived and nothing could dampen our spirits.
After sorting ourselves out in our rooms, which are quite lovely, we hightailed it to the 23rd floor for prosecco and snacks.
We had booked dinner at a restaurant in Nolita called the Emporium.......pizza recommended by Sandy's daughter and another friend and it did not disappoint! We saw quite a few interesting shops on our walk to and from. And so ended our first day.
Day Two
We are so busy, such a full schedule here in New York that I hardly find time to record our day! This morning after a quick breakfast at our hotel, The Westhouse, we walked to Central Park enjoying being out and about in the cooler morning air. It would be heating up as the day went on.
We took the subway to Nolita for our food tour, we were meeting our guide Bert at the Little Cupcake Shop on Prince Street. Soon we were off to our first stop, Emporio a pizza joint. But first at the cupcake shop we were treated to a fine chocolate cupcake with sprinkles. Interestingly we had a recommendation from Sandy's daughter Kelly to eat at the Emporio so we had done just that last night. Our guide was most entertaining and informative about the area and the food......pizza was cooked as we watched and then devoured! Next stop was the Tartinery where we were served a glass of red wine along with two sandwich offerings, a rare beef and a chicken dressed with a celery topping. The restaurant was below street level, down a wrought iron staircase, the walls were encased in a grid of iron squares from which lots of black and white framed photos were displayed.....a most interesting eclectic setting. At the Oficina Latina , a Latin restaurant, we were served a folded over pie containing short ribs. The decor here was a motorcycle theme, with a display of motorcycle gas tanks on the wall and shelves with old helmets. From there we moved to the Cafe Habana, which appeared to be an old garage turned restaurant......painted messages on the brick walled interior, an old Volkswagen bus was part of the decor. We were served a concoction of corn and cheese with a chipotle sauce, quite spicy.. ...to cool us down we finished with a delicious shot of icy cold watermelon juice. Our final stop was for a hand painted salted chocolate caramel, a new shop on the tour....of which I forget the name.
We next stopped at the Artist and the Flea for a little shopping.
The Neue (pronounced noise) was a small gallery with just a Klimt exhibition, we were most interested to see the painting "woman in gold" . As the gallery had no other works at this time we were just asked to make a donation instead of the usual fee.
Back at our hotel we enjoyed a glass of wine and a light snack before walking to the theatre district for Come From Away. This musical is about the planes of people who landed in a Gander Newfoundland on 911. The theatre was sold out and we could see a group of people sitting not far from us who were waving Flags, which we at first didn't recognize, they were Newfies! The play was very emotional and we doubted there was a dry eye in the house.
We walked back to our hotel marvelling at the wonder that is Times Square. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world. On our return we picked up wine and toasted our day and said goodnight.
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