Okay so this trip was a little while ago but its been a while since I have made an actual written blog post and this one was top priority! I planned on writing this post ever since I found out I was going on this trip and have just been busy with school. Getting ready for finals- you know how it is.
The trip began at the Tampa International Airport with four of us- my boyfriend, his brother, and my long time friend. It was three boys and me so we called ourselves Three Men and a Baby. So we had a lovely flight and arrived at Laguardia where my friend Sigourney met us. She lives in Brooklyn so we got to hang out with her every day. We stayed at The Manhattan and Times Square Hotel. It was right in Times Square so I believe it was the perfect place to stay. It was nice and we got a groupon and I mean we were in Midtown so we could do anything and it wasn't super far or a long trip to get into the actual action of the city. WE WERE RIGHT THERE. Broadway was about a 10 second walk and we saw Chicago the first night. 10/10 would recommend.
Times Square was overwhelmingly huge and the shops! The shops were enormous and gorgeous and I wish I had a million dollars for shopping when I went there because I could've dropped a few hundred in the H&M alone.
I personally wanted to see just about every single museum but for time reasons, I picked 2. We went to the wonderful Museum of Natural History and the really cool Museum of Modern Art because those two seemed like they captured 2 different areas very well. Tip: MOMA has free tickets on Friday nights but its first come first serve! To get to the Museum of Natural History we walked all the way through Central Park and that was my favorite part of New York because it was absolutely gorgeous just like every movies you've ever seen. We also went to the 9/11 Memorial which was lovely and we ended up going into the museum as well and they had awesome artifacts from the day and an interesting video with political leaders explaining their mentality throughout. They have student discounts all of these places so bring your ID.
The places we went to were very cool. We went to a tiny cupcakery called Baked by Melissa which Siggy used to work at. The shop is as tiny and adorable as the cupcakes cold there. The mint one A+! Also, Ralph Lauren's daughter has a candy shop which has every type of candy you would want. We also did karaoke because you know, you just have to do that! The highline is also a very cool spot and its FREE. I got lots of neat pictures there and it was a great day.
The best food I had was at the Dallas BBQ in Brooklyn. Amazing prices (especially for New York City) and the food was delicious. This is definitely where the locals go to get the best BBQ. Seriously, eat there.
And that was my trip super condensed and all over the place because if it wasn't this post would be way too long. Apologies!
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