We started out our day with a bang, or rather, a dang good breakfast! We had Belgian waffles from the Wafels and Dinges truck.
[wafels and dinges truck]
[wafel]
[wafel with maple syrup and walnuts]
After breakfast, we made a little gift shop pit stop at the NBC store and a photo op in Rockefeller Plaza.
[myself in rockefeller plaza]
[rockefeller plaza]
We walked down 5th Avenue, making stops in Tiffany's, Henri Bendel and Juicy Couture.
[tiffany's]
We had lunch at a little hole in the wall on the back side of the Plaza Hotel. And I had a Brie sandwich featuring bacon. :)
[brie and bacon sandwich]
Since we were so close to the Plaza, we decided we would stop in and be mesmerized by the splendor that is the Plaza.
[the plaza's rolls royce]
Next stop? FAO Schwarz, only the best toy store, EVER! We spent a considerable amount of time just taking it all in.
[fao toy soldier]
[myself and chris with a giant puppy!]
[jason and clifford, the big red dog]
And now, for the excitement of the day. You know, with me, there is always something. Since we were already on 5th Ave, I wanted to visit the flagship Kate Spade store. We tried hailing a cab in front of FAO, but the cabbies would not (or could not) take us to Kate Spade, because of the direction we needed to go on 5th Ave. So..we walked over one street, and found a taker! We told him both the address and place. IE: 135 5th Ave, Kate Spade. So, we get in, after he nods and speaks something barely understandable, that yes, he knows where it is and he will in fact take us there. We start driving. A few blocks up, everything is still looking good. Several more, it's getting a little sketchy, and I start thinking that the general area did not look like a place that an upscale store like Kate Spade would be. A few more blocks, and it was downright scary. Then, I notice, he is taking us to where 135th CROSSES 5th Ave. AFTER we specified that we were not going to where the streets cross, but to the address. So, I lean over to Jason and tell him that is what the cabbie is doing. So, Jason tells him that he is not taking us to the right place. He drives a couple MORE blocks until he comprehends what Jason just said. He gets himself in a tizzy because we are way far away from where we wanted to be.
OH--by the way, we were in the middle of HARLEM.
So, then, to remedy the situation, he drives us up to the 6 Subway Station, and tells us we can take it back up. To which I replied, 'we are NOT getting out of this car here, you can take us right back to where you picked us up.' So, we start going in the ACTUAL direction of Kate Spade, and he finds another empty cab to take us to Kate Spade instead. All this AFTER he argues with Jason about not telling him the right place and so on, which we did. Anyway, we made it to Kate Spade and to make EVERYTHING right and our troubles worthwhile, I just had to buy myself a new purse. :)
[kate spade]
[kate spade]
[kate spade's fun pinwheels]
[kate spade's pinwheels]
[kate spade]
[my new kate spade belvedere mini mcguire, via katespade.com]
After our first, and only, might I add, cab ride in NYC, we WALKED back up toward the Empire State Building and took the subway to Chinatown. We strolled through Chinatown into Little Italy, searching for a place to have dinner. We decided on Il Palazzo. I think it was a fantastic choice! I had ravioli that were to die for! Dessert? Even better! I ordered zabaglione, which is an Italian dessert made with eggs yolks, sugar and sweet wine. We got to watch my dessert being prepared.
[zabaglione being prepared]
[zabaglione with fresh strawberries]
xoxo,
Heather
[wafels and dinges truck]
[wafel]
[wafel with maple syrup and walnuts]
After breakfast, we made a little gift shop pit stop at the NBC store and a photo op in Rockefeller Plaza.
[myself in rockefeller plaza]
[rockefeller plaza]
We walked down 5th Avenue, making stops in Tiffany's, Henri Bendel and Juicy Couture.
[tiffany's]
We had lunch at a little hole in the wall on the back side of the Plaza Hotel. And I had a Brie sandwich featuring bacon. :)
[brie and bacon sandwich]
Since we were so close to the Plaza, we decided we would stop in and be mesmerized by the splendor that is the Plaza.
[the plaza's rolls royce]
Next stop? FAO Schwarz, only the best toy store, EVER! We spent a considerable amount of time just taking it all in.
[fao toy soldier]
[myself and chris with a giant puppy!]
[jason and clifford, the big red dog]
And now, for the excitement of the day. You know, with me, there is always something. Since we were already on 5th Ave, I wanted to visit the flagship Kate Spade store. We tried hailing a cab in front of FAO, but the cabbies would not (or could not) take us to Kate Spade, because of the direction we needed to go on 5th Ave. So..we walked over one street, and found a taker! We told him both the address and place. IE: 135 5th Ave, Kate Spade. So, we get in, after he nods and speaks something barely understandable, that yes, he knows where it is and he will in fact take us there. We start driving. A few blocks up, everything is still looking good. Several more, it's getting a little sketchy, and I start thinking that the general area did not look like a place that an upscale store like Kate Spade would be. A few more blocks, and it was downright scary. Then, I notice, he is taking us to where 135th CROSSES 5th Ave. AFTER we specified that we were not going to where the streets cross, but to the address. So, I lean over to Jason and tell him that is what the cabbie is doing. So, Jason tells him that he is not taking us to the right place. He drives a couple MORE blocks until he comprehends what Jason just said. He gets himself in a tizzy because we are way far away from where we wanted to be.
OH--by the way, we were in the middle of HARLEM.
So, then, to remedy the situation, he drives us up to the 6 Subway Station, and tells us we can take it back up. To which I replied, 'we are NOT getting out of this car here, you can take us right back to where you picked us up.' So, we start going in the ACTUAL direction of Kate Spade, and he finds another empty cab to take us to Kate Spade instead. All this AFTER he argues with Jason about not telling him the right place and so on, which we did. Anyway, we made it to Kate Spade and to make EVERYTHING right and our troubles worthwhile, I just had to buy myself a new purse. :)
[kate spade]
[kate spade]
[kate spade's fun pinwheels]
[kate spade's pinwheels]
[kate spade]
[my new kate spade belvedere mini mcguire, via katespade.com]
After our first, and only, might I add, cab ride in NYC, we WALKED back up toward the Empire State Building and took the subway to Chinatown. We strolled through Chinatown into Little Italy, searching for a place to have dinner. We decided on Il Palazzo. I think it was a fantastic choice! I had ravioli that were to die for! Dessert? Even better! I ordered zabaglione, which is an Italian dessert made with eggs yolks, sugar and sweet wine. We got to watch my dessert being prepared.
[zabaglione being prepared]
[zabaglione with fresh strawberries]
xoxo,
Heather
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