My wonderful, fabulous, fantastic boyfriend, Bobby, made the trek up to the Big Apple! And we had the best time. Ever.
THURSDAY
From the moment he arrived on Thursday morning, we were on the move nonstop. Duh. That's the way I do things. There's no time to rest, relax, or sleep when you come to visit me! (This is a word of warning for those of you that were thinking about it).
Anyway, I immediately whisked him away to Tazza to grab a delicious cup of coffee. I showed him around the neighborhood, and of course, we ended up down at the promenade (hence the photo above).
We didn't even go back to the room before I made sure he had a Metrocard in hand... and we were off to Central Park! The only thing that I've wanted to do since moving to New York City is have a "wine and cheese" date in Central Park. Obviously, I had to wait for Bobby to come visit to make this happen... and I was one happy gal.
We purchased the homemade cheese and bread from a place a few blocks from the East entrance to the park (called Grace's Marketplace). And the wine came from a place near the marketplace.
I don't know how long we sat there... definitely a couple of hours at least. It was an absolutely beautiful day, and I couldn't have imagined a better person to spend it with. Ah. One of my favorite moments.
After Central Park, we made our way to Times Square in search of the "diviest" of all dive bars. And we found it! Jimmy's Corner may be one of my new favorite bars in New York. You can tell that all of the "locals" (locals of Times Square?) show up every evening. It was simple... much unlike the insanity of Times Square, AND the bartender gave us an entire basket of Munchies for free. SO great.
Later in the evening, I introduced Bobby to the bocce call at Floyd's... If I can remember correctly, I believe I won. :). It was the perfect ending to a perfectly perfect day.
FRIDAY
Like every other person that has come to visit me, I made sure to bring Bobby to Iris Cafe for breakfast.
In the early afternoon, we made our way to the Lower East Side to go to some shows for CMJ (if you don't know what CMJ is, check it out here).
We were able to see Turbo Fruits at the Cake Shop.
As well as Twerps at Piano's.
I believe our favorite band from the day, however, was The Orwells... they are only in high school, and they absolutely killed it at the showcase. SO awesome.
In between the music sets, we decided to wander around. Somehow, we ended up in Chinatown, and Bobby got the fantastic idea to grab some bubble tea!
This bubble tea, which came from Kung Fu Tea, is seriously the most delicious bubble tea I've ever had (I haven't had a lot of bubble tea, but I can pretty much guarantee this is some of the best). If you are ever in Chinatown, GO THERE. I sucked my down in literally 2 minutes.
After all of the CMJ Showcase stuff, Bobby and I ventured to some bars in the Lower East Side and the East Village. For dinner, we had some delicious artisan pizza (near Times Square again.. no idea how this happened).
Once again, a perfect ending to a perfectly perfect day.
SATURDAY
After grabbing some much-needed coffee and muffins for breakfast at Tazza, we made our way to the Brooklyn Bridge.
We almost walked all the way across. It was (once again) an absolutely beautiful day in New York!
Afterward, we made our way to the Meatpacking District so that I could introduce Bobby to The Highline.
I think he loved it as much as I do. We walked up and down the whole thing, and sat on a bench for a few minutes to rest our legs and do some people watching.
Then, we wandered around the corner to the Chelsea Market and bought ourselves a delicious banana and Nutella crepe to share!
Then, we made our way back to Brooklyn Heights to get ready for our evening. We got all dressed up for a date, but completely forgot to get a photo of ourselves. Oops. That's alright.
Anyway, dinner was absolutely amazing. AMAZING, I tell you.
We had sushi at Marumi in Greenwich Village.
Just look at that spread. I believe we devoured all of it (except for one, little piece of sushi that neither of us could even think of eating, because our stomachs were so full).
We also gave sake another try...
And it was SO. GOOD. Delicious.
This was another favorite moment from his visit.
After our incredible sushi dinner, we wandered around to some hilarious bars in Greenwich Village and in the East Village.
Once again, for the third time, it was a perfect ending to a perfectly perfect day.
SUNDAY
This was the day Bub had to leave :(.
...but not before I made him walk around the city a little more.
This time, I took him over to Williamsburg, Brooklyn so we could grab a delicious brunch somewhere. I didn't realize how hard this was going to be! It took us about an hour to find one that satisfied what we wanted (which was literally the most simple of breakfasts.. eggs and sausage/bacon).
But finally, we found it at a little place that I can't remember the name of. It was a diner. That's all I've got for ya. We were both delirious from our lack of food.
It was quite tasty.
But I was still hungry, so when we got to the Williamsburg Flea Market, I made Bobby split this donut with me.
That right there is an amazing, homemade, orange something-or-other donut from a little place called Dough. There is always a line for this place, so I figured what better time to stop and get one (when I could share it with Bobby)?
After walking around the flea market for quite awhile (and drooling over all of the furniture we couldn't buy), we decided to make our way back to Brooklyn Heights so he could get his stuff together to leave for the airport.
This time, I suggested that we take the ferry!
And it dropped us off right by Brooklyn Heights Park! We got such a beautiful view of the skyline coming in.
Before he left, I had to introduce him to some good New York falafel. We each had a huge falafel platter, and then we wandered back down to the promenade to watch the sunset.
It was so beautiful.
Yep. Check out Lady Liberty.
:)
It was such a perfect ending to a perfectly perfect trip.
I had the most wonderful weekend, and it was so hard to say goodbye. (But, good news: He will be back again in November for a few days. Wooohoo).
MONDAY
A day of such much-needed R & R.
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
A LOT of stuff at my internship. I mean, it was extremely busy. I was sweating both days from how much I was walking around/lifting/carrying things, if that tells you anything. But it was still wonderful. I love the people I work with so much.
This little guy got me through most of it.
TODAY
I've been catching up on a lot of homework, etc. In a little bit, I'm heading up to the Bryant Park area to meet with the head of A & R for Warner Music Group. (How cool, right?!). Thanks to my wonderful songwriting professor, Drew Ramsey, for setting that little meeting up for me. I can't wait to chat and pick her brain a bit about the industry.
And laterr.... If you have nothing going on about 8pm Central/ 9pm Eastern time tonight, you should grab your computer and watch me take part in a LIVE stream of a writer's round, put on by Mod City Mag.
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/modcitymag
And TONIGHT, another visitor is coming to visit me! One of my bests, Caroline Gaskin, is making the trek up here for a few nights :). Can't wait to show her around.
I will update you all next week. Enjoy your Thursday!
<3
Nat
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