New York 3.2

1 // Handmade Taiwanese La Mei beef noodles at Chelsea Market.

2 // You know the food is good when it advertises itself — two people asked me where I got it!

3 // Magnolia Bakery on National Cheesecake Day.

4 // Key lime cheesecake. 

5 // Very aggressive sparrows trying to snatch my crumbs.

6 // The beginning of the High Line.

7 // The High Line is a reclaimed transit system made into a park.

8 // It is located on the western side of Lower Manhattan.

9 // The view of the Empire State Building there! ◊

New York 3.1

1 // Zucker's from breakfast.

2 // Traditional lox and bagels.

3 // Overpriced but still delicious.

4 // Juice Generation.

5 // Grand Central Station from the outside.

6 // Top of the Rock looking south at the Empire State Building.

7 // The view toward the north — Central Park.

8 // A window seat.

9 // Chelsea Market ◊

New York 2.2

1 // A tourist swamp at the Wall Street Golden Bull.

2 // Departing Lower Manhattan.

3 // View of the Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry.

4 // Coney Island!

5 // Art walls at Coney Island.

6 // Brooklyn Bridge as the sun begins to set.

7 // Panorama view from the Manhattan Bridge at sunset.

8 // Menu at the Black Tap.

9 // American burger and a cotton candy Crazy Shake ◊

New York 2.1

1 // Little Italy.

2 // A mural — big city of dreams, indeed.

3 // Egg Shop, a recommendation of Inthefrow.

4 // Lemon-mint water.

5 // Top notch aesthetics.

6 // Pepper egg.

7 // Ferrara.

8 // Mini cannolis.

9 // Grand Central Station ◊

New York 1.2

1 // What a sight to behold whilst biking through Central Park.

2 // A view of Belvedere Castle from across Turtle Pond.

3 // The Met — a visit for another time.

4 // Picasso

5 // Van Gogh

6 // Matisse

7 // Pollock

8 // Monet

9 // Joe's Pizza ◊

New York 1.1

1 // We waited around for an hour after arriving via Megabus for the first coffee shops to open.

2 // Other delicate confections at Dominique Ansell Bakery, home of the Cronut.

3 // Seating at the Dominique Ansell Bakery #aestheticgoals

4 // Mirabelli plum and brown sugar cronut — absolutely scrumptious!

5 // More cronuts in the making.

6 // The arch at Washington Square Park.

7 // Lovely plants at the Union Square Park Farmers' Market.

8 // The otherworldly entrance room to the New York Public Library.

9 // First time beholding the corporate advertising monstrosity that is Times Square. ◊