Hi everyone, Polly here again. So, onto yesterday and today ...
We had to go and meet the lady who's privately renting us her apartment next week. She wanted us to go and visit her at her apartment so she could check us out and vice versa. At the moment we're staying in lower Manhattan in 22nd street and her apartment is in the upper east side by 85th street so we decided to test our subway skills to magically transport us 63 blocks north. If we've learnt one important subway lesson it's to avoid express stations as they have a knack of missing the stop you want because they're on an express route so after learning that lesson the hard way - twice! - we got there in no time. On the subway ride we had the requisite daily "odd" person encounter, this time a guy who made farting noises during the entire trip! Our 'interview' went well and we're looking forward to moving up to 85th as it's near Central Park on the far west side of Manhattan next to the Hudson River and the lounge has amazing views over the water. Another reason is we can't wait to use the kitchen and cook instead of eating out all the time. So we're looking forward to going shopping for some tasty fresh American produce and then eating it up on the apartment's rooftop.
Here are some cute buildings we passed on the way that Cara really loved....
Yesterday we also visited Times Square which to be honest we couldn't wait to escape from as it was so crowded with people and felt so touristy. We'll leave returning there until we want to get some cheap theatre tickets!
After our uptown outing we happily returned to Chelsea and our favorite eatery Moran's Restaurant and had amazing ricotta and spinach gnocchi, pear and cucumber salad (again!) and lemon meringue pie. Next stop, home to pack as we're on the move in the morning...
DAY 5:
After a lazy start (i love having a midday check out!) we moved to our second BnB location in Chelsea which is in the very same 22nd street about 100 meters away at Dupuys Landing (www.dupuyslanding.com). We're in another 4-story beautiful old brownstone and have a gorgeous room on the ground floor with a door to the garden. It's very cute and quaint.
After settling in we went off to walk The Highline (www.thehighline.org) which is an elevated walkway about 10-20 meters off the ground on an old dis-used railway track and now has lovely gardens along the path which runs from 30th street south down to 12th street. The sun was shining and it was a lovely day to do this as the sky was a brilliant blue with all the buildings out in the open and not hiding behind low grey clouds like usually are.
After the High Line we had a stroll around the gorgeous streets of Chelsea and came across some more amazing buildings and revived our energy levels at a cute little cafe we stumbled onto where we sampled a blonde brownie - delicious!
We also may have accidentally on purpose led ourselves past and into the Christian Louboutin shop and then very quickly out again once we saw the prices! A very cool shop indeed.
Stay tuned for our next blog after our day trip to Woodbury Common for a mega shopping experience!
Location:Still in Charming Chelsea!
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