“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
Well, I survived my first week at work in the new office (and 2 hours a day of commuting!) but at the end of the week, I was left with the niggling feeling that when it came to food, I had not yet truly experienced what New York had to offer.
I set out to change that this weekend…
On Friday, I met up with an American friend from London who recently moved back here and we headed down to Stone St in the financial district. It is a cute pedestrianized cobbled street where we had a great time catching up over pizza and salad at Adrienne’s pizzabar.
Stone Street
Being just round the corner from Wall Street, we couldn’t resist going to see the famous bull of Wall St (featured in Hitch) and snapping a photo!
I had a fair bit of admin to do on Saturday but I now have an American bank account and phone contract (with unlimited international calls so no excuse not to keep in touch)! I am avoiding the subway as it’s around 30 degrees most days here so I have been going everywhere on foot. This is much more do-able in New York than London, and means you discover a lot more places.
There are loads of little gardens dotted around- I discovered these two up around 53rd street, with people trying to escape the sun!
I also followed lonely planet and went to a place called Lucky Cat on 53rd Street for lunch. It doesn’t look like much from the outside but I had the most amazing bowl of pork ramen there which gave me the energy to keep exploring for the rest of the afternoon.
Today, armed with my new bank card and phone, I headed out for more exploring. I started off with breakfast at Birch Coffee, where you can sit and relax with excellent coffee and a book from the “library” they have there, and then went back to the church I went to last week.
I had spotted a food market next to Madison Square Park on my way up to church – and I LOVE a good food market as most people know from my frequent trips to Sloane Square, so I headed back there for some lunch.
I went for fish tacos and lime iced tea. The market is here until the end of September so a few more trips are definitely in order…
Rejuvenated, I decided to go to the High Line, which is an urban park made from the old railway that used to go above the city. You can just wander, or sunbathe and soak up the atmosphere, as I did.
I then spotted Anthropologie and had to go in… I emerged an hour later, my purse considerably lighter…
By this point, I didn’t have the energy to take more than a quick stroll through Chelsea market but I definitely plan to come back.
I’m ashamed to say I went back to the food market to get dinner on my way home but there were so many more things to try. This time, I went for a Lobster BLT. I don’t know why no-one ever thought of this before! It was amazing!!
Back to work tomorrow – Have a great week!
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