Friday, January 25, 2013

to new york & back

last week we ended up going to NYC for a last minute trip. it was a sort of business trip (i'll spare you the boring details, but two of the six days were mostly devoted to finishing up some work for my (now) old job)
visiting new york was very different from what it felt like living there. first of all, we stayed in the lower east side, which is near everything. (we used to live in bed stuy in brooklyn, which is far from everything).
while on our trip,  i had so much more energy & was in a 10 out of 10 good mood. (lol) i don't remember feeling that way all the time while living there.

while visiting new york, our biggest concerns were, where to get coffee, food, what to see/do, when to meet up with pals, where to get drinks/food...
basically being on a vacation schedule would make anyone be in a 10/10 good mood. we didn't care about it being cold (which it was, only two out of the six days) didn't care when we missed the train, or that the cab fare was expensive. but i don't know, as much as i re-fell in love with the city, i don't feel like i need to move back (unless i have a really good reason to...) anytime soon. i think we will leave it as a place we'll visit at least once a year

in brooklyn, often times people would just put their "junk" on the side of the street. we've found, in the past,  a little dresser and a lamp (which we still have), our friends found an eames chair (!!).  anyway,
this last picture is really cute b/c the little guy found a box of toys. looked like his lucky day, he could barely carry his loot.

ok, well, thanks for looking guys!

next up, a trip to san francisco ;) more on that later.



8 comments:

  1. These photos so make me long for NYC!

    Have a great weekend,
    -Kati

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    1. awe thanks! hope you can at least go visit soon.

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  2. that's our thoughts about NYC. a good place to visit once a year. (although, I think I still want to try out living their someday. but it will have to be when money isn't an issue). Glad you guys had a good trip!

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    1. hehe, yeah definitely live there if you can/want. even tho our living experience was on the rougher side there, we are still really glad we did it. plus we know the city really well for when we come visit!

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  3. New York ... my favourite city outside of the one I live in, although Montreal and Chicago are very good too! But New York holds a special place in my heart. It's very hard for Canadians to live/work there, but I had the next best thing for a long time ... A job where I had to go often! It was wonderful, and you're right ... it's easy to be in a 10/10 mood when visiting a place.

    Great pictures. I'm glad you had a great time.

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    1. ooo yeah I'd love to visit Montreal & have a reason to go to Chicago! NYC just has so much going on all the time, can't imagine it not being fun to visit.
      :)

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  4. ooo! excited for the sf post. if you are still there, you should get sandwiches at ike's place! wonderful vegan selection : )

    p.s. love the hair!

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  5. love the pic of the little kid finding the toys! hope to visit NY later this year, such a fun city.

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