Last Week in Da Apple

         I know I haven't updated in awhile! My brother (Ryan) and my Mom came into the city on Friday. My mom flew in and got here in the morning. We headed to Alice's Tea Cup. Ryan came in around 2 and we all made our way to Chelsea to walk the high line. It's about 20 ft. up and it overlooks the Hudson and used to be a railroad. Then we headed downtown and walked the Brooklyn Bridge. 

       Saturday we walked around the upper east side and into the National Library. Walking into the library I am embarrassed to say my first thought was "Hey, this is where Carrie was suppose to get married in 'Sex and in the City!'" 

    Ryan went home on Saturday, but my mom and I went down to the Greenwich area and had an amazing outdoor dinner at Palma. Our waitress was actually from Arlington, VA. Small world. 

    I had a set schedule of things I have wanted to do this summer so I decided to check off a few today. I headed down to the South St. Seaport. With the ships and cobblestone it reminded me a lot of Boston. 

But then I saw this store, and I realized it wasn't anything like Boston! Boooo Yankees!!!!

      After the port, I headed over to Wall St. and saw the NY Stock Exchange. I definitely picked the worst day to do this walking tour since it was about 90 degrees today. 

    I also came across the Statue of LIberty. The line for the Staten Island Ferry was insane!!! I can't imagine how long some of those people had to wait in line. 

I continued walking up toward the WTC site and onto SoHo. I came across Baked by Melissa, which has these amazing little cupcakes. I got s'mores, peanut butter chocolate, and tie-dye.

  

 After SoHo, I took the 6 to the upper east side. I went into the Guggenheim Museum and took an audio tour. I had no idea the the museum was designed Frank Lloyd Wright. Little fun fact for ya! Here is the inside of the museum looking up! The museum had paintings from Van Gogh, Picasso, and Renoir. 

   

   After the museum I went down a few blocks and into the Neue Galerie. Inside it has all German and Austrian works, but I went for the food! And yes, I ate by myself! I was surprised at how many people were doing the same thing. I got goulash soup and a cheese danish with vanilla sauce. The goulash was just like I was in Germany and the fact that the dessert came with a vanilla sauce to pour was right up my alley.