Remember how I told you we ordered room service? This is what I ordered. Stephen ordered a bagel with lox and schmear. We paid $46 for breakfast. We realized early on that food was way more expensive than it was at home. BUT we agreed that this was a once in a lifetime trip and we were not going to worry about the prices.
It may not seem like a big deal to most but wearing a sweater and boots is very exciting to this California girl!
I didn't even say, "Strike a pose." He just does it naturally.
This is the lobby of The W. I would hang that art in my house.
Loading our metro cards. At this point we hadn't figured out how to purchase a weekly unlimited pass.
We had literally no set plans. We walked down to the Path station and I saw a sign for World Trade Center. I asked Stephen, "Wanna go?" and he said, "sure!" Most of our trip was this way. We just took it moment by moment.
This was one of the memorials at Ground Zero. We did not see the second one but I believe they are exactly the same. I had the chills as I stood there and watched the water. Such a beautiful and unique memorial.
We walked by this beautiful church and went inside but I didn't take any photos inside out of respect. Sorry, I can't remember the name of it at this time.
It was getting late in the afternoon and I still hadn't had coffee so we stopped at Pret A Manger to grab pumpkin spice lattes. Stephen had asked that we not go anywhere that we could go at home so I did not drink any Starbucks on our trip.
We walked A LOT.
That is the Brooklyn Bridge in the distance.
This is the court house. Probably not the only one in NYC but I know I've seen scenes from Law & Order on those steps.
And that bus.
We made it to China Town. Stephen wanted unique food. He really wanted to try crickets or something like that but we didn't find any. Thank God! Literally. I don't think I could even handle watching that.
Just passed China Town is Little Italy.
There was a beautiful Christmas store. I regret not getting an ornament now. They had really cute New York ones and they could have personalized them. Also, I'm loving the upside down Christmas tree. I will do this at some point. Probably not this year but it is in our future.
We did a lot of research for the best pizza in Little Italy. We had already been walking for so long and we were getting pretty hungry. While on our way to a pizza place we decided to stop in Rubi Rosa. Neither one of us ordered pizza.
It felt like we stepped into a completely different part of the world. There was French family behind us and a British family on the other side. You don't experience that every day in Temecula, California.
I ordered the Cavatelli. The menu did not mention cheese at all and when it came, it was garnished with Romano. I had a mini panic attack. Stephen reassured that everything would be okay. I ate it anyways and it was amazing. At this point I hadn't had cheese since my birthday on February 28th.
The portion sizes were small but the food was amazing.
We stopped in the oldest cheese shop, or so that's what it advertised.
After Little Italy we walked some more and ended up finding a subway that took us to Time Square.
Time Square was nothing special. It was nice to see but it wasn't our favorite part of our trip.
There was a Boxers restaurant. ♥
I agreed to not drink any coffee from Starbucks on our trip but I did peak in the Time Square location to see if they have any unique mugs. I'm so glad I did because I found this beauty! I actually walked away and told Stephen I didn't need it. After about five minutes I asked to go back because I realized I did need it.
My friend and maid of honor just happened to be in New York for an audition. I had originally wanted our honeymoon to be all about Stephen and I but when would I get another opportunitiy to meet up with my friend in New York City? So we took another Subway ride and met her at the Museum of Natural History.