Last week Aaron was photographing a project in New York City and I was able to meet him there after for a quick three day trip, my first ever to the city. I am already thinking about when we can return. A few highlights...
We stayed at The High Line Hotel in Chelsea which was pretty perfect. It's a small hotel, our room was great and we couldn't have asked for a better location. The High Line is across the street which you can see above the street in the first photo below (taken from Cook Shop where we ate breakfast both mornings). If you've never seen it, google image it. It's the coolest park/promenade I've ever seen and the landscaping is killer. I was taking notes for my own yard.
Walking above the street...
Intelligentsia has a little coffee shop in the lobby, so in the morning I'd go down for a pour over and bring the tray up to our room while we planned our day...
The courtyard to the hotel...
You can hang out and drink coffee by day and then at 5:00pm it turns into Alta Linea for cocktail and dinner service where you can sip on a stellar frozen Negroni...yes, yes, yes. Never before did it occur to me that we need a slushy machine at home.
We ate really well. Joe's among them...
And The Spotted Pig! I may be new to NYC but I've long wanted to eat at April Bloomfield's establishment. (You can check out both of her cookbooks here and here.)
Dinner did not disappoint.
Happy...
We also went to the Whitney in it's new location which has a stellar collection of American art. We bought our tickets online the night before to avoid the lines and then just walked The High Line from our hotel down to the museum after breakfast.
There was also a delicious glass of sparkling Pinot Grigio and fritto misto shared at Santina next door...
I could go on and on. Our time was too brief but now I understand how to get around, where things are and where I want to spend even more time. Things to accomplish next time...definitely a trip to Brooklyn. A little shopping at Clare's shop in Nolita and Steven Alan (which was also just a block from our hotel). And of course, The Ballet.
Until next time NYC. You made quite a first impression.