nueva york

I'm backtracking here a little bit but I went to New York City right after the Match, to celebrate with my girlfriends and to visit my sister. It was a completely fun-filled weekend. I can't imagine a more relaxing and enjoyable visit.

Joy, Yasmin, and me, at Verlaine, enjoying our own little lounge area, waiting for our New York friends to join us!

Naty, me and Andy, reunited after all these years! We reminisced about Oxford and our crazy roadtrip in Spain...

Emily, my quartet friend who is amazing at the cello and hoping to get into her dream Phd program!

We had brunch at Eatery. I had their version of eggs benedict with smoked salmon. YUM!!! It tasted as pretty as it looked! This place got voted Best Brunch a couple years ago and they deserved it.

Later that night, we went out again, to Park. We had heard so much about the dance scene but the club part was closed for "private parties" which was a disappointment for some of us. I still had a great time, making fun of all the Asians that had invaded the backroom there.

Andy, me, Dan, and my sister at Serendipity. This picture doesn't do it justice, but Andy and I shared the strawberry ice cream with cheesecake and strawberry shortcake dessert, which was HEAVENLY. It melted in my mouth!!

On my last day in New York, we went up to the rooftop of my sister's amazing apartment building... you could throw some awesome parties up there. She lives right in the middle of downtown and that big building behind us is the courthouse where they film Law and Order! She has a gym/lounge area in the building that has access via fingerprint! How high tech and cool is that?

Other highlights of the weekend include: dining at Sapa, a fancy upscale fusion restaurant where I devoured the cod on polenta, shopping in Soho, my first deep-tissue massage EVER at Bliss, which was the most perfectly relaxing 75 minutes of my life, brunch at Bubby's with my sister where we both enjoyed the goat cheese and red pepper omelette, and finally seeing the WTC memorial area.