NYC Trip

Right, New York. It was pretty fun. A fairly laid-back trip too, as I'm sure we'll visit again - J. and I didn't feel compelled to race around, sightseeing frantically. We were blessed with fantastic weather - except for the evening we arrived, it was sunny and at least 20 degrees every day.

The museum we chose to visit this trip was the Met, which was very impressive - well on par with other great museums I've visited. The Tiffany exhibition was especially good. We spent time walking through Central Park, which was glorious - the growing season there is several weeks ahead of ours, so there were already leaves out on the trees and loads of flowers blooming. It was also cherry-blossom time, which was enchanting.

Took in a Broadway show, of course - went to the Shubert Theatre to see the Monty Python musical Spamalot. It was...ehhhh. A very mixed bag - the funny bits were hysterical, but there were several occasions where I really cringed.

There was lots of shopping, of course. J.'s friend (at whose home we stayed) took us one day to one of those huge outlet malls, about an hour's drive upstate. We also did a little shopping downtown, but overall, neither of us bought all that much, which was odd - we figured it would be a shopping paradise, but I guess we just weren't in the mood.

Spent an afternoon on a walking tour of Greenwich Village, then meandered around Soho and the Financial District as well. The last afternoon of our stay, we took the Staten Island Ferry across the harbour and back, which made for some great views.

We had two good evenings out. One was with S., a New Yorker I've been chatting with online for year or two now, so it was fun to finally meet her. She took us to a cool Russian-themed bar called Pravda, for food, drinks and chat. Then the last night of our stay, we had reservations at the famed Jean Georges, a posh fancypants resto (and you know how much we love posh fancypants restos) that was quite wonderful.

All in all, a fun trip. To be honest, I wasn't quite as bowled over by New York as I expected to be, but then, I've barely scratched the surface. I've posted a few pics from the trip over here, at Flickr.