yup, still alive!

taken from the Empire State Building observation deck on March 3, 2013

 

A lot has happened since December and I'm honestly not sure where to begin.

I had started a draft post in March after returning from my 30th birthday trip to New York. I don't think that post will ever come to fruition since all I have written is "I was", but if you want some suggestions for what to do (eat), I recently (as in TWO WHOLE MONTHS AGO), sent Elisse some New York ideas which you can read here. I also included my own photos; most of which never made it onto this here blog, so you're in for a treat!

Now that I've finally decided to just post something instead of overthinking, maybe I will get around to writing those other posts I've had brewing. Maybe.

Hope everyone in Vancouver is enjoying this awesome hot summer of ours!

new york, part i.

If you've been a long-time follower, you may've noticed I had this whole New York trip planned last year. (Thanks for enduring all that [intermittent] 90 Days 'Til NYC hoopla!)

A year+ after the fact, I am finally ready to share some photos and tidbits from my trip. (I also have a travel blog - quelle voyageuse - if you would like to read all about my trip without any visuals. Yes, I am a very long-winded writer.)


top: our apartment
bottom left: old juxtaposed with new - buildings in Midtown/Upper East Side
bottom right: inside Alice's Tea Cup, Chapter II for afternoon tea
We rented an apartment for a week in Midtown/Upper East Side. It was an old and narrow building, with a distinct lack of hot water, but still, quite lovely.


afternoon tea at Alice's Tea Cup
There was a cute tea shop right around the corner and we managed to stop in twice. It's very cute, has delectable tea and scones, amazing fries (who'da thunk it?), and delicious mar-TEA-nis that they only wish more people would order.


good ol' KD
What do you do if you're starving at midnight? Brave the snow and make a late-night grocery store and drug store run.