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View from the highline/Cafe Gitane notebook/PS1 wristband/OC sticker/Guggenheim ticket/souvenirs

New York, I love you. 

Five days in NYC was the perfect little getaway but at the same time I feel like I could pack up and move there in an instant.

The Thursday evening we got into Brooklyn was warm and calm. After unloading our luggage at our lovely little Air BnB we excitedly walked through Fort Greene's brownstone lined streets to Habana Outpost - an outdoor bar/restaurant, and ate Cuban(ish) food while eavesdropping on the conversations around us and soaking it all in. 

On our first full day in the city we took the subway and the lady sitting beside Jules was wearing those Margiela carpet boots. Coupled with a Lake Bell (excited to see In a World this week) sighting outside of Roman's on the way back to the apartment the night before I took this as a positive omen. So many exciting things happening, so much to see and do (plus so many good outfits).

Friday

• woke up early to see the beautiful James Turrell show at the Guggenheim - incredible
• took the subway over to Baohaus for decent little baos but confusing/confused service
• walked around the corner for cereal milk ice cream at the Milk Bar and met up with our lovely pal Tyra
• took the subway over to the west side for a little walk on the High Line
• stopped in an Irish pub for some strawberry daiquiris/wifi
• wandered the lobby of the Ace Hotel & browsed through pretty things at Opening Ceremony
• Madison Square Park's Shake Shack for dinner (American portion sizes, massive as always)
• finished the evening off in Manhattan watching the lights from Tyra's rooftop deck
• took the L train to Williamsburg
• met up with Jules' friend Tony for drinks at High Horse 
• late night snacks at Cerveceria Havemeyer
• more drinks The Knitting Factory and dancing plus even more drinks with friends at The Whiskey Bar

Saturday 

• recovered from the night before
• Van Leewen earl grey ice cream in Greenpoint for breakfast
• Smorgasburg! Dough hibiscus donut, Lumpia Shack lumpia and a white peach arnold palmer slushie
• a walk around Williamsburg for pretty things at Catbird & chocolate samples at Mast Brothers 
• a bus to Queens for Warm Up at MoMA PS1 and a walk around 5 Pointz
• Momofuku Noodle Bar for dinner (I liked Jules' vegetarian scallion noodles even more than my ramen)
• girls in white fly knits & button up jumpsuits
• back to Williamsburg for an art show
• Iona Bar back patio for beers with friends
• nightcap at Milk Bar Brooklyn (again, I know) for a corn cookie/crack pie/compost cookie stock up 

Sunday

• a day walking around the MoMA
• a Cecilia Dean sighting (!) near Penn Station
• a train ride to Dunellen, New Jersey to see my cousin and her family

Ace Hotel photobooth with Tyra & Jules/Guggenheim view/Sleep No More playing card/MoMA ticket/Jules outside of our Air BnB in Fort Greene

Monday

• a delicious continental breakfast (that cardamom banana loaf!) at The Smile
• a wander through the painted white wood space at Karma Books
• Dashwood Books for some amazing photography books
• Supreme to buy a belated birthday gift for my dad
• McNally Jackson to pick up two of those lovely little Penguin Lines books & two magazines [1, 2] (had to hold myself back from buying so many magazines on this trip)
• Creatures of Comfort where I just walked around in a daze
• a walk up and down (seriously, it's huge) Opening Ceremony's main location & a souvenir sweatshirt
• down Bowery to The New Museum for a peek (it was closed)
• MNZ - such an excellent space & collection 
• dinner with Hana (avocado toast!) at Cafe Gitane
• Sleep No More - the most nuts, enjoyable theatre experience (even though I missed the rave!)

Tuesday 

• a final stroll through Fort Greene
• lunch in Queens with a friend
• the flight home to Vancouver

Later days, NYC. Hopefully I'll see you again soon.