After 2 years of no travel, we spontaneously booked another weekend getaway exploring NYC in late July. We purchased our tickets on Friday and were on our flight Saturday morning, embracing the vibrant city once again after our last visit to New York City was back in 2018.
Where we stayed:
Moxy NYC Chelsea
This time we stayed at another hotel with an amazing view of the city the Moxy NYC Chelsea. Moxy Chelsea is nestled right in the flower district so every walk back to the hotel you were graced by all the beautiful plants and flowers at the shops. The hotel itself was very simplistic, the room was fairly clean, but the main reason we stayed at this hotel was the view. We stayed on the 29th floor in room 2909 and got to take in all the amazing sights right from our hotel.
This was our second time in NYC and both times we had stayed in Midtown Manhattan. For our next visit I would definitely consider staying somewhere in the Lower Manhattan area.
What we did/ Where we ate:
On our first day we dropped our stuff at the hotel, and started our journey down to Greenwich Village. The closer we got to lower Manhattan the more quaint things started feeling. We really enjoyed this area. We wanted to see the Friend’s apartment, and grab something to eat.
We ended up grabbing a couple delicious fresh falafels from Mamouns and headed to Washington Square Park to enjoy them. Unfortunately we were so hungry I never got to grab a picture. We also ended up grabbing some ice cream from Van Leeuwen as it was a VERY hot July day. The ice cream was rich, and super creamy, we really enjoyed them.
The next day we had booked tickets to go to SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, and so we wanted to find breakfast somewhere close to Bryant Park to go and enjoy. This started to become one of our favorite ways to take in the city, grab some food and eat it in one of the many beautiful parks. We found a bagel shop called Best Bagel & Coffee, and let me tell you they truly did not disappoint. They were huge bagels, and we definitely could have shared, but they were absolutely delicious, and fresh.
After enjoying the morning we headed over to One Vanderbilt, were we got the enjoy some of the most breathtaking views of the city. We’ve been to couple observatories in NYC. Personally SUMMIT has been my absolute favorite so far. The different rooms provided such different enjoyable experiences, each with their own spectacular views. I definitely recommend going to this observatory.
On our way back to the hotel from SUMMIT we passed by a ramen shop and could not resist even though it was definitely too hot outside for a warm bowl of ramen, but we went in anyway. And I’m so glad we did, the restaurants name was Ajisen Ramen, we ordered both the Ajisen & Spicy Ajisen ramen, and both were so deliciously rich and flavorful.
Later that evening we took the train to Citi Field stadium to watch a New York Mets game, and although I’m not a huge baseball fan like my husband, I do really enjoy watching the games in person, I find them much more enjoyable this way, plus I get to try all the different stadium foods, and drinks.
We ended up leaving a day earlier than planned due to flight cancelations because of heavy rainfall, but regardless we enjoyed our short visit there and can’t wait to go back soon.
Have you been to NYC, anything you highly recommend doing while there? Would love to hear from you in the comments.
~LB
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