Last Thursday, I had a work event in New York City, so Alex met up with me afterwards and we spent the weekend eating our way through the city. We’d both explored New York separately but this was our first trip together, so it was a fun adventure! Friday morning, we set out to explore Chelsea. I hadn’t been to that part of town so I was excited to see a few new things.

avocado toast

Our first stop was breakfast at Cafeteria. They had a lot of breakfast options but I couldn’t resist the avocado toast. I’m pretty sure there were 4 lbs of avocado on my toast. (Not complaining.) And I had about 3 cups of coffee. I can never have enough coffee.

After breakfast we went to the Chelsea Market and walked around some of the shops inside.

Chelsea Market

After some window shopping, we walked over to 192 Books. We did some browsing and I ended up grabbing a book recommended by the girl that worked there. I told her I wanted something in the non-fiction section and she suggested this book, Evicted. I’m about halfway through and it’s so interesting. It’s all about the rental market in Milwaukee and some of the struggles and challenges that people below the poverty line face. It’s really eye opening and I can’t wait to finish it.

192 books

After we were thoroughly caffeinated, we headed back out to grab lunch.

sandwich in NYC

I actually can’t remember the name of the restaurant but we split a veggie sandwich and a side of fries. The sandwich was piled high with carrots, cucumbers, hummus, avocado, lettuce, and sprouts. The bread was perfectly toasted and we both enjoyed it.

We went out for another walk, switching hotels and carrying our bags across the city. It turned out to be quite a workout since New York City blocks were a bit longer than I thought. After we got settled into the new spot, we hopped on the metro to go to Greenwich village for a comedy show. While we were on our way to a comedy club, a guy stopped us and told us about a free show happening at the bar we were standing outside of. Our curiosity (or maybe our midwestern politeness) got the best of us so we agreed to check it out.

The Lantern Comedy

We were super skeptical when we went down to the basement. It was almost completely empty but the guy told us he’d give us a free round of drinks so we figured we had nothing to lose! It ended up being a pretty hilarious night of stand up comics. It wasn’t what we expected but it was fun!

Afterwards we tried to go to By Chloe for dinner but it was too packed, so we walked across the street to an Italian place and grabbed pizza.

pizza

The pizza was actually on the small side (it’s hard to tell in the photo) so we stopped for a little dessert on the way home. We actually tried to get gelato  but every place was closed so we settled for a pint of Ben & Jerry’s.

I actually only have one picture of us from the trip (clearly my focus was on the food… oops.) but we did snap a quick picture in Central Park before heading home on Sunday afternoon!

We had such a great time and it was fun spending the weekend exploring New York City but I was pretty happy to be reunited with my bed on Sunday night. Traveling makes me appreciate home!

If you’ve been to New York City, what’s your favorite restaurant?

Linking up with Laura for What I Ate Wednesday!

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