Saturday, February 14 -- SHOPPING! Happy Valentine's Day!
We had already decided to dedicate Saturday to shopping. I mean, we were in NYC...we knew we had to shop! We got up early and headed uptown. Breakfast was at Starbucks, and then we walked towards Central Park. Randomly, this guy ran up behind us and flashed open his coat at us. Despite what you might be thinking, he was not (a) naked underneath nor was he (b) selling jewelry from out of his coat. He was just some oddball random guy! He continued to follow us, talking up a storm to himself? Us? Jesus? We weren't sure. All I know is that he was RIGHT behind me and I was thinking, "Okay, really, guy? What are you doing?" We kept walking quickly and he eventually just crossed the street and went on to chat it up with other people!
We walked through the south side of Central Park. I would like to see Central Park again during the spring or summertime, or even the fall, because it was cool even just as it was. However, it was pretty cold out that morning, so we didn't spend a ton of time in the park. All of the horse-drawn carriages were already lined up to take people on romantic Valentine's Day rides! We kept walking and did a lot of window shopping along 5th Avenue, Madison, and Lexington. It was so cool seeing stores like Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, and Louis Vuitton! We didn't go into any of these stores, partly because they weren't open yet and partly because we knew we wouldn't be able to afford anything anyway, but it was fun to see them! We did do a little shopping at FAO Schwartz, The Disney Store, The American Girl Store (can you tell we were shopping for the kids??), and the GAP, so our morning was not fruitless!
I wanted to walk by Bryant Park, where Fashion Week was going on. Since I've seen Fashion Week on Project Runway, I thought it would be cool to walk by there! It was fun seeing the tents set up, even though we couldn't go in and didn't happen to see anyone famous. Now I can think, "Hey, I've been there!" the next time I see this on Project Runway.
We took the subway down to Grenwich Village and met up with Gabi and co. They were doing a little shopping (mostly for hats!). We stopped into Cosi for lunch and then headed to Chinatown, which was quite the experience! I didn't know what to expect. When we left the subway station and got up to the street, it was packed! I wasn't ready for all the people coming up to me saying, "Handbags? You want handbags? Watches?" while shoving pictures of their wares at me. That was a little disorienting! However, we quickly got acclimated and headed into a shop to start checking out the merchandise. I ended up buying MANY purses (all "designer" for sure!), which I consider to be a successful day!
Saturday night, we all decided on Thai food and found a great little place called Q2. It was not in the heart of Times Square, so it wasn't crowded at all. I had some really good Thai fried rice and shared a bunch of appetizers with the group. After dinner, we decided that we needed to go somewhere for dessert and ended up at the Europa Cafe having cheesecake, pastries, and other delicious treats! The Europa Cafe is right in Times Square, so it was busy, but it was so fun to watch people out of the windows and also see all the crazy lights of Times Square!
Our group split up after this. Cecilia and I went shopping for a bit while everyone else tried to go see a movie. Unfortunately, with it being Valentine's Day and Saturday night AND Times Square, the movie was all sold out! Cecilia and I headed back home, hoping to score some "I (heart) NY" tshirt for our kiddos, but all the stands we passed were closed down. We did pick up a souvenier for Lindsay, though, which will be unnamed at this time, as she may read this blog before getting her present!
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