New York Overview!

So let me just say, New York was fabulous! However, living in a hotel room is not all that fabulous. I definitely won't miss that. Especially without a microwave (who would have known) and a fridge smaller than a microwave. What gives?! I guess that's the Big Apple for you!

New York is great, but I still wouldn't want to live there permanently, or no longer than a few years tops. And coming back to Arizona? Same thing goes... I don't want to be here for longer than a few years. It's just so.....brown! 

One of my favorite things about NYC is the ICE CREAM Trucks! Soft serve ice cream everywhere! So good. Especially with this cookie crumble sprinkles. I will definitely miss walking down the street and seeing that wonderful sight and enjoying an ice cream cone. But you must eat it before you get into the subway or else it will melt like CRAZY!

Also, Citi Bikes are pretty fun! For me, it sucked at first haha. So tiring! And there are only 3 gears. If you go up a hill, it's death! You can always put it in the lowest gear where the peddling is super easy but going up a hill, you go so slow! The third gear is the only one that actually feels like you are moving and making yourself go. Be sure to download the Citi Bike App! It's great because it tells you where the closest dock is, how many docks are open and how many bikes are available. Beware though! One you hit Central Park, there are no more docks! We found that out after we got to the northern part of Central Park...Won't make that mistake again! 

We went to the restaurant from Seinfeld (Tom's Restaurant) and the one from How I Met Your Mother (McGee's). Tom's was great! The prices were really good and the service was also good. However, it's cash only. McGee's was not as impressive. At least for our experience, the service was SO SLOW. And the food wasn't really good at all. I was highly not impressed. 

We were also pretty disappointed that Neel's apartment from White Collar was under some kind of construction or maintenance of some sort. The entire thing was pretty much boxed up! Lame.

Oh oh oh. NYC has fireflies! Best thing ever! Washington Sq Park probably had the best sightings of them. So cool! 

Anyway, here are some photos! 

Super reasonable sushi by Washington Sq Park

Grimaldi's! 

Yankee Stadium!

Citi Bikes!

Columbus Park...Full of Asians 

Creepy caterpillar crawled on me

Tom's Restaurant from Seinfeld! 

On an end note, I have the best hubby ever! Thank you for all the fun and adventures! <3

New York: Day's One and Two

Day one and day two in New York were a success if I don't say so myself! On day one, I got into the airport just after 5am. So early! I slept a little bit on the plane..just about as much as you can in those sitting up in those seats. It took just under an hour to get to the hotel via taxi. When I got to the hotel, I got to see my hubby! Yippee! It had been almost two whole days since I dropped him off at the airport! :)

Day one wasn't too eventful. I explored a wee bit but it was so dang hot! And humid. It was gross really. I think the high was at least 91. But I did walk around the Brooklyn Bridge Park and a couple of the Piers there at the park. It's kind of cool actually. One pier had basketball courts, another one there was sand volleyball and a soccer field on another. You can also see the Statue of Liberty! I posted a couple photos on the gram. (at)iamtrissab

I think I took a nap at this point. And then roamed around and got some froyo right by the hotel. They have sweet spoons!! Definitely adding it to my froyo spoon collection that I have going. After Scott got out of his training we went on a stroll together! Took the train over to Manhattan! Went to Central  Park and saw Jason Sudeikis on the set of one of his new films, SWOP or Sleeping With Other People. Probably is going to be rated R but we totally saw them recording the little bench scene in Central Park!

We also walked by the American Museum of Natural History! I must go see that while I am here and explore every floor! And then watch the movie The Night at the Museum. :) We also walked around Time Square! So many lights and HUGE screens!

And that was the jist of day one.

Day two I was a bum and decided to wait until my hubby got out of training. BUT I did go to a Bikram Yoga class. Hot hot hot hot hot. My goodness. I am not used to doing that anymore! WHEW. After about a week of it, it shouldn't be too bad.

After Scott got off, we hopped on the train down to Coney Island. It was freezing! And super windy. Nothing like the day before, though the ocean probably would have felt better with the heat! We had a famous hotdog at Nathan's where the current Hotdog Eating Contest records are 49 for females and 69 for males. That is both gross and ridiculous. I was pretty upset that the famous Cyclone roller coster was currently not in service, but we did get to take a ride on the Wonder Wheel! It's about 150 feet in the air and was at one point the biggest one ever! (I'm pretty sure that has since changed) It's also almost 100 years old. Oh! And Zoltar told us our fortunes.

After Coney Island, which is on the very bottom of Brooklyn just about, we hopped on the train and went over to Chinatown and Little Italy. Little Italy was a pretty quaint little area. We will most likely be back for an Italian Date Night. Scott was pretty pumped when he found a little fruit cart selling Lychees. Those things are weird! They taste good, but still weird. The last time Scott had one of those was when he was serving his mission for the LDS Church in Madagascar. I'm sure we will be getting some more of those soon!

After that little exploration, we hopped on the train over to the stop by the Brooklyn Bridge and walked across the bridge, to our hotel. A nice little walk must I say, but it would probably be a bit dreadful during the middle of the day in the heat AND humidity. Manhattan looks quite pretty from the bridge at night nonetheless!

New York City is pretty fun. This first week is more of my chillin week and then I will get to some more exploring. Each day will most likely depend on the weather. But I love it! Glad we get to be here for a couple weeks.

Check back soon for more NYC updates! For now, here are some photos!! (My apologies, some of them are not in the correct order)

Statue of Liberty!

The set for the movie SWOP

Museum of Natural History

Statue of M&M Liberty!

Way in the distance is Manhattan

Crazy Zoltar

This is a Lychee

Dragon fruit look crazy!

Statue of Liberty!

New York : T minus 5 days

It is fast approaching! The anticipation is so extreme it could almost kill!

The hubby and I are soon to be embarking on a new chapter of our life that we will entitle “A Splash of New York!” You know, since we aren’t moving there or anything (at least not at this point in our lives), it’s just a splash. It’s also way cheaper this way. New York is EXPENSIVE! Sheesh! You get paid more there, but I don’t think it’s the same cost of living to money being made ratio that here in Arizona. Actually I’m pretty positive it isn’t the same. But that’s beside the point…

Neither one of us has started packing yet. What do you even pack when you are going to be exploring for an entire month?! Am I right?! After I do some laundry I guess I should figure all that out. I found my camera at least! I just want to find my little nook book. It’s probably in a box still from the last time I moved…and now we going to be moving after we get back… so maybe I’ll get lucky and find it before then. :)

Anyway, I’m super upset that Scott and I most likely aren’t going to be able to make it to the crown level in the Statue of Liberty. I had NO IDEA you have to reserve tickets two to three months in advanced! They currently have reservations available for September through November. How depressing. I’m so distraught. I’ll still go to the Statue of Liberty; I’ll just have to go to the crown some other time… sigh…

I still have no idea what I’m going to do in New York. Everything maybe? I probably have enough time for that.

Anywho, here are some of the ideas of things I want to do! And check my instagram (at)iamtrissab for some instant trip updates!

*Museum of Natural History
Museum of Modern Art
*Little Italy
*Chinatown
*Bikram yoga in NY
Summer movies in the park
*Central park
Bronx Zoo
Statue of Liberty
*Twin Towers monument (9/11 Memorial)
Rockefeller Plaza
*Beach!
Corona Park
Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Promenade
*Coney Island
Empire State Building
*Grand Central Terminal
*The High Line
*Brooklyn Bridge Park
Fort Greene Park
Inwood Hill Park
*Prospect Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guggenheim
*Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
Attend a Broadway Show
*Washington Square Park
Brooklyn Flea
Explore Soho
Aerial tram to Roosevelt Island
5Pointz Aero Art Center
Shakespeare in the Park
*Time Square
*See a game in the Yankee Stadium
*Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
Kayak for free
Rockettes
*Bike New York
Bryant Park
Upstate New York

I’m sure I’m missing a bunch but here is at least a snippet! If you know some great places in New York, throw them at me! The weather is going to be in the 80s for the most part and humid and maybe a bit rainy at times but I am SO ready to get out of the desert!


Cheers!

Love at First Stitch (Tilly Buttons) - Clémence skirt

If any of you fellow readers out there are wanting to pick up sewing or you have already started and want to learn more, you MUST add this book into your collection! It's called Love at First Stitch written by miss Tilly. You can check out her blog here! It is definitaly a very good reference book and it has really good explanations and the patters are super cute but basic enough to do. You will also learn a lot of valuable information!

It's on Amazon! Love at First Stitch. Or you can go to Tilly's blog and order it from her if you want her to sign the copy. But either way, its a fabulous investment!

But anywho, I made a few of the Clémence skirt from in the book and I love it! (I almost forgot how much I love it!)

(Photo cred:Photography-Hill)

These are adorable. And the invisible zipper is cake. (Tilly is great at explaining everything in great details.) Seriously your sewing machine does just about everything for you and I love it. Making clothes is so much fun and you can add your own little touch of you to it! (pockets, lace, bows, buttons, etc...)

I'm going to try and tackle everything in that book. And I love making my own clothes! Everything fits me the way I want it to and I can pick out what material I want and it's just perfect!

So far I have tackled a couple shirts, which I just LOVE! You can check that out here! I've also made a couple super cute and simple pencil skirts and my baseball type shirt dress is just being so stubborn! But the best way to learn is trial and error and try and try again! The more you do the better you will become. :) Have fun with it! Because it is sew much fun!

You can check out some of my other sewing creations on my instagram here: @tmcreates or select the sewing tab at the top! 

Cheers!