We had grand intentions, but a late night slowed our start. We didn't make it out until noon-ish. We headed directly south to one of my favorites-ABC Kitchen. I cannot begin to describe how much I love this place. If you are planning to visit, let's plan on going here!! When we tried to make ressies, there were none all weekend-so, we chanced it and showed up blind. The wait was an hour, so what better to do with our time than the local fresh market. The "known" things about this city are easy to see, but Saturday mornings the locals come out in droves to support the local economy-these are the real reasons I love this city. The market was packed and we had so much fun sampling-organic chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin bread, ginger snaps, sour dough bread, drinkable yogurt, organic milk-just a few of the things! I fell in love with this florist, he had amazing wreaths/arrangements and loose flowers and plants. I want more James Durr, unfortunately-the guy working said they were just a little farm outside the city and didn't sell here other than the market.
After lunch we headed south to Soho and Canal St. Karlee loved bargaining with the people and actually got pretty good at making deals. A couple of watches, shirts and perfume later we headed up through the fun shops of Soho. No bargaining here, but did find some great stuff and a few deals.
As we headed north, the sun had set and the moon was out. Really spectacular view! Plus, didn't hurt to admire the bridge a bit and they were filming the batman scheduled to come out this summer!
Next on the list was Empire State at Night. The nice thing about winter here is night starts around 5pm. If you want to do anything that requires darkness, you have plenty of it. So, we headed up to the top and enjoyed the view of the city. It was really cold and windy on the east and west sides and very comfortable on the north and south. Interesting what direction and elevation do for the temperature.
Not sure if the video plays, but has some great views!
For our final team dinner we decided on seafood. David Burke's Fishtail was perfect. It is close to home and cozy, warm environment. We figured we would all share food and luckily got to try a little of everything! I would highly recommend this place, I had roasted branzino (a fish from the bass family) that our waitress recommend and it was incredible. Melted in your mouth and it seemed more hearty than some fish I've had before. The seafood tower was a hit too, even Karlee liked this one!
We had a great weekend, and I couldn't have had better roommates for the weekend. Thanks guys for coming to visit!
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