nyc.

Today will be my last day on the blog until next Wednesday as I leave tomorrow morning and am going to take a break while on vacation.  If you want to follow along with my trip I will be updating Instagram the entire time you can fine me @allthingsjolie.  My plans while in the big city are...

...Chinatown
...Pinkberry and The Lite Choice (We don't have either where I live!)
...MoMA
...Rock of Ages (hopefully!  Did anyone else love the movie like I did?  The critics destroyed it.)
...9/11 Memorial
...Shopping!
...Guggenheim
...Central Park
...Billy's Bakery
...Pizza
...Times Square (you must)
...Staten Island Ferry
...Visiting my old apartment
...more shopping!
...and of course exploring

See you next week!

xo
 

places to go...

These are some of my absolute favorite things to do in the city...

Billy's Bakery- The best cupcakes ever!  I know many will disagree but this place tops my list.  They always have great seasonal flavors and if you go late right when they are about to close you can always get a few freebies.

Comic Strip Live- If you don't feel like paying Broadway prices this place is a great choice. This club always seems to put on a great show, we had a blast the last time we went and across the street is a little dive bar that is a lot of fun to hang out afterward.  I went with three other people and all four of our tickets were $40 so definitely a discount from $200 Broadway tickets.  You can usually buy them off a street vendor, they'll have some sort of sign or they'll approach you.

MoMA- I actually never went to this museum while living in NYC but I have plans to go during this visit.  I've heard its amazing.  Target Free Fridays get you in for free from 4-8pm every Friday night.

Max Brenner- If your a chocolate lover, go here.  Its amazing!

The High Line- This is such a cool place in NYC.  It lets you escape the craziness that is NYC for a little while and there are some really awesome buildings to look at on the walk.  This is actually really close to a lot of great places to drink and eat as well.

Guggenheim- This is probably my favorite museum in the world.  I'm a huge fan of impressionist and post-impressionist artists so you can probably see why.  The last exhibit I went to there titled Haunted was chilling yet beautiful and presented in a way that the viewer appreciates.  My dad is a huge fan of Frank Lloyd Wright who designed the building so I'm excited to take him there to appreciate it in person.

Staten Island Ferry- If you want to get a great view of the Statue of Liberty but don't want to make the trip out to Ellis Island this is the way to go.  The ferry is free and departs every 30 minutes.  It takes about an hour round trip and literally passes right by the Statue of Liberty.

xo

weekend work and two chairs.

 

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I am so excited to leave and actually go on a real vacation I can’t wait.  I think the last time I went on a true vacation was last October and it ended up not being a really great trip so this one I am anticipating each day.  I just have to get through the next week and I will be leaving!  

This weekend I’ll be spending at work so there’s not much in the way of exciting things that I will be doing.  I did find two awesome chairs that I plan on redoing for our patio; remember here where they wouldn’t let me have just the chairs.  Well guess who sweet talked their way into buying just two of them instead.  I might go back for the other two if I need them for an office redo but until then I’ve got two great chairs for $30.  Look at these beauties!

The sanding and prep work will begin on those tomorrow but other than that I have no plans.  What are you doing?  Any sanding and spray painting in your future?

xo

i want to wake up in that city.

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I'll be heading to New York next week to spend some time in the city and show my parents around.  I lived in Manhattan for a few months back in 2o1o and have not been back since.  Thus I am extremely excited to spend a few days exploring, eating great food, spending some time poking around museums, and of course shopping.  My dad being raised in the deep South has never been to the city while my mom grew up right outside of it so I'm excited for us to show him around and explore a little.

This week and part of next week I plan on doing a New York series featuring everything from city style to my favorite spots that I found while living there to things to do and places to eat.  

Any favorite spots of your own?  Or perhaps you lived in the City for some time?

xo