I heart NY

We just got back to the hotel room and i'm feeding off the free wi fi access :)

A quick update on the events so far...

Day one :: departure/arrival

I woke up at 5:30am and we headed for New York around 6:35am.

Traffic was moving well and jenny was driving fast, so we made it to the boarder in about 1hr then had lunch at the half way point.

Aside from the bananas and bran muffins we had for breakfast, McDonalds was the first meal we had upon entering the US. I had an asian chicken salad, which was surprisingly good. very fresh....The decor inside was nothing like any McD i've seen. It had a grand piano in the center of the room and was decked out in a Victorian style musical theme. interesting...

3:30pm we arrived at our hotel and checked in. The hotel room we got is definitely one of the nicest i've ever been. Very clean and modern, living up to all the photos and reviews I've read.

After unpacking, we walked around 5th avenue for a bit then went for dinner at Sushi Yasuda. Probably amongst the best sushi you'll ever have in NY especially if you like sashimi. Very authentic stuff. The service was amazing too. The minute you finish the food off your plate or put your chopsticks down, someone would come take it away almost instantaneously. One of us also dropped a chopstick and the waiter, who happened to look like a guy straight out of the Matrix (short of the cool shades), picked it up and gave a replacement pair within seconds.

Then we walked the streets of New York some more, snacked on some fruits from a local deli then headed back to the hotel.

items acquired: AX tank top


Day two :: woodbury

Today we got up early and went for breakfast at the hotel Mezzanine.
It was all you can eat for $12.95. So much good food but not enough stomach! They had bagels, salmon, lots of fruits, yogourt, cereal, pastries, croissants, spinach frittata etc. I wanted to try it all but was full after the frittata and bowl of cereal/berries.

We then drove to the Woodbury outlet mall, which was about a 1.5hr drive.
There was a lot of crappy stuff from several seasons ago in some of the stores, as is the case with any outlet but we still managed to buy lots of nice stuff. There were some really good deals that were hard to resist. Especially on shoes! and with the exchange rate at $1.11, it's even sweeter! I spent way too much $$ & it's only day 2 of our trip.

items acquired: jeans, furla handbag, 3 pairs of shoes, & soccer socks