Friday 24 August 2012

Bubi NYC





Last day of work was definitely a bit of a tear jerker. Everyone at Banana Republic was so lovely and generous and really seemed to appreciate having us work with them for the summer and I will never ever EVER forget it!! As well as having the most amazing time though I also learnt so much about a career designing for such a successful corporate fashion company that will hugely affect my final year at Kingston no doubt.

Our lovely doormen even sent us up a bouquet of flowers as they didn't want us to leave. (I think it was refreshing for them to have us there as a nice change from all the botoxed faces and shoe wearing handbag sized pooches in that place). Packing was stressful, I even had to leave behind a pair of brand new Alexander Wang boots that were given to me along with handbags and books as our cases were bursting at the seams! 

But hey ho...one of the best summers ever there is not a single thing I could complain about it was a dream! I am left bruised from all the times I had to pinch myself. 

Next stop is two months in Stockholm...watch this space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I <3 N Y

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Last Friday night




Obviously feeling emotional and couldn't quite believe that our time out in NY was coming to an end we decided we had to leave on a high! It was only just beginning to sink in that we were living out there and all of a sudden it was our last weekend :( We went to our all time have taco bar in Nolita and then moved on to a bar downtown which I definitely wish I knew was there before as it was an amazing dive bar! Mac Fish is like a really cool surfer/skater dive bar which has a lot of....alternative artwork. Refusing to go home we stayed up over on the west side to watch the sunrise at Brooklyn bridge where we also found ourselves surrounded by the early bird exercise freaks on the pier. 

Walk home via fifth












I realised towards the end of my 2 months living in New York that, similarly to living in London or anywhere for that matter it is easy to forget what you have right on your doorstep. So sometimes you gotta walk back to your swanky apartment and absorb what Tiffany and Chanel have to offer you! I can only dream that next time I'm back here I will no longer be just a window shopper...although, they know how to put an attractive window display out here!



Flaaaaaaaamin Saddles!











If you like Coyote Ugly (aka best film ever), and you like a bit o' Dolly Parton and Shania Twain then you will LOVE Flaming Saddles, the best gay bar midtown!!

Work out in your speedo's at Pier 45












My excellent NY travel guide recommended pier 45 is worth checking out and it's more or less near where the High Line ends so it was a perfect location to relax after the walk. There are three surprising things that I found here at pier 45...!

1) It appears to be not only the gay hang out, but the gayworkingoutinmytinypants hang out.
2) At the end of the pier you can join in the tango dancing which is just adorable watching old couples grooving while the sun goes down.
3) Kusama sure gets around! Her spotted toadstools bring even more character to this fairground of a pier! 

On top of this you can see all the way down shore to the Statue of Liberty and just across the river is the Jersey Shore. 


Walking the High Line










The High Line hovers above the East Side of Manhattan and stretches from Chelsea all the way down to Meatpacking District. It is a disused Railway Track that was built in the 1930s and has been preserved and turned into a tourist attraction. We happened to choose what felt like the hottest day we had yet experienced which made the walk quite difficult and I think we may have bailed about half way down to go and get a well deserved Sunday Sundae ice-cream but the view was undoubtedly spectacular. However, the artificial and strange smelling plants scattered along the line made me for the first time miss the REAL countryside. I think it's fair to say that New York just doesn't do gardens??!   

Past tense




I have been home in England now for 2 weeks and due to the madness of the last few days in NY I failed to finish uploading to my blog. Withdrawal symptoms aside, I must complete this as I have photos left. It just seems so sad that I am now going to writing from my memory sat home in Gloucestershire rather than looking out my window on the 23rd floor at my amazing Central Park city view! So here's how Lauren, Rhiannon and myself spent our last few days in Manhattan....(that's us in the pic btw)