Kate's NYC Adventure

I think the trip up here was better than actually being here. Ahem, just kidding, daddy. Anyway, the trip up here was fantastic. I actually barely complained and barely had to pee! A definate feat in my opinion. Anyway, so it was all great, but the best part was New York City! It really was one of my favorite experiences. After the train pretty early in the morning, we entered the station (Grand Central) which is actually like a nice shop itself. There were bakeries and everything, it was so nice.

Then I stepped into Manhatten! The building were so tall, they like, swallowed you up. We walked around a little but my mom went home to my great aunt and uncles (where we were staying) because she knew she'd get a panick attack. I went to Zara and H&M, which Melissa recommended, but only bought something from Zara--a little purple cami, for four dollars! I'm a bargain shopper everywhere, even in NYC! I also bought something at Macy's, a really cute silk-ish leopard-print shirt, for only 6 dollars--it used to be almost forty. That's about as far as my shopping spree goes, though!! But surprisingly, even for me, that was only a little part of my fascination.

We did get to go into Prada and other really nice stores, and of COURSE Tiffany's! I was walking where Audrey Hepburn walked! If the security guards hadn't looked so evil, I would have kissed the floor. :) Prada and Gucci seemed kind of empty--no one was there, and they didn't even have racks of clothes. At Prada, I actually had an adventure. Like, action-packed...sort of. Anyway. Sheehan and I wanted to go to the top floor, but were tired of walking so much (I mean, come on, we had a ten mile trek around the city) so headed to the elevator. We got in, and hit the store number. All was well until we were about a foot away from the floor. The elevator was going soooo slow, and it took almost two minutes of me hypervenalating with claustrophobia. Okay, so that's a little bit of an exaggeration...so anyway. At least the elevators were see-through. We finally got out and found a "Out of Order" sign on the elevator--the sign from our entrance had fallen off! So that's my Prada adventure.

I went into Burberry, too, and the Apple store. It was soooo much fun walking around New York though. Time Square was my favorite part, with the lights flashing everywhere--it was especially gorgeous at night. We had lunch at this cafe where celebrities would sign their pictures and have them hung up on the wall because the cafe was so famous (though I forgot what it was called) and dad talked me into splitting a pistrami sandwhich (dad's saying from the other room "the size of a small dog)--official New Yorker food--with him. And I discovered that I LOVE that borscht!! It's this pink beet soup. I had it hot. So anyway. Later at night we got a cab to NYU and looked around a little there. Then we went over to Chinatown and had dessert.

I miss New York so much!! It felt like my home, though some people were a little rude. I actually saw this woman and man get in a real fight, though. He was yelling at her, and if we hadn't crossed the street, I bet I would have seen him hit her or shove her or something. It was really scary. Well, that's about it for my NYC adventure!!

We also stopped by other places on the way up like Portland, Maine, which was really beautiful. There was this slanted concrete path where you could walk down by the ocean. Waves crashed against the rocky shore, and huge Victorian houses were positioned just a few feet away. Even though I'm definately more of a fan of sandy beaches, this was gorgeous!! My hair was flying all over, and my breath was like, taken away.

That's it for now!

Love, Kate