[NYC'24] Day 3 - Times Square & Broadway

 

Hi angels, I hope you've been doing well!! I've been living a bit more offline these days so I just haven't been motivated to post online or blog much (ᵕ—ᴗ—) I was doing a huge closet cleanout the last two weeks and just started working out again so my day to day routine is a bit more busy now with meal prepping and exercise. I noticed my posture has been quite bad because I work at a desk a lot so I wanted to proactively take better care of myself! Btw if you want to check out any of my sales I've listed a lot of things on my depop ‪‪❤︎‬

Anyways it's a long weekend for me now and since I just finished my arm tattoo yesterday I've got a bit of down time to catch up on a few posts. I'm going to try my best to wrap up the 2024 posts so I can talk about all the exciting things that I did in 2025 ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

On day 3 of our NYC trip, Reina woke up early to go for a walk. She brought me back a bagel and coffee for breakfast and it was delicious. I didn't really like the coffee though but maybe it's because I'm more used to the flavor of Korean ones ( ╹ -╹)?

After eating and getting ready we met up with Vix and decided to go check out Times Square before it got busy. I brought my digi cam to take pics again hehe (๑•᎑•๑)

There was a section blocked off in the middle of Times Square for NYFW runway. There were a lot of people so we couldn't get a good view of the runway itself but we got to see the "backstage" area where the models were.

It was getting really warm so we for some bubble tea and checked out the shops nearby. 

It got really busy at the square so we decided to leave and go see the 9/11 memorial and museum. Unfortunately when we got there we learned that the museum was closed for friends and family of the victims that week so we weren't able to see it this time. 

Instead we walked around the Ground Zero area and went to go look at the One World Trade Center station (which is where John Wick 2 was filmed!).

At this point we were getting hungry so we had lunch at one of the mall food courts. I wasn't feeling very particular so I got this salmon slop bowl which was pretty alright.

This mall had palm trees inside for some reason and I thought it felt very LA lol ꉂꉂ(ᵔᗜᵔ*)

It was getting close to our show time so Reina and I parted ways with Vix to head over to the theatre. I was so excited for my first Broadway show! We got tickets for Moulin Rouge.

The show was amazing!! I had so much fun and my love for musicals definitely grew deeper that night. I totally understand the hype about seeing a show on Broadway, it was an entirely different production level to any musical I've ever seen locally.

After the show we were hungry and Reina was in the mood for karaoke. We wandered around trying to find a place that had lounge/bar style experience but we couldn't find anything like that. We even befriended another pair of international travelers also looking for a similar experience but ultimately we parted ways in the middle of our search and we opted to go get food instead.

We found this little Korean pocha that let us request songs to play so we ate and listened to kpop for a while before going back to the hotel ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

That's all for this post, I hope you enjoyed it. See you in the next one~ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

[NYC'24] Day 2 - Meeting Vix

 

Hi angels, how are you? I just got through my spring deadline and now I finally have a few weeks to rest and recover before things get crazy again for my fall deadline. Picking up from my last post this is Day 2 of my NYC trip with Reina and Vix!

We started the day off getting ready to meet Vix at the Museum of Modern Art. It was a bright and sunny day so we dressed appropriately for lots of walking.

We took a cab to the museum and this was my first experience with "New York Traffic" and "New York Time" because how did a hypothetical 15 minute ride turn into 45+ minutes!!! (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥)

We were dropped off away from the entrance so we had to make our way over. There was a huge crowd of cameramen near the entrance. Apparently there was a famous influencer doing some sort of interview there but neither Reina nor I had any idea who they were. It felt so New York to see something like this lol so I took a picture to commemorate it like a true tourist. 

After meeting up with Vix we headed inside and purchased our fares. I was soooo excited to see the fashion exhibit they had but it was actually moved out of the museum for an exhibition. Unfortunately at the time of our visit it wasn't put back in yet so the entire floor where it would've been was blocked off.

Even though I was devastated to have missed out on this exhibit, we ended up exploring the rest of the museum together. There were so many things to see and learn about that I almost forgot about the fashion exhibit entirely by the end of it (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

There was a huge Egyptian exhibit that we spent a lot of time in before going on to look at all the paintings and sculptures. 

There was also a special Tiffany's collection on display that was super fun to look at.

At some point we took a little break and checked out the rooftop garden. It had some funny art displays and we could see the city skyline from here!

Of course we had to snap some pics. On the way down from the roof we went through this mirror corridor and thought it would be fun to take some photos here too.

Finally we came to this massive hall that was incredibly breathtaking to be in. It was one of the few areas that had seating available so we took a break in here too. By now we had seen most of what the museum had to offer so we decided that we would leave for the day.

We took the train and headed over to see Rockefeller Center. Since we visited during New York Fashion Week the ice rink portion of the center was set up with seating and a catwalk.

We were pretty hungry by this point so we got some tacos and took in the atmosphere. We would've tried some pizza but for some reason the only kind we could find was "Chicago style" which none of us really wanted lol.

After we ate we explored some of the shops nearby and take in the atmosphere.

Somehow the day was still young so we went and got some coffee at a café before heading over to see the sunset at Little Island and walking the High Line.

For dinner we went to Cocoron to try some soba noodles. I got the cold Ikura soba that was on the seasonal menu and it was really tasty! 

We also witnessed a crazy thing while we were eating, someone came into the restaurant and stole a cola right off the table nearest to the door. They just came in, grabbed it, and immediately left while drinking it. The shop manager rushed out to chase them away but it all happened so quickly I was so shocked! 

The staff were very nice and made sure everyone was ok and of course they replaced that customer's drink but it was just such an absurd thing to witness. It was so New York (ᵕ ´ᗜ`)

That's all for this post, I hope you enjoyed reading. See you again in the next one (ㅅ´ ˘ `)