Last Updated on October 9, 2024
When I arrived in New York last week, I was told that I had brought summer with me. Apparently, it had been cold and rainy most of the spring until the weekend of my arrival – and hearing this made me feel reassured again about having spent all of May in Austin (in case you haven’t noticed yet – I’ve got a major case of FOMO and ‘sacrificing’ a month in New York for four weeks in Austin wasn’t an easy decision for me to make!). To be honest, I was considering extending my stay in Austin for another three weeks (yes, I loved it that much – more on that to come next week) but then my travel plans were changed by circumstances beyond my control (more on that soon).
And that’s why I ended up spending only eight days in my adopted home. Knowing that my time in New York would be short and sweet, the goal was to make the most of it. This meant: make sure to have a decent New York bagel (check), have a pizza at Roberta’s (check, and it was so worth nearly missing my flight for it! Still my favorite pizza spot in NYC), see some new street art in Bushwick, go to Smorgasburg for some street food, see the spring blossoms in Central Park, catch up with friends. Well these were all the things I that I managed to fit in – my actual list was, as usual, much more ambitious than what I could actually fit into a short week, but I also managed to fit in a daily run in Prospect Park, bike rides through Brooklyn, I checked out a brunch place I’ve wanted to go to for a while (Cheryl’s Global Soul, thumbs up). It felt amazing to be ‘home’, to see my friends, just to be part of life in the Big Apple again.
What else did I get up to? I checked out a few new ‘coffices‘, had two nights out, soaked up the sun in Madison Square Park, made time for a stroll through the West Village (one of my favorite neighborhoods), and I even ended up at Dominique Ansel Kitchen (unplanned, which made it even better), which is a pastry lover’s dream, and where I last went for a birthday treat last winter, for a chocolate nutella swirl croissant (just as indulgent as it sounds) and scoped out a couple of Middle Eastern places I hadn’t been to yet – thumbs up for both Taim and Kulushkat.
The last two got me excited for my next destination: the next Polaroid Of The Week will be coming to you from BERLIN (where I’ll be stuffing myself with as much Middle Eastern food as possible for eight glorious days and welcome a very special visitor).
Five Reasons to Spend a Day in Brooklyn on a Visit to New York - GlobetrotterGirls
Monday 25th of November 2019
[…] on the other hand, has an entire neighborhood filled with amazing murals: Bushwick. The Bushwick Collective, a conglomerate of street artists, made it their goal to transform the […]
Jazzy
Wednesday 10th of August 2016
Yeah Brooklyn! My home borough! Seems like you still got to do quite a lot in that week!
Dani
Tuesday 16th of August 2016
Jazzy - not as much as I would've liked ;-) But I pack in a lot on the weekends. If you have any off-the-beaten-path recommendations, throw them at me :D
Linda March
Monday 13th of June 2016
Yes, good, bring the sun back in Germany, we are missing it. :)
What do you have planned in Berlin ? (if it's not a big secret)
Dani
Tuesday 12th of July 2016
Not a big secret at all - I had two different friends from NYC come and visit me there last month and this month. It was great showing them my favorite German city! :)