sometimes girls gossip: new york.. new york..

i want to wake up in the city that doesn't sleep ♪

oh that new york new york song by frank sinatra played all the time and now its in my head.
saturday called for rain, but luckily for us it turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous day. we walked to grand central station, got subway passes, hopped on the subway and went to battery park.

grand central station is pretty cool. like it has coffee shops and bakeries down below, tiled floors, huge chandeliers and thousands of people.

once we got to battery park we went to get tickets to get on the ferry to see the statue of liberty and ellis island. we pretty much waited in line for an hour and a half to then go through security and then finally get on the ferry. it was extremely hot even though it was only 10 am. i got a sunburn on half my forehead lol.. since my bangs only cover half. oh and not only did i get a sunburn, my camera died while waiting in line! lucky my sister brought my dads camera with us, she let me use it for the rest of the day..

the building with the crane - its about where the twin towers were.

from the ferry.. the water really isn't so attractive lol

after getting back to battery park we were insanely hungry, it was around 2pm. we decided to walk along the brooklyn bridge and walk around brooklyn. i had asked one of my friends before i went to ny, what is a must-eat-at restaurant when in nyc - his answer, gramaldi's pizzaria. i trusted his answer (for one: he goes to nyc religiously, two: i had also read about it somewhere). it was in brooklyn anyways so we decided to go for a late lunch. ohh ps: the line to get a table was about an hour wait, but if you like pizza id say its worth it. it ended up being an early dinner.

then we hopped on the subway again, went back to the hotel and went to the rockefeller centre. we figured top of the rock would be best when it was dark. and of course the city looked gorgeous, even though it had gotten a bit foggy by then! after that we went to magnolia bakery to get some cupcakes. umm they were good cupcakes, but for a bakery known for their cupcakes i was extremely disappointed with their flavour selection. what the eff kind of bakery doesn't have red velvet cupcakes. i wasn't going to eat an entire cake by my self!!!

alright so after seeing the city from the top of the rockefeller centre, and easting cupcakes we went back to the hotel. my aunt and i decided to change and go for some drinks. it was only 10:30 and it is the city that never sleeps right!? lol i wanted to try a manhattan, everyone warned me i wouldn't like it, but i got one anyways.. i am stubborn sometimes.