The Bloggers Take Manhattan!

This August, I was finally able to meet the lovely Kyla.  We've known each other since 2009---we're blogfriends from way back.  I emailed her out of the blue early in the summer, with the subject line "brilliant idea.  no, seriously."

"You know how I went to the jazz age party last year?  It's happening again this year, and the June date won't work for me or my friend Sara, but the August date won't work for her (she'll be Australia still).  Soo----how would you feel about meeting in NYC for the jazz age party?  I think it could be so much fun"

And to my utter amazement, the universe was on our side and it all went so swimmingly!  We stayed in a lovely little bedroom in the Chinatown/Lower East Side in Manhattan, and had a glorious time.  I can't wait until we do it again.  For Kyla's recap of the weekend, check out her blog!

Meeting up, at midnight (thanks late Megabus; photo credit Kyla)

Our Saturday started with breakfast in Chinatown.

And walking towards the Brooklyn Bridge.

After Brooklyn (pictures here) - we came back to Manhattan and the Lower East Side for the afternoon. 

We found a rice pudding store.  No joke.

And watched a bit of soccer in the park.

photo credit: Kyla

The street art was incredible, as always.

After a long day of wandering, we had dinner out and then went to the roof to enjoy our wine and macaroons....cause nothing says magical like sugar, a bit of bubbly, and the New York City skyline. 

photo credit: Kyla
(it was nearly impossible to get a good picture of how amazing this view was!  It looks like only boring buildings, but I promise it was wonderful)

My camera was getting a little tired of the low light business.

View of the Brooklyn Bridge the next morning.