While in NY for my 25th birthday, the boo thang and I stayed in Times Square. For myself, it was my first time staying in a hotel in NY because I usually stay with friends, so it was nice being in the thick of it all. The hotel we stayed at was extremely beautiful and it's funny how even hotels in NY are holes in the wall, then you walk in like "OMG! THIS was inside of here?!" Haha! Me being me, I found the hotel on LivingSocial, because I don't pay full price for much of anything these days. The room came with a bottle of wine and chocolates. The remainder shall be shown in pictures...
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| Right outside of our door. |
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We took the subway on our own. Our was pretty proud. When leaving, we entered the wrong train entrance though. It's not like DC where you go in the say way whether you're going towards point A or B, nah u gotta walk up the block to head to A and around the corner for point B. Learned the hard way while carrying luggage through the snow.
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| Look how beautiful the entrance is. The restaurant/lounge was to the right and they had the best friggin margaritas I've ever had in my life. I had 2 and was good and tipsy and they were $5 all night. *faints* I also had a warm spinach salad with mushrooms, tomatoes I think, and a bacon vinaigrette dressing and it had baby potatoes on the side. |
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| I couldn't come without snacks for the road and room though :) Good healthy snacks too. I'm pretty sure I picked out the best tasting pistachios (sweet chili) and almond (rosemary & black pepper). |
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They had the room READY for the doll, u see this? LOL! We stayed in the Theatre District.
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| A portion of the menu from Red Rooster in Harlem, NY. I wanted to go here because I watch Food Network all the time especially the show Chopped and there's this judge named Marcus Samuelson who is always on point with his critiques and knowledge of the food he tastes. He was on an episode of Chopped All Stars with other world renowned chefs and swept them under the rug easily. I was hoping to meet him while there, but apparently he was there earlier in the day. The staff kept saying he would likely return, but he never did :( Also, this restaurant was ran like a tight ship. We sat near the kitchen and didn't hear a peep of noise or banter coming from the back. Service was excellent. |
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Oxtail Pappardelle. The oxtail is underneath the noodle with the red wine reduction. The bread on the side with the pickled mushrooms was an added noted of flavor to the already flavorful dish. This was my far, the best meal I've ever had in my life. Before this, we were served cornbread with a tomato salsa. The cornbread came out resembling pound but be ye not deceived. This tomato salsa was glorious. Then we ordered drinks, I can't remember what kind of drink I ordered, but it had tequila in it, then on top of the lemon slice in my drink sat some Ethiopian spices, once mixed with the drink it took it to a whole different level.
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The next day it snowed, so we got a late start as we waited for the snow to stop falling, but it was worth the wait to find this place :) Straight off of TLC. We were secretly on a tour of everything on reality TV. We saw Black Ink while in the cab on the way to Harlem too. LOL!
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| I had the strawberry shortcake, it's my all time favorite dessert. They're strawberry cheecakes looked beautiful too, but I wanted something lighter. I wanted to try Junior's cheesecakes because I seen they had a strawberry shortcake cheesecake and it would have went with the reality TV tour. <---Diddy |
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