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My beaut stacking bangles are from Ted Baker. |
I love how Anna captured this particularly sassy moment of mine…*hair flick* |
Chelsea Market was a bit of a let down to be honest, I thought it would be a lot bigger, but it was actually pretty small. However, I had the best bagel there. It was just a simple cinnamon and raisin bagel with cream cheese, but it was so yummy! I ate it before I could take a photo, sorry…I was really hungry.
When we checked in at our hotel the day before, we had two booklets of the New York CityPASS waiting for us in our suite (very handy that they deliver to your hotel!), so with our booklets we exchanged the Top of the Rock page for a ticket, and made our way up to the 67th floor.
The view was incredible! We were so lucky that the weather was glorious, so we could see for miles all over NYC.
After spending time taking in the view (and taking plenty of photos, obvs), we got the lift back down and caught a taxi back to our hotel for our afternoon break.
Our afternoon break became a bit of a habit, what with my jetlag and being sickly, I desperately needed a couple of hours in the afternoons to just relax, so we made it our movie rest time and just put on the awesome American TV channels and pigged out on snacks.
We then got showered and changed for dinner. We both desperately wanted your typical American BBQ food in a fun setting, so after a bit of research we decided on Brother Jimmy’s BBQ, just round the corner in Murray Hill. As we left the hotel we chatted to the lovely doormen at the hotel, and when we told them where we were going for dinner they were very impressed and said it was a good choice. They looked a bit shocked that we were going somewhere so casual, but I guess most guests at the Langham NYC go for the more ‘fine dining’ options, haha.
We are SO happy we chose Brother Jimmy’s BBQ. Oh my days. It was incredible. The food was so good, and definitely the comfort food I was after. We had super strong cocktails, and started with hot wings and chicken fingers (basically fried chicken).
We then moved on to the ‘Jimmy’s Pig Out For Two’, which was only $45, and we had; Southern Ribs, Pulled Pork, Brisket, and BBQ Chicken, with Cornbread, Mac & Cheese, Coleslaw, Hush Puppies, and String Beans. Yep. A whooooolee lotta food!
Safe to say we didn’t finish it all. But we tried bits of everything, and everything was ah-mazing.
Service was a bit slow, but the staff were lovely and the restaurant had such a great vibe and atmosphere. The bar was absolutely packed with locals, and the restaurant was almost full by the time we left at around 8pm. We strolled back to our hotel and got ready for our first NYC night out with Drizzy Drake himself. It was probably one of the most epic nights out ever, so I’ll tell you all about it in a separate post 😉 stay tuned!
The Manhattan cityscape is so eye-conic (see what I did there?! No applause? 'kay) but as anyone on the top will tell you, the view is something else when you're at the peak 😉 It's the kind of sight that will NEVER get old, I think – the skyline is just so iconic! x
Jasiminne: Posh, Broke, & Bored
This sounds like SO much fun, I have never explored Chelsea before but next time I go I would love to! 🙂
x Kenzie
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Brother Jimmy's BBQ sounds like fun, I don't know the Murray Hill area but we had a lot of fun walking the Highline. You managed to dress cosy yet stylish with those boots!
Ahh shame you were disappointed by Chelsea Market, I loved it! And the Highline. What a fab day and great that you went to the Top of Rock too!
Oh that sounds amazing – I really want to wander the High Line and always love NY (especially the Flatiron too) And look at that food. Yum!
OMG that milkshake! This post made me so hungry XD
Oooooh that milkshake!
nice pictures
Lovely pictures!! It seems like you had an amazing time….Thanks for Sharing your experience.