The City That Never Sleeps

I have never had some much fun while being sleep deprived.  I had the pleasure of spending the weekend in New York City with my girlfriends and it can only be described in one word-amazing!  My friend Rachel recently moved to New York,Washington Heights to be exact and Stacia, Aimee and I took a weekend to go check out the sights and visit our adventurous friend.  I had been to New York once, long ago with my family so I was overly excited to see the city from a different perspective, from a New Yorkers perspective and Rachel did not disappoint.  I'll start off by saying her apartment was darling, three bedrooms, all hardwood floors.  I was anxious at first since Washington Heights was described to me as being somewhat of an unsafe neighborhood and now having been there I've come to the conclusion this is not the case.  It seemed so family orientated, there was a park for the kids, tons of people walking with their families and their pets, everyone was suprisingly friendly and at no point did I feel unsafe.  Her neighborhood was filled with culture, the majority spoke Spanish and Dominican food was mainly all that was offered in her neighborhood.  We arrived somewhat late on Friday night so Saturday was really the day to go out and see everything.  We got breakfast from street vendors, fresh squeezed orange juice was included and it was the most incredible thing I have ever treated my taste buds to....

From there we jumped on the train and made our way to the September 11 memorial which was overwhelming...the fountains that they constructed were beautiful, actually the whole site was beautifully done.

Once we left the memorial we walked to SOHO for lunch and shopping.  For all my Kardashian fans the trip simply would not have been complete without stopping here....

We spent Saturday night and most of Sunday morning (I guess we lost track of time :) ) in Times Square just taking in the sounds and lights of the city...



Long story short, we had an amazing time and I just can't wait to do it again--and maybe next time we'll consider sleeping a little bit more so we don't so this again...

For anyone whos interested buses leave for New York from South Station and tickets are roughly $20.00 each way.