GOTHAM

Coffee at La Colombe - Top of the Rock - High Line - West Village - Manhattan from Williamsburg - SoHo

New York is quickly becoming one of my favourite cities and it's understandable why. This visit we stayed in SoHo, my favourite borough on Manhattan and also great for shopping. Zara, J.Crew and Zimmermann are my picks. Coffee at La Colombe and Ground Support became a ritual and by the end of the week the baristas remembered my order. Ground Support was also the scene for a run-in with Paul Wesley from The Vampire Diaries. So dreamy. Frozen hot chocolate from Serendipity 3 was another highlight and also the location for one of my most loved movies. And of course no visit to New York is complete without visiting the Top of the Rock. That view gets me. Every time.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

NYC buildings - Saturdays NYC - Pinkberry - SoHo streets - Top of the Rock - Magnolia's Bakery - Bleecker Street - Times Square - Brooklyn Bridge

New York City has the ability to captivate your every sense. It is, for me, a place of dreams. Anything, everything is possible. The city was buzzing with tourists during our July visit but it didn’t stop us from enjoying the main attractions. Top of the Rock at sunset was the best $25 I have ever spent and a view I will never forget. A red velvet cupcake from Magnolia’s Bakery is another must, especially if you’re a Sex and the City lover. With Starbucks in one hand and Pinkberry in another, my boyfriend and I spent our week exploring Central Park, walking the Brooklyn Bridge, shopping in SoHo and admiring the incredible sky scraping buildings. It really is a concrete jungle. Friends warned me the affect this city would have on me. They were right. New York really is a place apart.