We headed down to New York for the long weekend and had 3 busy filled days. There is something about New York that just wins you over, whether its the free shows, the array of gourmet cuisine or even just the general street vibe.
Two years ago we visited about the same time and were a little bit scared about the heat and although thunderstorms were forecast nothing ever came and it never got too hot. We were excited about visiting the Brooklyn Flea again after managing to pick up so many good finds last time. We didn't find anything, however we did find out there was Smorgasbord on at the Sunday location. We were in food heaven. There were so many different stalls that we had such a hard choice deciding. I ended up going for the teriyaki organic potato dough balls from the Japanese stall and B as per usual went for Latin American food. I was also super excited to see a stall from one of my favourite blogs,
Sweet Fine Day. I didn't have the courage to tell him that I was an avid 'stalker'.
On Saturday afternoon we headed to PS1 Moma to watch Simian Mobile Disco's DJ set. The vibe was electric and the crowd loved it, and the rain didn't for one second stop the dancing. A definite highlight of our weekend.
Cuisine wise, we hit the Spotted Pig where I had the shrimp with greens and beets and B went for the blue cheese burger which he rated highly. Saturday night after PS1 we headed to Mesa Cocayan in Brooklyn (which we never got to last time). The mexican food was amazing!
On Sunday we weren't quite sure what to do, but ended up going to the Alexander McQueen exhibition only to find a line that went on forever. (it would have been at least a three hour wait!). So we decided to skip it, despite rave reviews. For lunch we went to Pollinos where B was catching up with a school friend he hadn't seen in 12 years. His friend had such an illustrious career, cooking for various celebrities (he had just been on tour with Paul McCartney and was working on opening the Jay Z restaurant).
