Day Two: Summary
New York Athletic Club
Clinton Street Baking Co. for brunch
Tenament Museum
Purl Soho fabric store
Drinks in Chinatown
A walk across Manhattan bridge
John’s Pizzeria for dinner
Junior’s for cheesecake dessert
Day Two: Long Version
Clinton Steet Baking Co. The wait was worth it!
Day two in New York City started with a few laps in the NYAC pool which was located inside our hotel. Once we were dressed and ready-to-go John took us out for a fantastic brunch at Clinton Street Baking Co. on the Lower East Side. It’s a very popular place that is well-known for their fresh Maine blueberry pancakes. I went with the Brioche French Toast and we shared a side of sugar cured bacon. I mean really…bacon drenched in sugar, how can you go wrong!
Fabric stack and Liberty of London Fabric purchased at Purl
After brunch, Elizabeth and John head to the Tenament Museum while I wandered off to do some shopping in Soho. I was in search of a store that also has a fantastic blog. It’s simply called Purl and they carry beautiful contemporary fabrics, yarn and crafty supplies. Their blog, The Purl Bee, often provides free patterns and I really wanted to check it out in person.
E and I sucking down some tasty coconut water!
From Soho we walked through Chinatown stopping for some refreshing coconut water from one of the many street vendors. We were stopped several times by people wanting to know, “what is that and where did you get it?” Looking at the photo above I’m sure they thought it was some kind of alcoholic beverage but alas it was just naturally flavored water. It was fun to walk around and see all the fresh fish markets and tacky souvenir shops which Chinatown is known for but we were only window shopping.
View of Manhattan Bridge from the pedestrian walkway
Chinatown is close to the Manhattan Bridge which some may say is the ugly step-sister of the Brooklyn Bridge but dispite some decay and neglect its quite a beautiful structure. It’s a long walk across the bridge and it was a very hot day with little shade so we walked 1/2 way across the bridge before turning around and hailing a cab back to the hotel. We were beat!
We rested for a couple of hours before dinner and since we had been to a fun musical the previous night we opted for a low-key dinner at John’s Pizzeria. Located inside a former church in Times Square, John’s had a great atmosphere and was popular with both locals and tourists. Their house wine wasn’t bad either. A carafe later and enough pizza to induce narcolepsy we make matters worse by heading to Junior’s for some classic New York Style Cheesecake! Oy vey, was that a bad idea. Don’t get me wrong the cheesecake was great but my slice was a meal in and of itself. Thanks for daring me into it John!
Tomorrow I will post day 3 and 4 of our trip. More fun pics to come!
