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Let’s Visit NYC! 🗽🚕🥯

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A love letter to NYC. I love it there so much I try to visit at least once a year, experience new things, eat new foods, and attend one-of-a-kind events! Here are some of my favorite past visits from my travels in the city. Leave me recs on your favo...
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Dinner🍔

These are the places I would go back again… if nyc wasn’t as saturated with amazing restaurants 😅
 
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Get the burger. All the food we had was amaze, but get the burger. Very easy to snag a reservation as well.
Layla

Drinks 🍹

Alcoholic drinks unless otherwise stated! 🍸🍷
 
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If you’re an espresso martini girlie, stop at a Starbucks reserve you won’t regret it. And lucky for you NYC has two!
Starbucks Reserve Locations Offer Unique Espresso Martinis

Activities 🚖

These could be free, public, ticketed, and anything in between. Just some of the favorite things I’ve done in the city.
 
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I felt like I was living my Broad City dreams walking through Washington Square Park. Perfect for my people watching and soaking up the sun!
Washington Square Park
 
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This was such a one-of-a-kind experience and the staff were super friendly (we went to the Brooklyn location). My mom and I made scents for each other which I will forever cherish!
Olfactory NYC: A New Custom Fragrance Concept | Custom Perfume
 
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Drag show at 3 dollar bill! Yessir
3 Dollar Bill
 
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Go see a broadway show!! Every performance I’ve seen has been top tier and no regrets. I’ve seen Phantom of the Opera, Into the Woods, Be More Chill, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Wicked, and Chicago. If you want those recs, check out my specifi...
Broadway Tickets | Broadway Shows | Theater Tickets | Broadway.com
 
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This was such a special treat to see! We saw an ad on the subway while visiting and had no other plans, why not go see FREE Shakespeare in the park?! And A Midsummer Nights Dream is one of my favorites (which is what’s pictured) so how could we not?!...
Classicial Theatre of Harlem
 
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Me and my momma saw the Italian charm bracelet trend that went viral from this shop, so as two Italian women we had to make the pilgrimage. Worth 👏🏻 it 👏🏻 I wear my bracelet all the time and get so many compliments on it!
The Niche Shop
 
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Explore Central Park!! Just walking the park you will see so many cool things and people. It helps when it’s a gorgeous day like the one I experienced.
Central Park

Coffee ☕️

Duh!
 
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Love stoping here when we visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Rockefeller Center!
Ralph's Coffee Locations
 
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Loved their specialty lattes! Lots of alternative milk options too!
Upstate Stock
 
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Try the horchata latte, I still think about it.
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Snacks🥯

These are places where we didn’t have to sit down and eat, grab and go type places!
 
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Good tasty bagel sandwiches! Didn’t have to wait too too long, but still a popular stop when we visited.
Utopia Bagels | Bagel Shop in NY
 
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Was impressed that this was just as good as the hype surrounding it.
Magnolia Bakery | Home

Brunch/Lunch🥗

Not necessarily ordering from a lunch menu, but definitely don’t order dinner from these places.
 
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The way we were transported walking into this restaurant! The greenery was so tranquil and photo worthy. Food wasn’t half bad either! The ravioli was more impressive than the pizza but both were good, and the aperol spritz were amazing!
OLIO E PIÙ
 
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We tried to get into another brunch place in the west village, but we could wait over an hour in the sweltering nyc heat… so we walked around the neighborhood and found this spot. Amazing service and great food! Had to take a pic to remember this pla...
The Grey Dog: Neighborhood American Restaurant in New York City
 
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The food was better than we expected, and you can’t beat the view!
Central Park Boathouse