Travel Diaries: New York, Day 4

On our fourth day in New York, we woke up early to do some work at the Fashion District. For those of you who are interested, my mum owns a boutique, and she gave us the honourable task of curating the items she’ll be selling for the fall. I felt really proud that she trusts us so much, and I truly loved doing this type of job. In the end, who wouldn’t love shopping for a job?

After such a long morning working, we ate lunch at Luke’s Lobster one of my favourite places in the city. Diego suggested we should get the so-called Noah’s Ark, which is a combination of Lobster, Crab and (something else I can remember) rolls, but I chose to have my beloved Lobster Roll. We had it with the hand-made sodas they sell at the place, which were also pretty delicious.

After lunch, we walked all the way up to the MoMA, where we watched a movie. It was called National Security and, although I was a bit shocked by the end of the movie, I must admit that it was really good. It was mainly about torture in South Korea in the 80s, so I didn’t like that part… But the effects were really good and the protagonist was a great actor. And, although it was a bit crude, it was just perfect to illustrate reality!

Love,

Photography: Laura Beltran-Rubio

Travel Diaries: New York, Day 3

My third day in New York was kind of a lazy one, especially because it was Sunday and we were tired from partying the night before. Diego and I woke up near noon, had a late breakfast and then were ready to go.

We went to China Town to buy some exotic sweets, to take back home, but we ended up spending most of the day there. We tried lots of different fun sweets (I particularly loved the ginger ones), and then had late lunch there. We went to a noodle place Diego had tried before, and had noodle soup with won-tons and noodle soup with mushrooms. They were much better than their looks in the pics below, trust me!

We went to Times Square at night –something we hadn't done in a while– and walked all the way back. All in all, it was a good lazy day. There's nothing better than just hanging out around New York.

Love,

Photography: Laura Beltran-Rubio

Travel Diaries: New York, Day 2

On my second day in New York, Diego and I went to the Met Museum to see the exposition Punk: Chaos To Couture. It's truly amazing to see the huge impact of punk culture in fashion.

Pictures were strictly forbidden... But Diego –probably inspired by all these rebel punk ideas– managed to take a few, which I'm sharing with you on this post.

After visiting the exposition, we were starving, so we went to Lexington Candy Shop, where we had the best egg sandwich ever, with onion rings and chocolate milkshake. It was everything but healthy, although truly delicious!

We walked by home, having a beautiful promenade on Park Ave., Madison and the Fifth. We then had a little nap, and then were ready to go out. We went to phd, where we met a hilarious Australian girl who didn't stop dancing in the whole night. I'd never seen someone with all that energy! I loved her! We also saw Cee Lo Green having a good time on the table right next to us. But what I loved the most was the view of the Empire State right from the terrace of the club.

Love,

Photography: Laura Beltran-Rubio