Street style in SoHo

Him: Uniqlo shirt, UO jacket, Levi's Jeans, & Cole Haan shoes 

Her: Zara dress, Nasty Gal coat, UO boots, & Marc by Marc Jacobs bag

The boyfriend and I went to New York City to celebrate our 10th year anniversary. Initially, we planned on going to Maui/Oahu, but the fact that we were in Oahu in August made us realized that NYC was our best option. To be honest, it came down to Ululani's shave ice in Maui or macarons from Laduree. Laduree won (though I think we would have saved a LOT of money had we went to Maui- can't bring shave ice back home). 

The trip was surprisingly short and the boyfriend got food poisoning towards the middle of the trip and the day before our anniversary. We had to cancel our reservations at Morimotos! Sucks but we're definitely looking forward to Europe especially since we're making a quick stopover back in NY to make up for our spectacular anniversary in our hotel room at the Eventi haha. 

ny photo diary 2

1. instagram photo in central park

2. & 3. the high line

4. instagram photo from the top of the rock (rockefeller center)

5. & 6. times square

7. manhattan's skyline from brooklyn

8. instagram photo of uniqlo's hello kitty shopping bag

9. & 10 meatpacking district

11. & 12. macarons from laduree. obsessed with their macarons. the best macaron i have ever had in my life.

13. macarons from macaron cafe. not nearly as good as laduree. not at all

14. chelsea market. if you love the food network, you will love chelsea market since food network is in the building.

15. blood orange sorbet from ippudo ny. hands down, one of my favorite restaurants in new york city. dined their the second day for lunch and had dinner with my boyfriend's friend and her friend a couple days later.

16. chrysler building

17. central park

53rd and 6th halal cart

53rd St and 6th Ave

New York, NY 10079

Someone on Yelp called chicken and rice the carne asada fries of new york except I believe it is way better than the famous carne asada fries of California! A trip to New York is not complete if you haven't tried chicken and rice from the halal carts! Chicken, rice, and pita bread with white sauce and hot sauce. Nom nom nom nom. Don't get too crazy with the hot sauce because it is spicy (and I love spicy)! But do go crazy with the white sauce. Soooo good.

new york city part two

Top of the Rock. Grand Central. Time Square. NBA store. Disney Store. Another random set of photos from New York City. I apologize for the lack of posts. Good news though! Took my Business Calculus exam today and I feel good about it despite getting a headache an hour before the exam and working from 7am-12pm! I still have one more exam (which is on Monday) and I have yet to read about 14 readings before then.

Have a wonderful weekend world!

♥ kat

ippudo ny

65 4th Ave

New York, NY 10003

I had planned, months in advanced, all the delicious eateries my boyfriend and I had to try while we were in New York and Ippudo NY was not on the list. So, so, SOOOO glad that I turned on my MacBook one morning and logged onto my Yelp account (because logging on doesn't happen too often. I rely heavily on the Yelp app on my iPhone). I can't recall why I logged on but again, like I said, I'm glad I did. Had I not, I wouldn't of come across Ipuudo NY which was featured under "Hot on Yelp". Seriously, I honestly believe that it was fate that brought us together.

Anyway, after going over the menu with the boyfriend, we decided to eat here for dinner that I day I came across it and boy was it packed! We waited about 40 minutes to get seated but it was well worth the wait. We ordered the Hirata Buns and those buns are DELICIOUS!!!! AAAANNNND I hate pork buns (so that speaks for itself). We both ordered the Akamaru Modern Ramen and it was pretty good considering I'm quite picky with my ramen. For dessert, we ordered the blood orange sorbet which was definitely refreshing and super delicious.

Definitely worth coming back! Service was amazing! Food was Amazing! Super sad that we didn't get a chance to dine here a second time before flying back to LA but don't worry tummy, we'll be back in May!

♥ kat