Once again, a last minute trip. It’s not totally a bad thing. We decided that we’re going to drive to New York City! Perhaps it was the architecture, the people, the pizza or the cheesecake but I fell in love with the place.

Day 1

First things first, we headed down to B&H Photo Video. This place is a photographers dream. You have to visit to experience the whole thing. It looks small on the outside but its like an airport inside. Some of the best customer service I’ve ever experienced.

Time Square at dusk. It seems so busy but everyone was just chilling out.

Mandy!

New York has some of the funkiest buildings.

Empire State

I love buildings with the moon. Everyone loved the shot of the Trump hotel from Miami – I’m going to keep up the theme wherever I go.

Scene from the Dark Knight?

Our hotel was in the absolute perfect location. One block away from the Empire State Building, a few blocks away from Times Square and all the other great sites. The only thing I dislike about Manhattan – hotels are pricey no matter where you stay! We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn… nothing fancy, just nice, clean and almost big enough for two.

Day 2

This is actually a really popular site. These are little tiles made by school children just after 9/11.

World Trade getting rebuilt. This building is supposed to be 140 stories tall! Looks awesome in the design.

This was a funky little church turned into boutique shops with some really cool merchandise. I lost Mandy after a few minutes, this was her B&H Photo Video.

Almost walking into one. These are all over the city. Seems the artist Felix Morel has gotten pretty popular around town!

From the top of the Empire State Building.

Day 3

Mandy took this shot of me waiting for my breakfast to come.

There is always something going on in the streets of New York. This was some sort of launch event for the Indianapolis 500.

This had to be my favourite building in New York. Simple matte black building with simple lines. Mysterious and an attention grabber located near Wall St.

Brooklyn Bridge

Another funky building.

Big buildings, big ads. That’s how they roll…

Turns out we were right in the middle of Sex and the City 2 launch party at Macys. Sarah Jessica Parker had just made her entrance. Not that I’m big fan, it was just cool to be in that commotion.

Mandy and me at Rockefeller Center.

On the particular route we had taken – we drove through a place called Corning. Sound familiar? I asked the waitress at the Chilli’s in Big Flats where the heck we were and whats around when we stopped for dinner. She told us about her town and that the next town over is Corning – like Corningware , dishes and stuff. Mandy went crazy with excitement. It was 7:59 and the store closed at 8 but that didn’t stop Mandy from jumping out of the car and running into the store. She explained to the staff that we’re only there for a few minutes and they were nice enough to let us stay and shop.

We were also lucky enough to have family in New Jersey that we stayed with for a couple of nights (Thanks Raju!) – Felt like Brampton!

New York was a great experience. While we saw a lot of things we missed some major places! Central Park, Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid museum just to name a few. We’ll definitely be going for another visit, hopefully for a little longer.