Katie Bimrose and Lenee Howe certainly made my year by coming and staying with me in New York for the last four days of my Spring Break. I am so grateful to have both of them in my life and to be able to have them as friends!! We did not miss a beat and our stomachs and livers are still recovering one week later!!
River Besties
Sexy Lenee Styled by Yours Truly
Thankfully I didn't give up sugar like I had in years past, so we decided to make an afternoon stop at the famous Magnolia Bakery where we devoured cupcakes, bread pudding and café au laits….amazing!!
Afternoon Cupcake Break
That night we went to ABC kitchen for dinner and literally danced on table tops (in lieu of The Lodge pool table) at The Jane Hotel until 2am. We decided to call it quits when a 23-year old wanted to take me home to meet his mother and Lenee and Katie couldn't shake some random British dude averaging five-foot-one in height. We hopped in a cab, and before we knew it, we had gone from 23rd street to 43rd within minutes, when a car from the right hand lane nearly hit us and our cab driver had to swerve into the curb to get out of the way. I quickly ushered us all out of the cab and proceeded to curse the cab driver out for what felt like forever. My famous last words to him were “I just want to live!” which we continued to mimic for the rest of the trip.
Pre-Cab Bitch Out
Friday was a whole other adventure in itself. We went to The Standard Bar & Grill for lunch which would have been amazing, yet Katie’s salad arrived on the table with a large black hair in it. When our waiter asked, “how is everything?” I exclaimed, “actually, there is a large black hair in my friend’s salad!” Even though they didn't charge us for the salad, brought is out a complimentary dessert and endlessly apologized, I still felt that it was completely unacceptable for such a high-end restaurant. We decided to burn off lunch by walking through The Chelsea Marketplace and along The Highline.
On The Highline
That night, our friend Gena from the city and Lenee’s sister in-law met us for dinner at my favorite spot on the Lower East Side, Schiller’s Liquor Bar. We had one too many dirty dirty martinis and decided to walk to The Stanton Social and dance the night away. West Coast hip-hop was on blast and we couldn’t be happier.
Dancing At The Stanton Social
Saturday was the day we had all been waiting for….St. Patrick’s Day! Being one of my favorite celebration days in S.F., I was hoping New York wouldn't let me down, and it didn't! We were off to a late start but put on our festive attire and walked to the Parade. It was amazing. So much pride, we loved it. From there we walked to The Smith and had a boozy lunch and decided to continue the party at the bar where we met a ton of people!!
St. Patty's Day Lunch at The Smith
Between the men in uniform and a couple of guys we met from San Francisco, we were having the time of our lives. The beers were going down smooth and no sooner were we invited to go to The Rangers game. We quickly hopped on board and left to experience a hockey game for the first time. Taking a limo suddenly was being discussed and of course we obliged. So the five of us hopped in a limo and off to Madison Square Garden we went!! The game was out of control but by 11pm, we decided the day had finally come to an end.
Our New Friends
The next day, we woke up, had breakfast and Katie and Lenee went back to California. I was so sad to see them go. Having my friends here made me enjoy New York so much more and felt like I was in company of people who love me for who I am and vice-versa. The River cannot come soon enough!!
xxx,
City Vixen
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