Travel Log: New York, New York

First glance: yellow taxicabs speeding down narrow red-brick building lined streets, fire escapes hugging the sides of each building in sight, cafes on every corner, advertisements painted on the sides of buildings

Street Art on Crosby St

Street Art in Little Italy

Smells like: car exhaust, roasting chestnuts on hot dog stands, drifting aromas of various ethnic restaurants mixing and mingling. 

Melanzane Panini at the Isola Trattoria and Crudo Bar

Isola Trattoria

Reminds me of: Toronto but busier

Times Square Billboard

Atmosphere: frantic, perfect chaos. 

Rockafeller Center Christmas Tree

Free People Store

Favourite Spots:

Isola Trattoria in the Mondrian Soho, Eataly, Free People by Rockafeller Center, Lucky Strike Soho, The Highline, Todd English Food Hall, one of the many Le Pain Quotidien scattered around the city, Chelsea Market (particularly The Filling Station - try the black truffle salt... to die for!)  

The Plaza