if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere

Long overdue but I made a trip up to NYC for my birthday weekend, and I had a blast! As I mentioned in a previous post, it’s impossible to get bored of this gutsy and spunky city. The great Frank Sinatra boldly asserted, “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” And if that Frank Sinatra sang it, it must be true.

Here is a list of all the places I visited this time around:

  • La Bergamote | 177 9th Ave
  • Intelligentsia Coffee | 180 10th Ave
  • The High Line | Chelsea
  • Chelsea Piers | 62 Chelsea Piers
  • Chelsea Market | 75 9th Ave
  • Jungsik | 2 Harrison St
  • Prince Street Pizza | 27 Prince St
  • McNally Jackson Books | 52 Prince St
  • Boba Guys | 265 Canal St
  • Dermalogica | 110 Grand St
  • La Colombe | 70 Lafayette St
  • MatchaBar | 70 Prince St
  • Angel’s Share | 8 Stuyvesant St
  • Torishin | 362 W 53rd St
  • Lady M Cake Boutique | 36 W 40th St
  • Bryant Park | Midtown
  • Kinokuniya New York | 1073 6th Ave
  • Muji | 475 5th Ave
  • New York Public Library | 476 5th Ave
  • Katz’s Deli | 205 E Houston St
  • Dr. Smood | 183 E Houston St
  • Setsugekka | 74 E 7th St

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windy times

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“Chicago’s one of the rare places where architecture is more visible.”

There’s a reason why John Hughes shot so many films in Chicago. This metropolitan city is as cosmopolitan and internationally cultured as New York but comparatively underrated. It’s a city that has inspired more writers, innovators, and creators than anywhere else in the world, but it is often forgotten the impact Chicago has on some of the most renowned and famous people – people such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Mark Twain, and Orson Welles.

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