The High Line

Last Monday, my friends from church invited me to go to the High Line. It is a park that is built on a bridge, and it is so beautiful. That night there was a Mexican dancing festival of sorts, and while I didn't show up in time to dance, I did show up in time to grab some Mexican food. The lack of burritos in New York is very upsetting

The view from the Park

Om nom nom. But honestly, as delicious as these were, I was seriously missing the Taco Shop. 

These people have there dancing shoes on! 

PLAY THE MUSIC OF MY PEOPLE!!!!

What a fun group of KIDDOS!!

I think I should start to make an album of "The empire state building from various places in New York" . I don't know why I get so excited every time I see it. 

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The park is kind of just a long pretty walkway. Its very relaxing, and there are a ton of places to sit and  enjoy the city lights. 

These are the missionaries from my ward. They are SO wonderful. 

Until next time!

Korean Food

Last night my friend Kevin and I went out to dinner! We ate at some Korean restaurant. I don't know what it was called but it was surrounded by about 50 other Korean BBQ restaurants. I had eaten Korean food once before with Cole and it was one of the more stressful dinners I have had, next to the melting pot. It was only stressful because I had no idea what was going on, and the waiter wasn't helpful in explaining the menu. BUT, it was so delicious! 

So this time around was much more successful, as Kevin explained to me what was going on. Like, why they bring out all these little dishes and what all the little dishes are. He also told me what the menu was all about, so I felt less concerned about my dinner decision.

So from left to right, top to bottom,  fish something or other, bean sprouts, spicy onion thing. delicious squash, seaweed, seaweed. At least that's what I remember.  Oh, and there is also water and miso soup!

Left: Some sort of spicy dish, I wasn't bold enough to try it. Right: My Dinner! rice topped with cucumber, meat, egg, carrots and other tasty things. There was some sort of jelly block in there and I made Kevin eat it. He said it tasted like nothing. 

Us looking so fabulous. Also, not my crazy hair. LOL.

It was a lovely dinner, and just as delicious as I remembered. It was fun catching up and learning about what Kevin is up to. He works on organizing kids summer camps, how fun! The only terrible part of the evening was that it was POURING rain when we got out, so we ran to the subway, trying to not get too wet!

Dad in the City: Part 2

Day two of papa showing me around the city consisted of a LOT of walking. My poor little feet!!! For our first stop we went to the Brooklyn Bridge

This photo above is funny because I asked some random guy to take the photo for us. The whole time he looked like he was going to drop the camera and like he was taking pictures of something other than us. As you can see, I look more and more concerned as the "photo shoot" progresses, until the last photo, the best one in my opinion.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING GUY???!?!"

Walkin down the bridge / Headquarters of the J.W.'s

The bridge was a long walk but we made it to the end. In the middle it was actually quite nice, with the breeze and all. We decided to make it a museum day, so here are pictures of animals n stuff.

DINO!!

I rly like rocks.

This is me taking a picture of my dad, taking a picture of this statue. Hes in to sculptures.

Dad and Squirrel exhibit?!

Punk Couture Exhibit

I really liked this one, and halfway through someone told me to stop taking pictures so, there would be more.  It was funny how they talked about punk culture and its "anti-culture" attitude, IDGAFOS type business. They you had people with nearly unlimited budgets beautify and refine it. There was one piece with a "blood spatter" that was beaded on the shirt. That was awesome. 

DELICIOUS NOODLES

We went quite out of our way to get this soup, but I was over pizza that day. It was so good. It is called Hide Chan Ramen. It was JUST what we needed. So yummy. It was full of Asians too, so we knew it was legit. 

Well I way too much fun with my dad, roaming New York, eating treats and hearing his tips. I think I'll be able to survive, for the next few weeks at least! 

Until next time!

Dad in the City: Part 1

AAAAAAA++++++++++ View from the AIRPLANE as we entered NEWARK! 

I left my house at 4:15 am (no sleep from the night before) with my BFF Cole to pick up my father and head to the airport. We took off at 6 am headed toward the "Big Apple" with one minor stop in Texas. (This is where I took weird pictures of my dad and spent too much time trying to edit them on my phone.)

Amado, Sleeping

A long train ride and too many subways we landed ourselves in Brooklyn at 7:30, starving and sweating because I had packed too much and we had carted ourselves around the city with it. (98 lbs plus a sewing machine, purse and my dads carry-on... oops!). We ate pizza and then we fell ASLEEP! ZZZzzz

"I hate my daughter and her luggage." 

The next day I woke up bright and early, 10 am (but in my defense that is 7:00 Tucson time so I'm a rock star), washed the sticky off meh body and headed out. 

First my father and I ate DELICIOUS doughnuts at Dough.

Lemon Poppy Seed. YUMM

Srsly, so good. If any one comes in visits, this is one of the first places we will go. (The Urban Spoon rating is a 98%, if you're in to reviews.)

 Then we took the subway off into the City! Here are more pictures of our day!

First View of the City!

At a park, We went to a lot of parks that day, so its hard to remember which one. 

Another delicious carb-y food we ate that day.

Happy Dad near the New York Stock Exchange

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

SWEATY. Also, my bra looks weird. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The day was full of walking, trying to understand the subway system, getting lost, and trying to fine orangeade Snapple. I also learned an important lesson. As I was filming some weird guy with a pink tutu, he saw and came over to me and asked for a quarter for his "Show". When I told him I didn't have any cash he accused me of hating the poor or something, I'm not to sure because then he started yelling at everyone in the park. So, I learned that I need to have quarters or be sneaking when filming the precious individuals of New York City.  

Papa and I ended the day with pizza and wanting to die from the humidity. Typical.