Saw this video on Urban Bush Babes and although I love the original and the Corrine Bailey Rae version much more I like this version as the video reminded me of my old home and old love NYC. (I will post Corrine's version later on in the post)
I was sometimes feel I am starting to forget about the little things but I would feature all of these things in my guide to NYC too.
This video also reminded me about bannana pudding - (the creamy cakey gooey mixture she is eating out of the tub) soooo much better than the cupcakes. I was a Crumbs cupcake kind of girl.
Although I was the poorest I will ever be, missing my friends and family back home and in the biggest city I will probrably ever live in.... I was totally in love with New York, I was sooo happy and felt like I had a taste of how life could or should be!
Other things I would put on my NYC guide would be......
I loved the strand book store even though I really didn't have too much money to buy books - I didn't let that stop me. I had to commute when I was over there and I was forever riding the subway so I always had my book and an ipod.
This video also reminded me about bannana pudding - (the creamy cakey gooey mixture she is eating out of the tub) soooo much better than the cupcakes. I was a Crumbs cupcake kind of girl.
Although I was the poorest I will ever be, missing my friends and family back home and in the biggest city I will probrably ever live in.... I was totally in love with New York, I was sooo happy and felt like I had a taste of how life could or should be!
Other things I would put on my NYC guide would be......
Brooklyn...
Loved me some Fort Greene and Park Slope infact I loved most of Brooklyn - The gigs I saw there, the parks, the spirit, the shops the men. For a while I took a sewing class in a lil corner of Brooklyn at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning. I loved walking down the streets watching them wake up, the smoothest, tastiest flavoured coffee from a tiny, family run independent with the best bread and pastries ever and watching young families toddle off for bike rides and stories at the local library.Brownstones...
Ohh how I loved searching for my big old dream house with gorgeous huge steps, beautiful stone and a big old window that I could hang a brightly coloured window box on.Coffee Vendors...
Yea there are a billion Coffee shops and starbucks but I loved my lil coffee vendor man, he knew my name, where I was from - how I liked my coffee and pushed me over the edge when I was deliberating about whether to have a huge bow tie doughnut breakfast.
(I didn't really need much pushing I am a fatty)
The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
I still get woozy thinking about one of the times I went there and I thought I had this place completely to myself. I floated around in my own little world just thinking and laughing and talking to myself and then I heard this beautiful singing - gosh it was soo surreal - a lady was practising some songs as she wondered around thinking she was alone too. It was breathe taking and I am not a crier but I just ended up just sitting, looking out at the rose garden and weeping lol. I wanted to get married there in another lifetime.
Greenwich Village
This was one of my fave areas especially at night. This was the home of my fave bars, my fave slices, my fave falafel.
Cake Places (like any)
I was forever on the hunt for cake. As I mentioned before my favourite cupcake place was Crumbs- lol where ever I was in NYC I think I always knew where my nearest hnm and crumbs were lol. I would frequent the cupcakery, sunshine bakery, humming bird, magnolia, cake man raven and the deli's and restaurants around my workplace... I would take a billion subways and tread a good few blocks to find a good cake. My red velvet addiction got quite serious at one point *she shivers*
Cheese
I swear the cheese was soo yummy and different. I think my fave was harvarti. Harvarti and avocado were added to most of my sandwich combinations - ohh my goodness no wonder I ballooned out lol!
Brunch
Isn't that what weekends are made for? I miss catching up with my friends over brunch I don't think you could get a bad brunch. I would usually go for a omelette, pancake or French toast option and on some sundays my aunt would take me to a downtown diner in Jersey that would look just like the ones in the movies with 1950's chrome shininess, leather booths and duke boxes on the table. It was a real family place, everyone was soo friendly and they made the best cinnamon french toast yum yum.
Yea there are a billion Coffee shops and starbucks but I loved my lil coffee vendor man, he knew my name, where I was from - how I liked my coffee and pushed me over the edge when I was deliberating about whether to have a huge bow tie doughnut breakfast.
(I didn't really need much pushing I am a fatty)
The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
I still get woozy thinking about one of the times I went there and I thought I had this place completely to myself. I floated around in my own little world just thinking and laughing and talking to myself and then I heard this beautiful singing - gosh it was soo surreal - a lady was practising some songs as she wondered around thinking she was alone too. It was breathe taking and I am not a crier but I just ended up just sitting, looking out at the rose garden and weeping lol. I wanted to get married there in another lifetime.
Greenwich Village
This was one of my fave areas especially at night. This was the home of my fave bars, my fave slices, my fave falafel.
Cake Places (like any)
I was forever on the hunt for cake. As I mentioned before my favourite cupcake place was Crumbs- lol where ever I was in NYC I think I always knew where my nearest hnm and crumbs were lol. I would frequent the cupcakery, sunshine bakery, humming bird, magnolia, cake man raven and the deli's and restaurants around my workplace... I would take a billion subways and tread a good few blocks to find a good cake. My red velvet addiction got quite serious at one point *she shivers*
Cheese
I swear the cheese was soo yummy and different. I think my fave was harvarti. Harvarti and avocado were added to most of my sandwich combinations - ohh my goodness no wonder I ballooned out lol!
Brunch
Isn't that what weekends are made for? I miss catching up with my friends over brunch I don't think you could get a bad brunch. I would usually go for a omelette, pancake or French toast option and on some sundays my aunt would take me to a downtown diner in Jersey that would look just like the ones in the movies with 1950's chrome shininess, leather booths and duke boxes on the table. It was a real family place, everyone was soo friendly and they made the best cinnamon french toast yum yum.
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