Back to NYC

Our annual trek to New York is fast approaching - we leave for a long weekend at the end of the month and I am excited as always and have started planning out our itinerary (my absolute favorite thing in the world to do - planning out trips in super detail!) This will be Conley's third trip there in his short little life - I didn't make it there until I was around 20 I think! While we usually hit up all of our favorite restaurants and sites, I really want to try to visit a couple new (or less-visited) places this time around to spice things up a bit. I also think since Conley is older this time around that he would really enjoy the Natural History Museum (which honestly isn't my favorite) and we might even do the Central Park Zoo (he loved our zoo trip in Buenos Aires) or a carriage ride (cheesy and something we never did before, but he would LOVE the "neighs" as he calls them). I also want to throw in at least one new restaurant -and since our beloved Zucco has closed (so sad :(, although it never was the same since the namesake passed away), there's an open slot among our usual regular spots to visit.

I'm finishing up my lists of shops, sites and restaurants to consider, so here is what my current Evernote entry looks like below. Next up will be narrowing down and then organizing by neighborhood and day - I know, super dorky but I love making lists and sub-lists as much as I love planning trips - and lucky for me, those two tasks go hand-in-hand!

NYC Trip:

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Shopping:

A Tempo - 74th Columbus - carry delicate animal necklaces (I've got quite a few from when we lived there and a few trips since)

YOYA (baby store) - 636 Hudson @ Horatio - West Village

CO Bigelow - 414 6th Ave b/t 8th and 9th St

Sprout NYC

Catbird - best jewelry!

Bloomingdale's

James Perse

Santa Maria Novella

Chelsea Antiques Garage -Sat/Sun 9-5, 112 W 25th St

Books of Wonder - lots of kid books

Kiosk

Jack Spade

John Derrian

Steven Alan

ABC Carpet & Home

Taschen - Spring in Soho

Greenwich Letterpress

McNally Jackson - boutique bookstore

Global Table - Soho 107 Sullivan St

Home store in Williamsburg?

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Eat:

Zucco - closed :(

Levain - 74th and Amsterdam - BEST chocolate chip cookies ever 

The Breslin

Eataly

Olives

City Bakery - more great cookies and thick hot chocolate

Vermicelli - old neighborhood spot, the Bun Ga Nuong is my order every time!

Cafe con Leche

Fetch

Lil Frankie's

The Meatball Shop

Freeman's

Balthazar

Frankie's Spuntino

New options:

Somewhere with yakiniku

Minetta Tavern - black label burger, 113 MacDougal St b/t Bleecker & W 3rd

Rubirosa - pizzaria, 235 Mulberry bt Spring and Prince

Smith & Mills - 71 N Moore st

Pastis

il Laborarorio del Gelato

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Old Standby Sites:

The Met - plus balcony and rooftop cocktails

Central Park

MOMA

Guggenheim

Old apartment visit/neighborhood walk

Soho and Nolita walk

Highline

"New" and less-visited Sights:

Union Square Greenmarket - Saturday,  14th  and Broadway

UN Tour

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Carriage ride in CP

Trinity Church

Chelsea Galleries: D'Amelio Terras and along 22nd St b/t 10th and 11th

Central Park Zoo
Natural History Museum - Conley would love it!

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Less likely to happen:

The Cloisters

Cooper Hewitt

The Frick - no kids

Broadway show - kid-friendly

Metropolitan Opera

Neue Museum - Cafe Sabarsky

First NYC trip at 7 months old - pit stop at Prince Street
for a cookie and a beer for dad

Drinks in the balcony at The Met - mom's favorite museum!

Back for another visit to The Met - this time for drinks on the roof

Lounging at Central Park!

Lunch at Eataly