Cupcake hunt: Empire Cake

My lovely NYC neighbour 'ACP' told me I had to go to Empire Cake and try their Salted Caramel Cupcake. I told her I was actually going to be down near that area on Sunday and popped in after going through the pop-up Seinfeld apartment. Husband and I had been past and in Empire Cake…

A visit to Hulu’s Seinfeld pop-up apartment

On Sunday a few of us went to the pop-up Seinfeld apartment re-created by Hulu. It was created in celebration of the full Seinfeld series being streamed on Hulu. It was truly an awesome experience.  The pop up apartment was only opened for five days and Sunday was the last day. We arrived at 8am…

NYC Cheesecake hunt – Eileen’s Cheesecake

I had bought a Groupon voucher for Eileen’s Cheesecake while Husband's parents were in town. Eileen’s were celebrating their 30th anniversary at the time and through Groupon, I paid $30 and received $40 to spend in store. I had been dying to try Eileen’s for a long time as I had heard amazing things about…

Getting Work in NY as an Expat, I-765 application

I hope my job hunt story will be as much as a surprise to everyone as it was to me. For those that have been following our journey to New York, you would know that I wasn’t able to immediately work once I arrived, however Husband was able to. Someone had told me that I…

Venturing around Brooklyn and walking the Brooklyn Bridge

The day we checked out Smorgasburg in Williamsburg, the group of us decided to just venture around and walk aimlessly. Husband and I had nothing planned for the day as we just had visit Brooklyn in store. So we started walking. We walked through a large area inhabited by a Jewish community. I later read…

Smorgasburg in Williamsburg

Our first trip ever to Brooklyn was to visit the Smorgasburg - http://www.smorgasburg.com/ in Williamsburg. Smorgasburg is a weekly event where loads of different food vendors set up a site and sell their food.  Anything from ribs, burgers, buns to cookies, ice-cream sandwiches and popcorn. It was the first weekend the Smorgasburg returned to its…

Carlo’s Bakery, NYC

I had no intention of going to Carlo’s Bakery because I actually didn’t know it existed.  I stumbled across it the day I walked home from sitting the 5 hour pre-licencing course.  Carlo’s Bakery is situated at 625 8th Avenue at 42nd St, near Time Square. I have since found out that there are nine…

My Girl Scout Cookies hunt (2015)

Here are a few facts about these elusive Girl Scout Cookies that you may or may not know: • You can (or should) only buy them off a Girl Scout• It’s one of the largest Girls Scout fundraising events for the year• The cookies have been sold since 1917• Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, and…

St Patrick’s Day Parade – New York, 17 March 2015

I heard the St Patrick's Day Parade was a sight to see. So while Husband was busy at work, I popped down to see what the fuss was about. I didn't find it particulary special. I am not Irish so there wasn't that connection. But I can now cross it off as one of those…

Central Park Sax Player

Today was another special day as it was the first time Husband and I walked through Central Park together. Since my original post, I had gone back to Central Park where I met the gentleman saxophone player and had a chat with him. So when I returned today, I introduced him to Husband and he…

My Central Park Winter Wonderland

Films and TV shows have romanticized the walk through Central Park for me. They'd shown someone walking through, eating a bagel or something with one hand, and sipping a coffee from the other. And I had always wanted to be that bagel eating, coffee drinking person. Today was perfect for this scene as it was…

Birthday in New York

It was my birthday on Wednesday and Husband worked overtime on a public holiday so he could get the day off and spend it with me. I must admit I must be one of the lucky ones to have one of the most best husbands in the world as I didn’t have to lift a…

Veniero’s Pasticceria, NYC

Last night after dinner at Baohaus, and since we were in the area, we went to Veniero’s Pasticceria - 342 E. 11th St.- to continue the hunt for the best New York Cheesecake. As we entered the premises, we took a number and queued up to be served.  If you wanted to sit and eat,…

Mighty Quinn’s, NYC

We had an out-of-town, actually, out-of-country friend visit us this weekend and Husband organised us to go out for a meat feast at Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque – West Village location. I was super excited as I had heard about this place and it was on my to-do list.  You will also find it as a…

My First Blizzard (Juno)

You might have heard about Blizzard Juno heading towards NYC and the forecasts originally stating it may be the worse snow storm to hit the city. Several types of transportation were cancelled, and there was a vehicle ban on the streets after 11PM on Monday night. Well, being an unemployed home-maker at current, I had nothing…

Junior’s, NYC

Another must do for me is to find who really has the best New York Cheesecake. I have so far only tried Junior’s. Junior’s claim that they have “the Most Fabulous Cheesecake and Desserts”. Junior’s is a diner restaurant that sells well, diner food, along with desserts. The original restaurant can be found in Brooklyn, but…

My new favourite place in NYC – The Ziegfeld Theatre

On Friday afternoon I was near Husband’s office. Instead of going home, I was happy to find somewhere to waste some time I waited for him to finish work. And that is where I discovered my new favourite hangout – The Ziegfeld Theatre. The theatre instantly reminded me of the Hayden Orpheum Theatre Palace in…

Coal fired pizza from Lombardi’s

Last night we walked to Little Italy for pizza from Lombardi's Pizza - 32 Spring St. New York, NY 10012 after a recommendation to go there because they had coal ovens which they cooked the pizzas in. [We had our starter from Urban Lobster Shack which you can read here] When we arrived we were given a…

Our trip to the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

Yesterday we went on the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island tour. This is one of the first big tourist sites we have actually visited since moving over. We advance purchased our Statue of Liberty with Crown access. Our ferry departed from Battery Park at 1PM and arrived at Liberty Island. It didn’t seem like it was a…

Walking The High Line

My Lonely Planet guide noted this as one of the Top Sights to visit and Husband wanted to go, so once I bundled up with every last piece of clean clothing I had left in my wardrobe (yet to do any laundry since moving), we headed out to the High Line this afternoon. I re-phrased…