48 Hours in NYC!
We just got back from our quickie trip to NYC this weekend, and I wanted to share some photos before I get propelled into the busy week!
We came for the MacKenzie-Childs meetup that I had at their Manhattan store and reallllly wanted to make it a longer trip, but with our kitchen still in pieces, it just wasn’t in the cards. Totally okay because I have to come back soon anyway! So of course, the eats.
On Friday, we went to Franny’s in Brooklyn JUST for the white clam pizza. Holy cow. That pizza was one of the best flavors I’ve ever had and you can be sure I’m already recreating it. It was AMAZING – caps lock necessary. We also got the pizza with meatballs (I don’t love meatballs, but everyone else loved this one!) and the margherita. So, so good.
Annnnd since we were so close, a quick little late night trip to Doughnut Plant. I was so full from the pizza that I only tasted the pistachio yeasted (which was to die for) and the tres leches (also incredible) but everyone was dying over every doughnut.
Especially Max. Of course.
Eddie said the red velvet was great and my friend Natalie said the peanut butter and jelly was perfect.
It was SO chilly and rainy and generally miserable on Friday and Saturday, which was such a bummer because this is the first time Max has been here since he can walk – and we love walking and exploring! I was so poorly prepared wardrobe wise that on Friday night I wore a lululemon windbreaker OVER a denim jacket because I was so cold. I seriously looked like an idiot. But I was warm. How can I pack all the seasons for Max, but not for myself?!
Saturday was the meetup!!! IT WAS SO FUN! Thank you guys so much for coming! I loved meeting everyone and the minute I walked into the store, I died… how adorable was this setup?!
Aside from the miserable rain, Max was having a major toddler day. We tried to get about 50 pictures throughout the day with the 3 of us and he wouldn’t have any of it. He refused to take off his coat and kept yelling “walk outside!” He was just so excited about the city, so Eddie walked him back and forth for the four hours of the meetup, in the rain, mostly to watch construction and so he could see as many buses as possible. HAHAHAHA. It was too cute.
This was essentially his attitude the entire time. He wanted to color in all the books! And refused all photos and smiles.
After the event, we did a quick shake shack run (we don’t have shake shack and we were in an almost 2-year withdrawal!) in the rain and then had a wild and crazy toddler night in the hotel with Max crashing at 5:45. He refused to nap all day, but he ended up sleeping for 14 hours straight!
Thankfully this morning we got to take him out and explore a little bit. Eddie and I have been to NYC a million times together pre-Max, so we didn’t care about making organized plans. But we wanted to walk Max through Central park and show him a few other fun things!
And that was our quickie trip!
It ended with Eddie getting two sandwiches and grabbing me an almond croissant from Bouchon for the road… which was an excellent idea. Of course!
Hope you had a great weekend! xo
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So fun! Looks like you guys had a great trip! Let me know next time you’re in NYC. I’m working there now and would love to see you! <3 Diana
i had no idea you were!!! would love that!
Those donuts look incredible!
they were pretty darn good!
It was so much fun meeting all of you, and I’m glad Sunday was nice enough for Max to run around the park.  Next time, I hope you’ll have time for the Museum of Natural History.  That was one of Peter’s favorite places  (still is!) and I think Max would love it!Â
thank you so much for coming!!! wonderful meeting you too! :)
Next time you go into NYC you should check out our blog for some more pizza recs (101pizzaplaces.com). Franny’s is great – but there’s plenty of good places around ! Doughnut Plant is definitely the best for donuts, though :)
Wish the weather had been nicer for you this weekend, but looks like you had a lot of fun!
will do! thanks barbara!
hey girl- love the post! So cool! Max is so cute!
thanks!
So glad you had some yummy NYC/Brooklyn food. I’ve never had the red velvet at Donut Plant, it looks amazing. Franny’s clam, my fav! Love the photos if Max. I did some dangerous damage at Mackenzie!
i wanted everything in that store! ahhhh!
This is adorable. That pizza looks incredible. But the BIG question is what did you buy at the VIB sale this weekend? I am on a STRICT no buy this month (TELL ME AGAIN WHY I CHOSE VIB MONTH?!) so I need to live vicariously through everyone. Tell me the goods….!!!
hahahaha omg. okay so i placed an order before we left and it was here when i got home. i haven’t got to really try anything yet. i got some of my normal things, a new st tropez and the mitts, first aid beauty repair cream, some of the new sunday riley products, the coola self tan face serum, new beauty blenders… i think that is it! the thing i was weirdly excited about was this bridgeo shampoo that is exfoliating and has coconut oil and tea tree oil! i’ll be sure to post about it. :)
ohhhhh my goodness, your food looked SO good. i’m originally from nyc and man, i miss that pizza so much. i know they have shake shack in LA now, but it’s just not the same! also that setup at mackenzie childs looked EPIC. wish i could’ve seen it in person!
shake shack is liiiiife.
I habe been wanting to go with my 3 year old to NYC, how did you do it. Do you have to take a car seat with you to get in a cab to your hotel? I’m pretty sure once we are there we would do the subway. So the thing that worries me is having to haul around a car seat. That’s what’s stopping me
i totally understand this! i’ve been worried about this for a few years too. thankfully, we live close enough to NYC to drive (it’s about 5 hours, and by the time we drive to the airport/sit/fly/taxi to city, it’s the same) so we can bring a car seat easily. we took max when he was under a year and didn’t use a cab or uber anywhere in the city at that time – we walked a ton and used the subway. i also wore him a lot on that trip.
this time, we still drove. still walked and subway, but i admit we did put him in the back of an uber to go a few blocks because it was pouring. it was rush hour, so i figured we wouldn’t go fast (and we didn’t), but i was spazzed about it. i strapped him into the center seatbeat in the back. i would probably not do this often/again as I’m just too much of a worrier! it seemed really unsafe.
i believe that you can use uberfamily (we haven’t tried it yet!) but i think the child has to be over 1?
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I’m pretty sure once we are there we would do the subway. So the thing that worries me is having to haul around a car seat. That’s what’s stopping me. I hope you’ll have time for the Museum of Natural History. That was one of Peter’s favorite places.retaining walls