It was our last full day in New York City... I really wanted to get to the farmers market in Union Square so that was our first stop. The farmers market operates Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday every week all year long! I really wanted to find a local wine for my wine social, but everything we tasted pretty much tasted like crap... oh well. It was very interesting to walk around and sample things. It would be great to be able to shop here every week. I wonder what they sell in the winter? Here are some gorgeous displays of veggies...
After the farmers market we were off to Macys to do some more shopping. NO, we didn't get tired of shopping. At all! :o) One picture I wanted to show were the original escalators in part of the store. They are so interesting. They are entirely of wood and so cool. You haven't really experienced Macys until you have been to the one in Manhattan.
After much shopping we had to return to the hotel and get ready for our last night out on the town. I had connected with an old friend on Facebook and we were meeting up for drinks and dinner. I had pre planned drinks at a place called Salon de Nang. It was a roof top bar that was supposed to be very cool. It was... but boy was it expensive! Not that it stopped us from ordering drinks. A regular Corona was $12 a bottle!!! The sunset view was gorgeous though as was the bar itself. We met Jennifer here for drinks and then it was off to dinner at Tao!
After drinks we were off to Tao. I had reserved us dinner at this place more than a month in advance. A must if you want to dine on Friday or Saturday. It was such a great place. CRAZY but great. This restaurant has been in several different movies, and Sex and the City... the one you may know the most is the speed-dating scene in the movie Hitch. It is like a wild night club but yet a restaurant. I got some type of dish that I didn't realize that I would have to cook when it arrived at the table. It was very good, but after many glasses of wine, this was a challenging thing to do. So... out comes this big block thing with a fire in the middle... and then a big caldron type thing sits on top.
Cindy and Jennifer showing off with their chop-sticks.
There is a huge Buddha inside the restaurant... two stories high.
This was such a great night. It was sad to see our time come to an end. I can't believe how fast a week goes by in this city. We ate so much great food. I can't wait to visit some of these places next time!
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