Ok, wow, hey, how you been? It’s been a while, but you know how it is school is starting and all. My grandparents are also in town which is fun, but here is finally the last part of my NYC adventure.

Since today was the last day I decided to go somewhere aesthetically pleasing. After quite some time with researching I found a place called Remi’s flower cafe. One of the best decisions of this whole trip, it was an amazing experience. I ordered an ice chai, a rose latte, a lavender latte, and a butterfly pea lemonade. The whole store was head to toe in flowers and a great spot for pictures.

After relaxing for a little while, I decided I needed to let my inner tourist in. So I headed over to the World Trade Tower. I also went to the mall that was close by, though I didn’t buy anything it was a good place to cool down because it was a really hot day. The heat became so unbearable that I had to stop by a Starbucks, and I of course did get something from there as well. In the Starbucks I was still researching things to do in NYC for my last day and I came across the Artechouse. There was a wait time that I unfortunately had to go to the Artechouse to put my name down. So I put my name down and headed back towards the Starbucks, the Starbucks here are so flashy, I realize New York has a thing for botanical things because this Starbucks had a whole garden area. Also the Starbucks Olive oil cakes are no joke, those things are super good.

The Artechouse was super trippy, there were some parts of the experience where I felt dizzy and had to close my eyes. If you don’t know about the Artechouse, it’s basically this HUGE room that gets filled with light with a projector, and when they turn the projector on you’re surrounded by the image it produces. It’s on the floor, and walls, etc. After exiting I found myself in Chelsea Market which was way too big for my brain to process where I was going. I did find an exit, but got tempted by an Indian chaat store next to the exit, and I OBVIOUSLY went to get something. It was called Chote Miya, which I don’t know what Miya means, gentleman? Maybe, maybe not? It also said dekho magar pyaar se which I do know what that means. So I guess the Hindi lessons when I was a kid paid off. It means look, but with love, which is cute. It was street food you would find in India but with an American twist, and honestly it wasn’t bad. I ordered Masala fries that were so good, they weren’t as spicy as I would have liked but you know it’s fine.

After finding my way out I decided I’m not done being a tourist and thought what is the most touristy thing to do in NYC. The Statue of Liberty. The downside was there was a big line and it was a little hot to stand in a line. I was burning up and my back was getting all disgusting and sweaty. It was cool to see though, and I got ice cream once I made it onto the “Island?” is that what it is? Even after the Statue of Liberty, I knew, I needed to cool down or I would overheat. Calling an Uber quickly so I don’t bake in the sun’s glory and headed over to “Little India”. It’s not actually, but there were a lot of Indian restaurants in that area. I found a restaurant called Bhatti, it was chill. There were cool photos of Bollywood actors and actresses like Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra Jones. The only downside was they were playing Kidz bop which was really wonky to hear in an Indian restaurant. I ordered a Tandoori Kebab, butter chicken, naan, and Rose rasmalai, it was super good.

I ate a lot of calories and it was getting dark which meant I was leaving tomorrow, THE HORROR. However, the best way to end the day was going on a walk, if I didn’t I wouldn’t have found “Little Korea”, which really sucked because I could have gotten something to eat here, however, I did find a kpop store and bought two albums so that made up for it. It was so hard to choose what to get, especially because I appreciate the concepts of K-pop. I chose Stayc’s Staydom (a girl crush pop type of song) and NMIXX’s Ad Mare (a bad girl concept) after 30 minutes, but chaos struck when I realized I may have taken too long. The sky caved in and the rain spilled everywhere, it was officially pouring. Staying in the shop was my only option until it dried up. I recommend going on night walks, it’s breathtaking.

That is the end of my journey at NYC, but more places will come by sooner or later.