List #262: A Weekend in New York City

I'my very fortunate to have a bunch of vacations days that need to be used. I'm also very fortunate to have a best friend that lives in Manhattan and is willing to put up with my in her apartment for a few days. So mix those things together, plus a tax refund, and it was easy to see that I'd usher in spring with a weekend getaway.

It was a wonderful weekend that was more heavy on the friendship than it was on sightseeing and traipsing around different neighborhoods and boros. And quite honestly, I wouldn't have had it any other way. I don't get as much girl time as I used to these days. And my friend in NYC is one of my oldest and best.

So here's to air mattresses, beer mugs and subway rides. A list of things you do in NYC with one best friend and a limited budget. Oh, and a snowstorm that laid inches in the city in just a few hours.

• Rolling a blue suitcase straight into Hooters. 
• Basketball. Lots of basketball.
• New Girl best-of viewings.
• Unbreakable! They're alive, damn it! It's a miracle!
• Browsing history through museums.
• Being completely confused by more modern museums.
• Starbucks. 
• Pizza.
• Sleeping in.
• Brunch.
• Encouraging the youth of America.
• Being on the the market for a lamp.
• So many Greek dips.
• Souvlaki.
• Retsina.
• Greek music.
• Eurovision.
• Window shopping.
• Manicures.
• Flirting with bartenders.
• Eyeing up waiters.
• Overhearing sidewalk conversations.
• Hipster bars.
• Will Forte's long-lost son.
• Sliding on snowy sidewalks.
• Shake Shack.

This is probably the prettiest photo I've ever taken. 

I have been spending a lot of nights alone the last few weeks, so getting some stress-free time away with one of the people I love the most was just what I needed. Now, I wish the feeling would have lasted a little while longer for both her and me, but oh well...we've already started planning a trip for our 35th birthday.