(the view from our 17th floor window looking North from the LES)
Sally and I had a fab trip to NYC a few weeks ago. She booked at us at the tres cool Thomson LES - my how the Lower East Side has changed in the last 8 years. Teeming with hipsters and such great proximity to SOHO and the Village.
Re the Thomson. It has your requisite modern styling, complete with a Victoria's Secret-hosted pool party upon our arrival. Yes, I was THRILLED at the prospect of donning a bikini 8 months post partum (can you smell the reek of sarcasm). Needless to say, we skipped that party, though I got a lot of enjoyment out of taking a pic of the paps steaking out the front entrance of the hotel. Not to mention, the photo wall inside the hotel.
(the guys standing around are the paps, look closely for cameras; clearly based on their general malaise, I was NOT the intended target)
Aside from the view and the excellent location, I wasn't all that impressed with thompson LES. The staff seemed either highly medicated (i.e., sssllllow and stunned) or suffering from a major case of over-inflated self importance.
Looking beyond the lacklustre hotel service, we indulged in some fabulous window shopping and sustained ourselves with a few small purchases. I lusted after these shoes, but alas they don't look too comfortable or appropriate for stroller walks, do they? You can almost see how upset the shoes are that I didn't choose them!
We ate at some fabulous restaurants, in large part due to Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP recommendations www.goop.com Night 1 was Lupa, mouth watering Italian (save for the head cheese and lupina, which we came to learn is veal tongue!) followed by Hundred Acres on Night 3. We hit up a theatre district place called 44 1/2 Hell's Kitchen prior to seeing Memphis. Wouldn't hit that up again (the resto, not Memphis...more on that shortly). I so thoroughly enjoyed Hundred Acres that Sally almost had to carry me fireman styles back to the hotel. Delicious doesn't do it justice.
We got a good dose of cultural activities in as well. First, we saw Tony-award winning Memphis on Night 2 followed by a too short visit to Moma on Day 3. I could have spent half the day in the gift shop alone!!!
We will definitely be back for another girls weekend...hopefully, this time the service will be on par with the food & cultural experiences!
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