NYC for the Weekend

What’d you do this weekend? A friend and I hit the road to visit a couple of apparel markets in NYC. Even though I have been to the city many times, I always get a thrill when I cross the bridge!

NYC from the taxi

We started the trip at Playtime New York and had a fabulous lunch in their cafeteria.The caterer put together an amazing spread of salad toppings, vinaigrette dressings, and choices of meat. I loved the brown box!

Fresh Salad

The market was housed in a trendy space in Soho – one of my favorite areas of NYC – with large open windows that made the location feel very light and airy.

Playtime NYC

Loved meeting a designer from the South that gives a portion of her sales to Fight for Creativity – an organization that helps keep the arts in public schools.

Fight for Creativity

Speaking of creativity…

Mannequin Heads

We ended the trip with dinner at Ippudo NY – a Japanese ramen noodle restaurant. If you get the chance to check it out, you have got to get the Hirata Buns, heavenly pork belly sandwiched between two pillowy buns. So good! Then I got this giant bowl of ramen, Karaka Men, a spicy noodle soup with pork.

Ippudo NY

Until next time…