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Tuesday 24 February 2015

Ralph's Coffee, New York



As you might know, New York is a beautiful city but freezing cold during winter. Good thing I discovered Ralph's Coffee!! Inside Ralph Lauren’s new Polo flagship on the second floor of the historic building is the designers first Coffe Shop. The bright, whitewashed café is elegant yet cute and cozy and decorated with vintage and antique furnishings. I personally don't drink coffee but my mum and sister said (and it's supposed to be) really good! 





I just loved the high ceilings, the view and most of all the people watching. 

Elegant couples, extremly well dressed girls chatting over some fresh Juice just looking glamorous and a relaxed atmosphere. 





Me catching up on instagram and with my friends back home...


Before having a cup of Tea and some heart shaped Cookies. Bliss.



There's a second room with a big screen that plays Ralph Lauren Commercials (silent) and a long wooden table lined with photography books. 






I stayed 8 days in NY and went there 3 times. Need I say more!?? :)



If you happen to be there I'm jealous and strongly advice you to go and have a cup of tea or coffe, maybe even a second one for me!!



Tuesday 17 February 2015

New York: Mille-feuille Bakery Cafe and the Guggenheim



On Valentines Day I took my sister to have some baked goods and macarons at the Mille-Feuille Bakery on the Upper West Side. It's a small french bakery with croissants, macarons and lots of other french pastries including mille-feuills (obviously...). 
It's a bright space and if you sit at one of the places at the window you can watch people pass by while eating one of these delicious treats.

They have "french donuts" which Pretty much resemble the famous cronut.



The macarons are a little bigger than the Ladurée ones and in that case I think bigger is definitely better...





I tried a rose, a grapefruit and a tripple vanilla macaron. Heeavenly.




They also have a good variety of Kusmi Teas. I picked the "Anastasia" which was a good choice. My sister had a chai tea latte and liked it as well as you can see.


The decor is pretty, simple and cute. I especially liked the pink mille-feuille sign.






If you happen to be in NYC near the UWS it's worth checking out




Happy and a little warmer (it was freezing outside!!!) we decides to cross the central park and go over to the UES to visit the Guggenheim. You weren't allowed to take pictures of the exhibit but if you ask me,the best part of the Guggenheim museum is the architecture of the building. There's nothing like it.

Look at this ceiling. Like a spiderweb but nothing like a spiderweb because that would be creepy haha. The cold, snowy light feom outside that was shining trough was such a nice contrast to the warmth of the light inside. It felt really cozy even tough the space was so big and there were a lot of people (it was a sunday AND Valentines Day so there were a lot of cute couples holding hands and stuff...) 


View from the top floor...






In the evening we ordered Sushi in and watched movies. It was a nice boyfriendless way to Spend valentines Day!