I was off to JFK at 730 that night. Since it's my last day, I wanted to go to all the places in my itinerary that I hadn't been to yet. Initially, I wanted to spend the day just lounging around at a coffee shop. But this wasn't how the day turned out. Upon heading out, I went straight to Grand Central Station to have breakfast at Magnolia Bakery. I also wanted to try Junior's cheesecake but decided to have the cupcake then regretted it afterwards. Since I was already at 42nd St, I decided to drop by UN at 41st and 3rd Ave., then went back to 42nd St to the New York Public Library. Afterwards, I headed off to Union Square to look at the weekday market then stopped by Strand Bookstore which was already in the area. Queen J and I met up at Macy's but the place was crazy crowded so we only stayed for coffee. We finally went off to purchase an iPad for Dad but discovered that the 64GB WiFi was out of stock in NYC. The other day, I was informed by the NYU computer store staff that they had this model in stock so we went back to get it there only to be informed that we must have a student card to be able to purchase. Whew. Off to the hotel to pack, refresh and have one final NYC Chinese food takeaway of chao fan and broccoli in brown sauce. Then it was goodbye NYC for me.
Originally, there was only one staircase in Grand Central. The exit to Vanderbilt Ave was the original staircase. The one on the opposite side was added later on.
Magnolia Bakery at Grand Central food court. This was even sweeter than Cupcakes by Sonja from Serendra, and I thought that that was already too sweet!
UN, no entrance fee to see the lobby, where various exhibits were set up, and gift shop. Tours were available for a fee.
Walking back to 42nd St from UN
NYPL facade was under renovation, Patience and Fortitude guarding the entrance while flanked by pigeons
Union Square. I didn't get anything from the market, though, since most of the items were fresh produce.
NYC government set up a few of these drinking stations around the city in response to the heat wave that had started 5 days ago.
I wasn't sure what this building was or why there was smoke coming out of from it. Making my way to Strand Bookstore.
Finally there, spot the shelves of books from the windows.
The weekend crowd at Macy's as viewed from Starbucks
My favorite Starbucks drink in NYC was Caramel Frappuccino light. I noticed that the fraps in NYC had a stronger coffee base than the ones in Manila.
Spotted a Shakespeare & Co Bookstore in NYU, didn't go in though
Saying goodbye to On The Ave. The Super Shuttle van that would take me to JFK arrived earlier than expected and I didn't have time to take photos of diners and groceries that we frequented during our stay.
Wasa light rye crispbread from Westside Market. Mom told me that I could get this in Santis here.
And the overpriced Smart Water.
That's it for my NYC trip! 7.5 days there but still wanting to know more about the no. 1 city in the world and to get more out of it than just visiting tourist hotspots. This should guide me during my next NYC trip (!!!).
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