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New York / Day 1

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Latepost lagiiii ....hehehe... late post yang telatnya sampe setahun lebih ... tapi keukeuh pengen nulis cerita di New York karena takut keburu lupa (sekarang aja udah agak2 lupa) ... nanti kalo udah umur 70 mau cerita ke cucu dulu pernah nekat ngabisin tabungan ke New York waktu umur 26 tinggal buka blog aja hehe. Singkat cerita... kita berangkat tanggal 6 Sept (2012!) dari Jerman .... naik British Airways dan transit sebentar di London .... jadwal pesawatnya mendarat jam 20:00 di Bandara John F. Kennedy .... udah kebayang2 abis naro koper ditempat nginep kita bisa late dinner bentar baru istirahat. Dan ternyata imigrasinya ngantriiii banget (satu jam lebih ada deh) ..... dan nunggu koper keluar agak  lama... nungggu kereta ke arah Manhattan dateng juga lama karena udah malem .... dan ternyata JFK Airport tuh jauuuh ya Ciiin jaraknya ke Manhattan .... singkat cerita baru jam 23 lewat kita sampe di tempat nginep.... lengkap dengan kehausan dan kepanasan poooll ... kirain September udara2 musim gugur gitu macam di Jerman.... sekitar 15-20 derajat .... ternyata sumuk pol. Abis itu cuma jajan minuman di supermarket terdekat trus tidur, tepar.

 

Paginya kita semangat 45 banget mau liat New York pertama kalinya pas terang benderang. Itinerary udah rapi tinggal diikutin. Kita nginep di daerah Upper West Side (103th Street) .... pagi2 naik Metro ke Colombus Square trus cari sarapan disana. Lupa banget nama tempatnya apa... yang pasti ada banyak jenis Bagel... trus bisa pesen dijadiin sandwich yang isinya juga by request .... atau dimakan pake selai yang manis .... atau bisa juga pake cream cheese berbagai rasa. Gw (kalo ga salah inget) makan onion bagel pake original cream cheese.... ueeenaak. Mas pacar pesen yang paling banyak dagingnya dan kejunya ... haha laper banget ya Mas? Abis sarapan kita ambil NYC Pass yang udah dipesen + dibayar online pas di Jerman... trus lanjut jalan kearah Times Square. Disitu mulai deh noraknya.... muka terbengong bengong liat sekeliling dan masih ga percaya lagi ada di New York. Kita iseng masuk ke toko toko disana.... masuk ke Toy"R"us ..... niatnya mau survey oleh oleh buat adeknya mas pacar yang emang masih TK besar.....



padahal mah kita foto foto ala masa kecil kurang bahagia ...



kalo gw masa kecil bahagia tapi kan badan gw kecil jadi bolehlah foto pake mainan



foto yang ini diambil dari M&M Store.... ga beli apa apa sih numpang foto dari second floor aja. Abis liat toko2 di sekitaran Times Square, kita long march. Sepanjang sejarah gw jalan kaki.... ini rekor yang paling lama paling gempor dan paling kucel.... dulu aja pas ospek SMA dan kuliah gak begini amat deh. Suhunya diatas 30 derajat .... mataharinya terik banget... dan kita jalan kaki nyusurin jalanan Broadway dari arah utara ke selatan... totalnya sekitar 7 jam lebih kita jalan kaki.... ga ngerti lagi pegelnya ciinnn. Pas di Jerman gw mbayangin foto2 liburan pasti kece nih .... latar belakangnya New York gitu loh .... ternyata ... gw bladus butekk banget gitu di setiap foto -___-!!!

 
pas lewat Union Square galau liat banyak food truck di sekitaran sana dan akhirnya jadi bingung sendiri deh mau beli apa buat makan siang





Lagi celingak celinguk liat Mini Cupcakes nya Baked by Melissa ... gw beli karena sekedar penasaran aja... abis keliatannya hits banget. Rasanya? Biasa aja  ternyata. Sementara mas pacar beli Pizza buat lunch (udah laper lagi ya Mas?)




Ini di dalem Chelsea Market di daerah Meatpacking District... bangunan lama yang dialih fungsi jadi semacam Food Lounge gitu isinya... ada macem2 restoran, coffee shop, bakery etc.... sayang pas kita kesana kita udah kenyang (yaelah gaya banget gw makan cupcake seuprit aja kenyang ceritanya) .... jadi kita cuma liat liat foto foto dan numpang ngadem aja ...




Lanjut ke The High Line ..... yang lokasinya masih di Meatpacking District juga.... jadi ceritanya dulunya disini adalah elevated railway track.... yang udah ga kepake lagi dan akhirnya dikembangin jadi taman kreatif (lengkap dengan komunitas yang bikin acara amal, musik, bazaar etc) Ceritanya kan gw anak arsitektur yah... jadi gw terkesan banget pas kesana. Gak denggg... emang beneran keren konsep dan tempatnya. The High Line ini dikembanginnya bertahap... dan pas gw kesana ada tahap yang belum selesai .... mudah mudahan suatu hari bisa ke New York lagi ya jalan jalan di The High Line versi komplitnya.. amiinn




ada area rumput buat duduk duduk cantik .... kece yaaa..




bahkan ada tempat duduk duduk santainya .. oh andaikan gw New Yorker ... kalo minggu sore bisa main main kesana ngerantang nasi pecel minum cocktail




dan foto diatas itu di sekitaran High Line juga. Berhubung ini late post yang telatnya setahun lebih (!!) gw lupa pas malemnya kita makan dimana.... yang pasti pas hari pertama itu kita capek banget banget banget abis kelar long march rute Colombus Square-Times Square-High Line kita pergi makan malem trus pulang karena kaki copot pegel banget. Next post mudah2an New York Day 2 yaaa (doain gw ga males)

happy pumpkin

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school is lame, I didn't get into the course I want to .... and woohoo I still haven't find any flat .... and those pumpkins slash paprika are our dinner last night. happy.

frisco

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random snap in San Francisco three weeks ago ... I stayed there for one week and successfully only saw the famous Golden Gate from couple kilometers away distance. Nothing new here except for school started again today and I'm still looking for a new flat .... kinda getting used to live from luggage and boxes ... however my heart swells ever since I'm back here and things are simply fine.

afternoon nachos

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afternoon nachos + taco at Daphne Dahee and Collin's apartment. I somehow like Chicago better than San Francisco ... yet I like Stuttgart the most!

fall break

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I landed happily in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon .... like literally happy, I was wearing a big smile in my face as the airplane touched the landing lane. I've been dreaming to see this city since years ago. The next day I spent my morning somewhere not near from SF downtown .... because I took the wrong direction ... I thought I was walking towards Ferry Building, turned out it was the opposite direction. It's normal tho, me being not smart. So I ended up having this for brunch in the middle of nowhere ....


It took me a couple hours to reach the Ferry Building .... it wasn't that far ... but some retail store blocked my sights that I have to stop every now and then .... I had my usual afternoon coffee, learning the city map, and writing some postcard accompanied by crisp fall weather, aaah lovely. Then I went to SFMOMA ..... the museum makes me feel so educated. 3 days left in this city ..... lets stroll around.

hello from California

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Before I blab about San Francisco I better write about last days in Chicago. Monday was the last day of the workshop in IIT, we were so happy that it's over and had cheap margarita and taco in a nice Mexican restaurant that night .... the workshop wasn't really hard work though, it was a laid-back one. The group went to Racine the next day, while I decided to stay in town .... strolling around Wicker Park neighborhood .... hopping from one thrift store to another .... and ended up with a vintage shoulder bag, typical.

On our last night in Chicago all of us went to this jazz night club .... which I thought at first gonna be ... I don't know, lame? Turn out it was simply good and entertaining, and they even have spicy chicken wings too in night club ... imagine having spicy chicken wing at 2 am in a night club, this country is hilarious.

still here

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still in the windy city and busy with workshop during the day

ate this

drank this

bought that

also got my hair done today haha me a one happy tourist!

cupcakes and pizza

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School has been going on for one week and I have difficulty choosing classes, there's way too many interesting lectures. Last night two sweet friends stayed at my place, we baked cupcake .... did girls-talk continuously .... ordered pizza at 01.00 am. For me a pajamas party with my best girls and good food is always great, bring bunches of joyful effects. Too bad my almost perfect weekend was a bit ruined, well .... long story short .... I should learn to have more patience.
Have a nice last week in October!

ps : 2010 flies seriously too fast, but at least I've painted a 2011 calendar.

2nd week. Pffffhh help

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im bored here, help.


Day by day I literally stay at home ... either sit in front of laptop or on the floor with German language books around me. On Wednesday the sun was warm, the temperature reach 16 celcius - then I decided to go out. Since I pretty much have nothing to do ... I took a walk around park near city center ...... tried my new Nikon lense ..... huuu thanks brother for the wonderful gift, i'm madly in loveeeeee with the lense.



Yesterday Donny was home early from work, perhaps he could read my mind that I'm bored. He offered me to go to his office - he has to tidy his new workstation up. We rode his Hayabusa motorcycle. Call me (us) crazy, but 4 weeks ago he fell from it and badly injured (his right shoulders bone was broken). He haven't ride his motor again since then ........ because he has to be fully recovered first ...... and to make it worse, I haven't had my healthy insurance. This weekend we are planing to ride to suburbs area near here ...... I kind of want to make a scenery-video while we are riding ......

Good news, I finally got a room to rent start on 1. Nov.
I'm thrilled to move in there, the apartment is super funny.
until then.....