My Pretty Perfect Mess

New York City, USA

"How can anyone not love New York?

Serena Van Der Woodsen

Where to stay?

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Moxy Times Square

We stayed here when we visited NYC in January. It was fantastic, the perfect spot for millennials. So on-trend and very affordable.

Moxy Chelsea

We haven't stayed here but I'm a little bit obsessed with the Moxy brand and super obsessed with this area of NYC.

1 Hotel Central Park

This hotel looks amazing. The rooms looks super chic and have a view of central park. Definitely on my list of places to stay.

The most Instagram-able spots in The Big Apple.

Empire state of mind 🗽🚕_._._._📸 By _k

The Empire State Building: We were strolling back to our hotel when I saw a bench on the sidewalk so I hopped up and got Keith to take pictures for me! And I am SOOO glad I did! This is one of my favorite photos ever

Golden hour 😍🗽✨_._._📸 By _keithstears

Brooklyn Bridge: A Classic. The day we went to Brooklyn Bridge it was CRAZY busy, like almost scary, so getting this photo was tricky but we persevered and got the shot!! (and almost froze to death)

Miss you already 😍😘✨🗽🚕🌉👀🦄_._Where

DUMBO: Another classic, but also a super cool place to wander around and get some great NYC Pizza!!

_I'll be there for yooooooou_ 🚕🗽✨_._._

The Friends Apartment: This was the coolest to see! I am so obsessed with Friends and getting to see this building in real life (and while wearing my friends T-shirt) just made me so happy!! This is in Greenwich Village which is such a cute place to stroll around and soak up the atmosphere.

I already want to go back to the Big App

The Crosswalk: This was a ballsy little impromptu moment when we were crossing the street in Greenwich Village and I loved the background so I made Keith snap some photos while we crossed!! So glad I did because just look at that sky *drools*

Felt like I was in a _drmartensofficial

The Subway: I loved loved loved taking photos on the Subway so much!! I wanted to get more on the train itself and on the platform but I kinda forgot!

A night at the Metropolitan Opera ✨✨✨_._

The Met Opera: we went to see Die Zauberflote at the Met which has always been a dream of mine and so I absolutely had to get a photo feeling like a boujee queen

Times Square

The most overwhelming place in the world? Maybe. We didn't get many photos here because honestly, it was too busy and too stressful and we weren't getting up early for photos, we were on vacation.

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Things to do

Some cool places to go and things to see.

Times Square

A staple in the tourist canon of things to see in NYC.

_I'll be there for yooooooou_ 🚕🗽✨_._._

Greenwich Village

The Friends Apartment, Cornelia Street, hip cafes. Potentially the coolest place in NYC.

The Stonewall Inn

An Iconic piece of LGBTQIA+ history.

Brooklyn Bridge

One of my fave places to go in NYC. Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO and exploring Brooklyn.

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Grand Cental Station

Overwhelmingly gorgeous, overwhelmingly busy. Another must-see on my list.

The Met Museum

One of the biggest museums I've ever seen. And very cool for fans of Gossip Girl.

Columbus Circle

An iconic image of my childhood is seeing Gisele from Enchanted look up at this statue and exclaim her beauty.

Central Park

There's no way you can visit NYC and not see at least some of Central Park.

The Statue Of Liberty

And Staten Island. An important visit for everyone to see a little bit of immigration history and of course Lady Liberty.