bjarvis | NYC, Day 2

The morning started a little later than we planned, largely 'cause we needed the sleep. (Actually, I still could have used another two hours of sleep, but I can catch up on snoozing when we get home.)

Here's the view of the Empire State Building from our hotel room, taken while waiting for the guys to finish dressing:

We had a very nice brunch with

stormecho & Patrick at Florent:

On advice from our brunch locals, we walked a while hopped the subway down to Delancy so

kent4str could visit a particular gluten-free bakery. At a separate bakery, Jeff found cupcakes and proceeded to embarrass us all on the street:

And then we walked. And walked. And walked. And walked. I can't even estimate how many miles we trekked, but that was --for me, at least-- the entire point of the trip to NYC in the first place. We collapsed in our hotel room, barely able to get our shoes off. I wasn't planning to nap but we all dozed off for at least two hours.

Our feet and legs still hurting, we opted for dinner at a restaurant as near to our hotel as possible. Indeed, we landed at a Korean restaurant immediately next door to the hotel entrance. Having had Koren food only once prior, I was a bit of a novice but we had a great time.

Before & After:

In search of dessert, we trekked up 6th Avenue towards Times Square. I would have been content with a restaurant with perhaps cake or pie on the menu but we finally ended at Cold Stone Creamery where we could utilize some gift cards on hand.