I'll take a weekend in NYC anytime of the year. It's such easy access when you take the train from Union Station in DC to Penn Station which is right in the heart of the city. Aline and I never come up for long periods of time so when we do we try to see a different part of the city. As we have the last few trips, we used Priceline to get our hotel which means we only knew the rating of the hotel - and I requested the Soho area. We were placed in a really great hotel called Nomo Soho (nomosoho.com). It was a fantastic location right in one of the prime fashion districts. It was right up my alley being Andy Warhol inspired. The major highlight on this trip for me was High Line park. It is a 1.45 mile long linear park that is raised because it used to be train tracks. It's a city oasis because there is nature all around. Since it was Winter we didn't see the lushness but I can't wait to come back when there are plants and flowers in bloom because they line the entire park. It was an amazing birds-eye view of the Meatpacking District and Chelsea. We took an Uber from Soho and asked that the driver drop us off at the Whitney Museum of American Art which was the perfect spot because it dropped us off right at the base of the stairs to the park. After we walked the park we went to Chelsea Market for some lunch. It's a fancy foodcourt essentially and is great people watching. The one night that we were here we met up with some friends at Smalls Jazz Club in Greenwich Village. It is an extremely intimate jazz club and with your tickets you can stay late into the night watching different bands perform. There is also a sister club across the street that is equally as intimate and you are able to back and forth. By the end of the weekend I was so creatively inspired that I stopped by an art store and picked up some art books to hopefully get to work myself.
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