For the Love of Hot Chocolate

I started my day with coffee straight-up this morning...ran out of milk. I'm really liking the pumpkin spice coffee we picked up at Porto Rico Importers last week. It's so much cheaper to make coffee at home than to buy it out so I'm going to try to keep doing that.

So now that it's officially busy season, S has to work on Saturday mornings. This week we decided to meet in Union Square in the afternoon and have some hot chocolate at City Bakery. We've tried the hot chocolate at a few different places and we think City Bakery is the best. On my way to meet S I made a detour at Central Park so I could get some lunch at a cart on 53rd and 6th. I decided to take a walk down 5th Avenue on my way there. On 5th Avenue, I only shop for these: hot chestnuts! Love 'em. But I do really like looking at all the designer store fronts and window displays. Here is a series of the big names on 5th Avenue.

I think the Apple store is very cool. Watch out on those glass stairs if you wear a skirt though!

This is the Bergdorf Goodman, men's store.


In December, I always make a trip down 5th Avenue. It's always decorated so beautifully--and when you get to 50th you can see the tree a block away in Rockefeller Center. Below is one of the lingering decorations.






This is Harry Winston.

Henri Bendel.


This is the front and the side of a gorgeous church on 53rd Street.
Passing by MoMA; almost at the food cart on 6th.

And here they are. Chicken and Rice platter, please.

This is where I like to sit and eat when it's warm enough, like it was today--finally!

After lunch, I made my way to the subway to get a ride to Union Square. On the way, I passed by Radio City, which is another building I love in the city. So far I've been to two shows here. I saw the Rockette's in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular when Dad and Alicia visited two years ago. That was a really fun show. Then last summer, S and I saw a Tori Amos concert here. Its a really beautiful venue.

This is under the awning at Radio City.

Here is a view from the side. Art Deco is my favorite architecture style, so I love walking through Rockefeller Center where there is so much of it.

Here are NBC Studios down the street.
And finally at City Bakery.

Some seating inside.

Where the magic happens.

Yum! That is a handmade marshmallow on top. We always get a "to go" cup because S is convinced that you get a larger quantity for the same price. He's budget-minded like that.