NYC
Posted: September 28, 2011 Filed under: Shopping, Travel 2 Comments
Orla Kiely
Ever since I heard Orla Kiely was opening her first US location in NYC I have been planning to make a trip up to check it out. I absolutely love her stuff, even though I’ve only bought two Etc line purses (both on sale) and one mainline bag that my parents kindly splurged on for a Christmas gift. I would love the chance to even just try on the clothing, even though that is out of my budget. At least her bags last a long time and are something I can get a lot of use out of (I don’t mind if that don’t always match my outfit).
I looked into the discount trains, but I don’t think my personality would do well on a train, plus they don’t save you any time. I found I can take Amtrak for about $100 round trip. I can leave in the early morning, arrive in NYC Penn Station (which is a great hub for the subway) by late morning and then catch a train back that night. That will give be 10-12 hours in NYC and hopefully I can sleep during the train ride, which is about 3.5 hours.
I’ve started a Google Map of places I want to hit up. I need to confirm when/if the Orla store is actually opening. But I’m hoping to hit at least one Anthropologie as well as some more budget-friendly shops like H&M. I’m not actually budgeting a lot of spending money for the trip. It’s going to be more window shopping than anything, but hopefully if my student loan money comes through I will be able to pick up a few things. [This is the annoying thing about being sick, because I had a nice chunk saved and it’s basically all gone to medical bills.]
I’m bringing my mom with me and she wants to visit the World Trade Center memorial, but that requires tickets that I’m not sure are even available. I’m also hoping to meet up with at least one friend for lunch. I’ve got several friends in that area. I haven’t been to NYC since 2007, and I used to go up multiple times a year, so it will be really nice just to be back.
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So exciting! I haven’t even considered doing a day trip by train! The bf’s been talking about one of those bullet buses but gross. I HATE buses. A train sounds much nicer.
Oh I can’t wait to see the pics!
Yeah, the bus would be about $50 round trip unless I could luck out and get one of the $1 fares they advertise (but those are hard to actually GET). Plus the bus takes as long as driving and I wouldn’t have control over pit stops, traffic, etc. You always hear the horror stories where the bus breaks down, or worse, crashes.
We’d drive up to DC to catch the train though. By the time you figure all the tolls and the gas money and paying to park (even if you park in Jersey and take the PATH subway into the city which is what I normally do) it’s really not much more to take the train.