More New York: Lucy's, Century 21, Financial District and Chinatown!

My sister is a very experienced traveler and likes to plan her days meticulously to get the most out of a new city.  I spent my first two days in New York with her and she kept me very busy!  She is great to travel with and of course a great sister to meet me in New York! Lucky me!  The first day was packed of course and involved great food, long walks and many different areas in Manhattan.  We started off at Lucy's, a restaurant with a roof top patio near our hotel, The New Yorker (on 8th and 34th). Lunch included tacos and margaritas to celebrate our arrival!

At Lucy's

Tacos

Century 21 came highly recommended to me as the number one shopping destination to visit in New York City.  I was sadly disappointed.  Century 21 is a discount store for high fashion labels.  It was packed, disorganized and too chaotic for me.  I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a lot of time, patience and don't mind large crowds of people throwing things up in the air!  They also yelled at us for attempting to try things on in front of the mirror, which I am sure almost everyone does when there is a thirty person line up for the changing room! Nevertheless my sister got a few nice pieces and we were off on our merry way.  

Century 21 Nightmare

Amazing buildings and architecture

Loved this structure

At Reuters!

Century 21 is very close to the financial district, so we walked through and enjoyed a frapacino and took some great sky scraper pictures.  We were at a loss of what to do, when my sister pulled out her trusty Lonely Planet guide book which actually featured walking tours for the different areas of Manhattan.  We decided to walk up to Chinatown and follow the walking tour.  It gave us the route and the history of each area we walked through, which was really interesting.  My sister always makes sure I'm learning something!  The book also recommended a Michelin rated restaurant called "The Peking Duck".  It was delicious and I have shared some pictures below along with instructions on how to eat it!  Apologies in advance to any vegetarians!

Chinatown

Peking Duck

First the duck, then the sauce, then cucumber and wrap it up!

From Chinatown we walked up through Nolita to Soho.  We saw some fantastic shops on Prince street which I have also shared.  I was surprised at how well priced everything was and the great sales!  We also found the Fluevog store and to our surprise the church where Alec Baldwin was getting married.  Never a dull moment in New York!  More pictures and posts to come on New York soon!

So cute!