nyc vlog | MoMa visit, rooftop cafe, 5th ave window shopping & MoMaMart popup

Good morning and happy Sunday in a rare turn of events. I'm in Midtown today. I rarely come to this neighborhood in Manhattan but I haven't been to the Modern Museum of Art, the MoMA, in quite some time, possibly over a year, so I thought I'd rectify that situation today. I have a little bit of a solo day and I thought we could walk around Fifth Avenue afterwards, have a coffee, maybe do a little bit of window shopping, and then we'll see where the day takes us. The day is beautiful today. We actually got some sunshine which we haven't had in quite some time and we're about to have amazing temperatures this week in New York, like 60 degrees, so it is already beautiful today and I'm very excited to see some art, so let's go. While we walk to the MoMA, a quick word from today's sponsor, Squarespace. 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I also would love an afternoon coffee, so we'll see. And I highly recommend the exhibit I went to for the Capsule Tower. It's actually free, so if you go into the MoMA, you can go into that exhibit without purchasing tickets. And the exhibit is all about the Capsule Tower by Kisho Kuragawa, which unfortunately has been demolished, but if you're an architecture fan, I highly recommend. It was built during the Japanese Metabolist Movement, it was meant to be kind of these capsules that were changed out over time. I don't think that ever happened, and like I said, unfortunately, now it's no longer in existence, but there is a capsule that was restored in the exhibit, and it's free. So that exhibit is the perfect thing if you want to dip your toes without actually committing to the ticket price. You can also, for free, go outside to their little terrace in the courtyard that you saw, and it's a really lovely space. Otherwise, if you do get a ticket, check out their new tower, that's what I stuck to today, and their cafe too, as well as the terrace restaurant. They're both really lovely if you need a quick break. And honestly, I could have spent more hours looking at art, but I do want to get coffee, so let's head to Fifth Avenue. Watch House is a really solid coffee option if you are in this neighborhood, because the coffee shops are few and far between. So that's my go-to whenever I go to the MoMA, or I'm out here shopping. And now we're going to head to Rockefeller Center, because there's a new homeware shop that has popped up there that I want to check out. Looks like Saks still has its holiday display up. I don't think it's running anymore, but you can see remnants, and I am pretty sure that the ice skating is also still going on. The homeware shop is no more, sadly. The stores in Rockefeller Center switch over quite a bit, but I am going to head into Todd's Snyder, which is right here as well. It's one of my favorite men's stores, and Jackson's birthday is coming up, so I'm going to do a little bit of browsing. All right, I found something for Mr. New York, please. Hopefully, he likes it. And no peeking, I hope, because he does watch these videos. But I am now headed back home. Thank you so much for watching, and I will see you again here next time. Bye!