New York City in Autumn Is Unreal 🍁🍂

New York City. So me and my friend Jess have known each other for almost 10 years. And we spontaneously decided to do a girl trip to New York. Like we literally booked the flights two weeks before this trip. And we wanted to do everything. Famous movie spots, viral Instagram places, and loads and loads of shopping. So come with us on a girls trip to one of the most fascinating cities in the world. New York City. I'm in New York. Good morning! We're currently in New York City. We actually landed yesterday and I thought I wouldn't vlog but we actually did so much yesterday. Quick recap. We woke up at 4 a.m in the morning to catch our flight from London to New York. Seven hour flight and I did not catch any sleep. The drive to the hotel was smooth. We got ready within an hour and went straight back out. It was raining a tiny bit but honestly it was kind of a vibe. we honestly didn't have a plan where we were going but the fun thing about New York is that you can just walk in any direction and you will find something interesting. like we literally just stumbled across the Public Library. literally one of the most iconic filming locations of Sex in the City. In the city. Aww, hello! Obviously we had to look at the souvenir shop and honestly I shouldn't even be surprised that they have items with the American flag everywhere. They had some cute things but so expensive. So our reasonable response was to go to Target instead. If we save money, we make money. Oh, that's what we hoped because we actually spent so much money because Target has the most amazing things that you just cannot find in the UK. Oh my god, look how big this pack is. Oh, it's rice puffs. They even had pistachio doughnut flavored Vaseline. But the most interesting to me was that most of the stuff was actually behind locked doors, even the cheap ones. So you had to ask a staff for them to open the door for you. 80 US dollars. Yeah, let's quickly forget about that. The one thing we did have planned and we booked this before the flights or the hotel was an evening at our rooftop bar and we literally spent hours there until it was dark. We thought we just walked straight home but actually just by accident we came across Times Square which was so incredibly lively but not too bad. like it was very over stimulating with all of the screens but the amount of people was actually fine and we even saw some TikTokers doing some dances and some creepy kind of mascots. i don't know what was going on. anyway that was everything we did on the first day so back to present Alina. Today is also a very exciting day because we're gonna do a girl's day. My hair currently looks a mess but we're going to the hairdresser and get a blowout and then we're gonna go shopping in West Village. In West Village. I actually slept so bad last night but I have really high energy so I'm aiming to survive off of coffee. Well actually matcha. I'm aiming to survive off of matcha today to stay up all day basically. Guys, we're now going to a hair salon, Viral. It's known for a very quick blowout but also very cost effective which is like $25. That's what we need is like students and junior doctors, literally. And we've come in quite early so it's only 8.50 and hopefully we don't have to catch any lines and stuff. Oh yeah, hopefully. But I heard that they're super quick so hopefully if there's a line it's just gonna be in and out. Yeah. The boyfriends are waiting. Waiting. Okay this is Jess before. Still beautiful. Okay this is my before. For... Quick outfit check or like hair appointment check. I actually have two bags. One for shopping which now has my coat so there's no space for shopping and then easy phone access. Can you see this looks like a paper thin bag that I have to put everything in Elena's bag. Oh, that's nice. © transcript Emily Beynon New York has like the most unique, cute, tiny little shops. We walked past this coffee shop and it smelled so good that we had to go inside and just buy something. Also, my blowout literally just lasted like 10 minutes and it was already gone by the time I left the shop. So Jess was like, oh, have you ever considered dyeing your hair brown? I was like, no, but now I do. And Jess was like, oh yeah, like. I sometimes think about like dyeing my hair blonde so we're going to a wig store and we're gonna see if it looks good and if it does maybe we're gonna dye our hair here. Maybe. Maybe. We walked 40 minutes to get to this wig shop. Talk about dedication. I really wanted to try on some dark colored wigs but the first one was such a fail. It looked horrible. I think from the front it's too much volume. Yeah. The second wig had such a beautiful color and length, but again, it just looked kind of weird from the front. We were actually only allowed to try on three wigs. So this was the final one, which I mean, it looked more natural, but also it gives me emo vibes. Jess, on the other hand, she was slaying. Go girl. Anyway, after all of that, maybe I am just better as the blonde. What do you guys think? Next stop, Ulta. Basically, women heaven. It's like Sephora, but so much better. Then she asked if she could just stop in the Sephora. That was six and a half years ago. Look, it's like cereal. Ooh, I think it's such a nice gifting bag What do you want? Smell it. We genuinely spent like two or three hours in the shop. Like it was successful, we bought something, but it was definitely almost night time when we left. And that was also the end of this day. It's day three, Wednesday, and you cannot go to New York City without at least once visiting Central Park. That's nice. That's cute. Honestly, everyone needs a hype woman like Jess. Like, I love taking pictures with her. That's super cute. So we spent the morning there. We were kind of just hanging out, chatting, walking around a little bit because also a lot of movies were filmed in here. But on our way out of the park, I spotted something and we had to walk over there. Like, I've seen this in photos before, but never in real life. The Louis Vuitton building, like this is insane. We just dropped our shopping bags off at the hotel, refreshed, that's why I'm wearing different shirt but same trousers. I totally forgot to introduce this place because I was so stunned but we basically went to a skyscraper, that was a super viral place. We were flabbergasted. Probably the most insane view I've ever seen in my life like look at this and it was gray the whole day But for sunset the clouds actually cleared so we were super lucky You actually shouldn't wear any skirts or dresses in there because fun fact the floor is actually a mirror And I thought it was so aesthetically pleasing. I also wanted to take a picture there Don't worry. It is clean because we had to wear special covers over our shoes Yes. All right. So these super aesthetic videos and images from Instagram yeah that's not how it is. It was super packed and balloons started popping so we just left super quickly. This massive LED screen on the other hand I found super mesmerizing. Again we stayed until it was pitch black outside before we headed home to the hotel. This is a whole new closet I'm gonna try all of it on. As you can tell I was feeling myself in that outfit and also this dress was super cute. But let's speed it up. Yes to the top, love the colors but no to the trousers. I love the design of this top and I chose the brown one. Mainly because the violet one was too small unfortunately. Really love this hoodie and I almost regret not buying it but it was just so expensive. I couldn't justify it. Anyway, love the dress so much, I was wearing it that day. Doesn't this give Carrie vibes? There's actually so many movies and shows that were filmed here in New York like Spider-Man, Friends, Sex in the City and we're gonna go to Carrie's apartment and take some photos now. I learned something new today. Honestly, it is so easy to get like distracted and sidetracked here in New York. I kind of wonder if weed is legal in New York, because I literally smell weed at every corner. More than in Amsterdam. More than in Britain. More than everywhere. Opening cans with long nails is a real struggle. Wait, can you open this for me, I can't. Thank you. Yay. Thank you. It was actually really good. Okay, we're genuinely now on our way to Carrie's apartment, slight distraction, but look what we came across here. It's a friend's apartment. Dun dun da dun da dun da da da... I get copystriked otherwise. Okay let's continue. We're here. It's actually dark now which is crazy because we started walking here at like 2pm. It's kind of funny cause it looks like any other stairs here. So technically we could just use the ones next to them to take the pictures. Same stairs, but no queue. After I paid $70 for my own birthday cake, I was totally out of the party mood. So I decided to go home. And you know how the rest of the quote goes. So obviously, as us women do, we spent the next two hours taking photos on some stairs. Not gonna lie, they turned out pretty good though. But then it started raining really heavily, so we also had to wait for the rain to stop. But then it was kind of just a really cozy vibe in New York City. It's the last day for us today. I feel like we've basically covered almost everything like we've done most of the tourist bits basically just by stumbling on of them and then also obviously shopping but the one thing I really want to do and that I'm so excited about is Brooklyn. Like Brooklyn Bridge, Dumbo, all of the vintage shopping they have really good food there as well so we're heading to Brooklyn now. Also how cute is this outfit? I bought it yesterday. Oh that's cute. In order to get to Brooklyn, we obviously had to cross the Brooklyn Bridge. What a tongue tweezer. Honestly, it almost felt like we were walking towards a concert. There were so many people, I could not believe it. Also, I was very surprised by how long it takes to cross the bridge. It probably took us like half an hour, or that's how long it at least felt like. But it was actually one of my favorite things that we have done in New York. The view. from the bridge is honestly amazing you could even see the Statue of Liberty we're just coming off Brooklyn Bridge honestly the amount of people here is insane like i did i did expect tourists to be here but not as many especially because my instagram at the moment is flooded with new york content and there's always these influencers who have really beautiful posts of this bridge and it always seems so empty at sunset time, so I don't know how they do that. Maybe they photoshop everyone out because at the moment that's definitely not the case We finally arrived at Brooklyn. I was so hungry at this point But what I ate in New York is actually for a different video So subscribe if you don't want to miss it. We're now at another spot, which is like all over Instagram But like look so many people this is the reality Oh my god it's you! It's me! On Instagram this place is like completely empty. When you took the picture it was also empty right? Yeah I think I came like 5 years ago the first time. She discovered the place, she made it a trend. I was a trendsetter. Actually I found out on my Instagram. Okay that's enough. I wanted to get a picture here as well but now I can't be bothered but we might come back later. Not that it's probably gonna be any less busy but we'll see. I keep losing my friend I think because we're both like oh my god look at this look at that and we like just start walking into random areas but we always find each other really quickly so I'm sure I'll find her in like a minute or so. It's actually really really windy but look here you can see the bridge again but honestly this bridge is also giving. After sitting by the river for hours, we obviously had to start looking at all of the vintage shops. So we started walking towards the market and we first found this really cute bookshop. This is literally the type of shop I have in mind when I think about Brooklyn. Like bookshop, cozy, a little bit hippie, edgy. It was really really cute however I really didn't want to buy a book because we did go to Harvard a couple of days ago, check out the video, and I bought so many books. We both already bought like six books so we need to stop ourselves because our luggage is just gonna get way too heavy. Next we went to the very famous Dumbo market. Honestly super super busy and also everything was really expensive but it was really nice to look at and I was very interested in these chains for like your waist and I was so keen on buying one but there was no one there who seemed to be I'm going to be the owner of the stall. Like, there's no one here. Before I can ask how much it is. But they literally sold everything, like license plates. There was even a guy who made jewelry right in front of you. Engraved necklaces, rings and bracelets. And then obviously there were also loads of leather jackets that we thoroughly looked at. That's real leather though I wonder how much it is new though because it's Gap. I actually got a leather jacket like two days ago leather because I really wanted to get a leather jacket from New York and it was from American Eagle though. and it was cheaper than the thrifted worn jackets here which is just insane because technically thrifted stuff should be way cheaper than new but it isn't. Honestly, I'm actually so surprised because I thought Brooklyn would be kind of like Brighton, like hippie but kind of niche. I don't know why I thought that because everyone knows about Brooklyn but I thought it would just be like a more calmer, lots of tiny shops type of place but it's actually busier than anywhere else we've been in New York. Like it's insane, it's very loud, it has so many people. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice place but... I just thought it would be a bit different, I guess. Funnily enough, right after saying that, we found a really nice park. Well, actually, Jess led us to this park because she knew it before, but I didn't. And that park was very calm. There were barely any people. We saw loads of dogs and it was actually really, really cute. So this park kind of changed my mind about Brooklyn. And honestly, we had the best conversation in the park because Jess is a junior doctor, I'm a PhD student, and we just I have so many experiences that we had separately, but we kind of went through the same emotions throughout our career slash academic paths. When it was finally time to leave Brooklyn, there were even more crowds. Like we had to stand in the queue to get up the bridge, but it actually didn't take too long. If you thought the view on Brooklyn Bridge was amazing before, the sunset view is like a whole nother level. Like it was just like in the movies. It's literally night now. Also, I realized that I looked like Cat's Eye when they did their finale, like a K-pop person. And that brings our time in New York to an end. I hope you enjoyed the vlog and I'll hopefully see you next time. Bye! See you next time.