Meat Packing District

This is

Spice Market.
it was Mallorys last night
in the City of Lights
and this is where she chose
to partake of her last supper.
From the exterior,
it may look like any other Asian inspired,
overwhelmingly scented Thai restaurant.
However, I judged this book by it's Chinese symbolized cover
much too quickly.
As I walked in I was instantly captivated by its dim lighting and custom furniture.
The place was huge and the design was incredible!
I instantly felt ethnic.

We followed the hostess down the intricately hand carved wooden staircase
to the lower level.
We weaved through tables
looking for which might be ours.
We were lured into a dark hallway
and then she pulled back a blue silk curtain to reveal
our own private silk pillow filled room!
(note the flattened pillows, I was obviously spralled in the corner).

followed by an explosion of flavors for my taste buds..

after the feast of feasts
we were casually strolling
and we discovered an open door art exhibit.
so we let ourselves in
and it was phenomenal to say the least.
over scaled pieces
vinyl record artwork
Andy Warhol styled paintings
and iconic furniture
were all splattered with pink paint.


it was such a great discovery.
Afterward we trespassed into the lobby of the
Standard Hotel
and ventured 20 floors up to the
Boom Boom Room
only to head 20 floors back down.
the design was so great.

We were walking along the
highline
which is an old above ground railroad track
that runs along the west end of the city
and sat abandoned for years.
so they decided to turn it into a park.
On one side it overlooks the Hudson River
and on the other is the city.
as we were talking
and walking
one thing led to another
and i found out that they have
Grom
gelato here in NYC!!
I almost fell over.
it was my favorite in Florence, Italy last summer
(as seen here)
and now they import everything to their stores here!

It was even better than I remember.