everything you should eat + do in NYC ★ (my guide to the city) — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:13I'm so excited for this video today
3. 0:14because I'm pretty much just going to be
4. 0:16having my dream ideal day in New York
5. 0:19City. I was on FaceTime with a couple of
6. 0:20my friends. I was like, "Guys, I don't
7. 0:22know what to film. Like, please help
8. 0:23me." Me asking them for help like usual.
9. 0:26My friend Bailey was like, "Why don't
10. 0:27you just film a whole guide to New
11. 0:29York?" Wait, was it Bailey or Maya? I
12. 0:32think it was Bailey, right? Bailey, it
13. 0:34was you, right? My friend suggested I
14. 0:37share my favorite things to do in the
15. 0:38city for like a little guide for people
16. 0:40who are visiting, maybe. And I've also
17. 0:41been seeing some DMs the past few months
18. 0:43of people asking for a video sort of
19. 0:45similar to this. So, I thought it was a
20. 0:47perfect idea. I will never consider
21. 0:48myself to be a New Yorker. I have lived
22. 0:51here for a year and a half, but it
23. 0:52honestly feels like I've just been on a
24. 0:54really long vacation. So, even though I
25. 0:56don't have that level of credibility, I
26. 0:58do like this is me pitching myself why
27. 1:01you should trust me. Um, I don't know.
28. 1:03I've found some spots that I really like
29. 1:05since I've been here. And it is so fun
30. 1:07here. There's so much to like learn,
31. 1:09explore. There's always new places
32. 1:11popping up. Maybe you can just keep this
33. 1:13video tucked away for if you ever make a
34. 1:14trip to New York or you ever find
35. 1:16yourself here. All right, let's go.
36. 1:24[Music]
37. 1:32Okay, guys. I'm at my favorite coffee
38. 1:34shop. This place is called Hungry Ghost.
39. 1:37It's in the West Village. I used to live
40. 1:39right here, and I would come here every
41. 1:41day once I discovered it. I've had a lot
42. 1:43of coffee here, and I really believe
43. 1:44that this place has like some of the
44. 1:46best coffee, especially their iced
45. 1:48vanilla latte. And I'm very particular
46. 1:50about my coffee. As you guys might know,
47. 1:52if you watched my last video, I like
48. 1:54rated coffee shops in New York. If you
49. 1:56like a vanilla latte, I like am so
50. 1:58confident that you would like this. They
51. 2:00have a few locations in the city,
52. 2:01actually. But I've only ever been to
53. 2:03this one. And I also just love the
54. 2:05aesthetic in here. Such great lighting.
55. 2:07It's so pretty. But if I could start my
56. 2:09dream day anywhere with coffee from any
57. 2:11place, and I did think about this very
58. 2:12thoroughly because I wanted to have a
59. 2:15good coffee spot for you guys, it would
60. 2:17be here. I will put a second place that
61. 2:19I was really close to picking also on
62. 2:21the screen that's a little bit smaller
63. 2:23and I think it's familyowned. Also, my
64. 2:26ideal morning would be reading a book
65. 2:27and like journaling a little. So, I
66. 2:29brought that with me, too. I'm going to
67. 2:31do that for a little bit here before I
68. 2:33get bagels.
69. 2:36[Music]
70. 3:23My breakfast recommendation was not too
71. 3:26hard for me to decide on because this
72. 3:29bagel spot is so incredible. Every time
73. 3:32I have a friend or family member visit
74. 3:34me, I always take them here and they
75. 3:36always love it. It is really popular,
76. 3:38which I kind of hate. I wish it was more
77. 3:40of like an underground spot that I would
78. 3:41be sharing with you guys. But it is
79. 3:43really good. I'm sure a lot of you guys
80. 3:44have heard of it. It's called Papa
81. 3:45Bagels. I will say if you're looking for
82. 3:47a bagel sandwich with meat and cheese.
83. 3:50They don't have that there. This is more
84. 3:51of just fresh hot bagels. The first time
85. 3:54I went here, I was a little confused.
86. 3:56Okay, I did start eating it. That's kind
87. 3:57of messed up. I'm sorry. You order like
88. 3:59bulk bagels. I think the minimum is
89. 4:00three. They were so nice and they gave
90. 4:02me extra bagels today. So, basically,
91. 4:04they always have different rotations of
92. 4:06cream cheeses or toppings. Today they
93. 4:09had their veggie cream cheese and then
94. 4:11they also had I think like a creme
95. 4:13brulee butter and then I got an
96. 4:15everything bagel. I love their salt
97. 4:17bagels which I know sounds kind of
98. 4:18interesting but it is really good. It's
99. 4:20like crunchy on top and their bagels are
100. 4:22always hot because they make them I
101. 4:24think every like 10 minutes. They're
102. 4:26still so warm. And then I got a sesame
103. 4:28seed bagel as well. Those are my three
104. 4:31favorites. And I like to eat this in
105. 4:33Washington Square Park because it is so
106. 4:34close to the bagel spot. It's like a 2
107. 4:36or 3 minute walk down the street and
108. 4:38they don't have seating in there either.
109. 4:40So, this is definitely where I think a
110. 4:41lot of people bring their pop-up bagels.
111. 4:43I see a lot of people here eating them
112. 4:44often. If you can't go to Central Park,
113. 4:46this is like another great option.
114. 4:48There's always like a lot going on here,
115. 4:50especially if you love people watching.
116. 4:51There's so much going on. So, what's
117. 4:54interesting with these bagels is that
118. 4:56they're meant to be pulled apart. So,
119. 4:58you just take the bagel and then you dip
120. 5:01it into your cream cheese.
121. 5:09so good. I can't even tell you how good
122. 5:11this is. I actually don't even feel that
123. 5:13nervous to film here because there's so
124. 5:15much going on that I feel like me
125. 5:16filming is like the least interesting
126. 5:19thing. If you like a more sandwich
127. 5:20bagel, which sometimes I like. Kind of
128. 5:22just depends on my mood. I'll put a few
129. 5:24recommendations on the screen because
130. 5:25obviously this place doesn't have the
131. 5:26sandwich bagels. I definitely recommend
132. 5:28this spot. It's my favorite and I love
133. 5:29just coming to the park right next door.
134. 5:38[Music]
135. 5:45as much as I love some good food and
136. 5:47coffee racks, I did want to show you
137. 5:48guys some things that I actually like to
138. 5:50do activity-wise here. Today is a really
139. 5:53sunny nice day, so I'm going to take
140. 5:55advantage and try to stay outdoors. One
141. 5:57of my wrecks would be to go to obviously
142. 5:59Central Park. If you're able to, you can
143. 6:01like do a nice bike ride. I've rented
144. 6:03like electric scooters there before with
145. 6:04my brother. That's kind of an obvious
146. 6:07recommendation. If you also love to shop
147. 6:09like me, I have some shopping wrecks for
148. 6:11you. Since moving to New York, I've
149. 6:13discovered more of like the fashion side
150. 6:15of myself. There's such cool fashion
151. 6:17here, and there's a lot of cool like
152. 6:18vintage thrift stores. Also, I wanted to
153. 6:20take you guys to one of my favorite
154. 6:22vintage stores in the city. It's in
155. 6:24Soho. It's called No-Name Vintage. I'm
156. 6:26going to go see if they have anything. I
157. 6:28like to just go pretty often and check
158. 6:29because they seem to get new stock
159. 6:31pretty frequently. And then I want to
160. 6:32just shop around Soho after. Soho is the
161. 6:35true hub for just shopping in general.
162. 6:38But first, we'll stop at the vintage
163. 6:39store and see what they have. There's so
164. 6:41many vintage stores here. There's so
165. 6:43many in Brooklyn, too. I kind of like my
166. 6:45mini mic. It makes me feel very
167. 6:46professional, even though it's all
168. 6:48tangled. But we don't need to show that.
169. 6:51[Music]
170. 7:11[Music]
171. 7:18So, I did end up getting one top. When I
172. 7:21was in there, I was texting my mom the
173. 7:22pictures of everything. I usually do
174. 7:24that. She loved the blue top and I also
175. 7:27loved it. I didn't expect to like it as
176. 7:28much as I did. And then when I put it
177. 7:29on, I loved it. I'm trying to
178. 7:31incorporate more color into my wardrobe.
179. 7:33So, I'm happy that I'm doing that. They
180. 7:35had so much good stuff today. I could
181. 7:36have bought the other two things, but I
182. 7:38just restrained myself, which is good
183. 7:40cuz I'm about to shop even more. I'm
184. 7:42going to shop in the heart of Soho now
185. 7:44on Broadway. They have so many different
186. 7:46shops like Aritzia, Brandy, Sephora,
187. 7:49pretty much every store you could
188. 7:50imagine. So, it's kind of like the Mall
189. 7:52of America of New York. Not really, but
190. 7:55in my mind, that's what I compare it to,
191. 7:57except for it's outdoors. It does get
192. 7:58really busy though on the weekends and
193. 8:01Fridays. Just a warning, if you come
194. 8:03here in the summer, it's so packed and
195. 8:04there's usually an insane line for some
196. 8:06of these stores. So, we will see.
197. 8:10[Music]
198. 8:19I don't think there's been one singular
199. 8:21time I've been shopping on Broadway and
200. 8:22not stopped in Aritzia. You guys know
201. 8:25Aritzia is one of my favorite brands
202. 8:26ever, so I always love just seeing if
203. 8:28they have anything new. This store is
204. 8:30new, too. They just redid it. It's
205. 8:32massive. It's three stories. And they
206. 8:34even have a cafe in here, which they
207. 8:36have the best strawberry matcha. You
208. 8:38guys need to go. I remember the first
209. 8:40time I had it, I was shocked because I
210. 8:41don't know, you wouldn't expect
211. 8:42necessarily Aritzia to have the best
212. 8:45matcha necessarily. So, if you go to
213. 8:46this Aritzia, you should just start out
214. 8:48at their cafe downstairs, grab a
215. 8:50strawberry matcha, walk around. I
216. 8:52stopped in Sephora super quick. Then I
217. 8:53stopped in Abberrombi as well. I was
218. 8:55looking for some new jeans and they have
219. 8:57some of my favorite jeans. By the way,
220. 8:58if you see these pink ice cream trucks,
221. 9:00they're so good. The Brandy here is also
222. 9:02insanely massive and it's known to
223. 9:04always have a line. And yes, I do still
224. 9:06shop here even though I'm 24. I'm not
225. 9:09necessarily proud to say this, but it's
226. 9:11the truth. They also opened a Princess
227. 9:13Polly here, which is the first Princess
228. 9:15Polly I've ever seen, not online. And
229. 9:17they have a photo booth on the bottom
230. 9:19level, which I think is so fun. So, if
231. 9:21you're here with your friends, you
232. 9:22should definitely go downstairs and
233. 9:23check it out. And after a lot of
234. 9:25shopping, I decided to have some lunch.
235. 9:27And I took you guys to one of my
236. 9:28favorite lunch spots that's super close
237. 9:30by to all of the shopping called Cafe
238. 9:32Select.
239. 9:37[Applause]
240. 9:42Okay, guys. I'm at lunch, which is
241. 9:45technically a late lunch. I think it's
242. 9:46like 3:00 p.m. right now. I really
243. 9:48thought long and hard about where I
244. 9:50wanted to have lunch with you guys.
245. 9:51There's so many good spots. I'm at Cafe
246. 9:53Select in Soho. This was actually one of
247. 9:56the very first places I ate when I
248. 9:58visited New York with my mom like 2
249. 10:00years ago before I even moved here. So,
250. 10:02it's kind of nostalgic for me. It brings
251. 10:04back memories when me and my mom were
252. 10:06here looking at apartments. They have
253. 10:07some really good salads here, good
254. 10:09sandwiches, and at night it has some
255. 10:11really good drinks. So, anyways, I got a
256. 10:13turkey sandwich for lunch. I'm sitting
257. 10:16by myself. And the people next to me who
258. 10:18just left actually were like, "Are you
259. 10:20okay? I noticed you're sitting alone."
260. 10:22And I was like, "Oh my gosh, I'm fine.
261. 10:23Let's do a little taste test." All
262. 10:25right, this is my sandwich. The waitress
263. 10:27came up to me and she's like, "Are you a
264. 10:28food reviewer?" Like, definitely not.
265. 10:32M. It's so good and fresh. It kind of
266. 10:35reminds me of the sandwiches that my
267. 10:36grandma would make when I was younger.
268. 10:37And the tomato is like roasted tomato,
269. 10:39which makes it even better. The other
270. 10:41reason I chose this place is because
271. 10:43it's right next to all of the shopping
272. 10:44in Soho that we were just at. So if you
273. 10:47have like a little shopping day in that
274. 10:49area, it's like a 3-minute walk from all
275. 10:51those shops that we were just at. And
276. 10:52it's like the perfect little lunch spot.
277. 10:54I love their outdoor seating. They have
278. 10:56some lanterns hanging above. This is a
279. 10:58perfect spot for a lunch break during
280. 11:00your shopping.
281. 11:01[Music]
282. 11:07[Applause]
283. 11:08[Music]
284. 11:12Okay, guys. I'm back home from my day.
285. 11:15I'm so hot. I also I feel like this
286. 11:17outfit makes me look like a
287. 11:18[Music]
288. 11:20minion. I'm back home. I just wanted to
289. 11:23quickly show you guys a couple things
290. 11:24that I got. I actually didn't get
291. 11:26anything shopping wise at Aritzia,
292. 11:28Sephora, any of those stores because I
293. 11:30was actually like just there yesterday.
294. 11:33So, the top that I got from the vintage
295. 11:35store, this blue multi-shade crochet
296. 11:38top. Look how pretty. I love this. And
297. 11:42it was also mom approved. Oh, I guess I
298. 11:44did get something from Brandy. I got
299. 11:45these white little linen shorts. Oh, and
300. 11:49then I also got a postcard from Cafe
301. 11:51Select where I was just at because they
302. 11:53give this to you at the end of your meal
303. 11:54with your receipt. So, I'm going to put
304. 11:56this on my vision board, which is now
305. 11:58done. Finally. I did not think the day
306. 12:00would come. Look how good it looks,
307. 12:02guys. I posted this on my Instagram. I
308. 12:04love it. It looks so good. It's
309. 12:06everything I wanted. So, let me add this
310. 12:09to the board.
311. 12:14I'm going to chill for a little bit and
312. 12:16do some work because later tonight I'm
313. 12:18going to go to get drinks with a couple
314. 12:19friends. And I wanted to film that
315. 12:21because going out in New York, even if I
316. 12:23like don't drink that night, it is nice
317. 12:25to just sit with friends at like an
318. 12:26outdoor patio or something. And there's
319. 12:28a lot of favorites that I have and I
320. 12:30don't really know exactly where we're
321. 12:31going to end up. So, we'll see. But I
322. 12:33wanted to film that with you guys
323. 12:34because I wanted to share some spots
324. 12:35that I like. So, yeah. I'll see you guys
325. 12:38in a little bit. Our original plan was
326. 12:39to go to Leiv in the Lower East Side,
327. 12:42which was insanely busy. They had no
328. 12:44spots available, but we ended up at
329. 12:45O'Neal's, which was still great. And I
330. 12:48love Little Italy, especially at night.
331. 12:49It's so lively. That was my night,
332. 12:51though. So, thank you guys for watching.
333. 12:53Does this count as a proper outro? I'm
334. 12:55going to say yes. But thanks for
335. 12:57watching. Love you guys. Let me know if
336. 12:59you liked this type of video, and I'll
337. 13:01see you in my next one. Bye.
338. 13:05[Music]