{"id":3944,"date":"2011-05-22T02:17:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T18:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2011\/05\/22\/usa-2010-day-12-iii-nyc-iii-serendipity3\/"},"modified":"2011-05-22T02:17:45","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T18:17:45","slug":"usa-2010-day-12-iii-nyc-iii-serendipity3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2011\/05\/22\/usa-2010-day-12-iii-nyc-iii-serendipity3\/","title":{"rendered":"USA 2010 Day 12 (III) &#8211; NYC (III) Serendipity 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 03 Jan 2011 Monday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>17:15 Canal Street &#8211; Chinatown<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0048.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dropped by a Chinese bakery to grab some snacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0049.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0050.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>18:00 PM Bloomingdale&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/M1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Canal Street Station<br \/>\nB \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Union Square Station<br \/>\n6 Stops, 14 mins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0056.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We took the subway from Canal Street to Union Square, aiming to have dinner at Serendipity 3 which is located along 60th street, between 2nd and 3rd Ave. However, the restaurant was packed and we were placed on the waiting list (estimated an hour of waiting). We decided to explore the surroundings rather than to wait in the restaurant. We spent the next \u00c2\u00bd hour shopping at Boomingdale&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>19:15 PM Serendipity 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/M2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Bloomingdale&#8217;s<br \/>\nB \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Serendipity 3<br \/>\nWalk 0.19 KM, 3 mins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0059.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We were back at Serendipity 3. It was so cold out there that everyone in the queue was squeezing into the restaurant&#8217;s waiting area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0060.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finally&#8230; It&#8217;s DINNER time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0063.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The huge menu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0066.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0071.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ice water aka tap water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0073.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All ready for dinner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0080.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chicken Not\tSo Little<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0082.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0081.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">New England Clam Chowder<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0083.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Seafood Fettucine          <em>in a basil cream sauce<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0089.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chicken Diva <em>sauteed chicken breast topped with cheese and a spicy tomato sauce served with french fries<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0094.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chicken Nachos <em>with chili con carne<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>21:00 PM<em> <\/em>Dylan&#8217;s Candy Bar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/M3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Serendipity 3<br \/>\nB \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dylan&#8217;s Candy Bar<br \/>\nWalk 0.12 KM, 1 min<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0125.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Walk over to Dylan&#8217;s Candy Bar, intending to have some dessert but the place was already closed for the day. Anyway, we were too full for anything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0126.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0128.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Time to retire for the day. It&#8217;s cheaper to take the cab as compared to the subway since our hotel is not that far away and there are 4 of us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>21:15 PM Hampton Inn \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Manhattan Times Square North<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/M4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dylan&#8217;s Candy Bar<br \/>\nB \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Hampton Inn \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Manhattan Times Square North<br \/>\nWalk 2.4 KM, 8 mins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0129.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hotel lobby<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0130.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2010\/Travel\/201012%20USA\/Day%2012\/03\/IMG_0131.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">End of the day&#8230;Good night!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"..\/2011\/05\/2011\/05\/travel\/\">View my entire TRAVEL list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 03 Jan 2011 Monday 17:15 Canal Street &#8211; Chinatown Dropped by a Chinese bakery to grab some snacks. 18:00&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3944"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3951,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions\/3951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}