My last week in New York: Broadway, Celeb encounters, and NYFW

Last post about New York

Visited the Met on Sept 11, which was the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack which made a worldwide impact.
There were bomb threats so cops were seen everywhere in the city and we were warned not to go to crowded places that day. So we avoided Times Sq and some other areas.
Honestly, I didn't think much of those threats. I'm glad the NYPD stepped up with the security around town but it was unlikely that the bomb threats were real. They were just rumours.

So.. the Met...

Those who watch Gossip Girl (luv that show) can recognise that this is the place where Blair, Serena and their posse hang out/eat their yogurt before school.

There was an area showcasing witnesses' stories of the 911 and quilts sewn by them

Many of the stories were written by children (around 10 yrs old). I was 9 when it happened. I can't imagine what it was like to witness the attack and chaos that followed.

I love this red blazer Jane let me borrow. It fits perfectly and I look great in red!
Went to Saks to get some make-up after visiting the museum and got so many compliments for it.
Also, I was getting extra-polite service from the staff
I was silently saying in my head 'THANK YOU JANE'

Conclusion: Dress well to get better service

At the exact corner where B and S sits.

Ignore my retarded face and check out my froyo!
Gotta have froyo at the Met
One more task completed on my NYC to-do list :D

Our huge cup was like.. $4? Pretty ex I know

12 Sept (Monday)

S and I did our own things that day so I spent the day alone.

Headed downtown to visit Ground Zero memorial sites

White ribbons hung all around the fences of the cathedral

911 memorial site exhibition:

There were photos/badges of victims of the attack and USA flags

It was kinda scary to think about it and how people are still traumatised from this

Dinner with Sheena at Red Lobster at Times Sq.

I saw like an ex-rosythian there. I can't remember his name and he was with his parents. What are the odds that I'd bump into a Singaporean who was from the same Pri school. On the other side of world.

Singapore is small? The WORLD is small.

Ordered the free flow of shrimp. It was only about $20?? I could order as many servings of shrimps as I wanted. SOO GOOOD and TASTY!

Headed to the empire state in the evening to get the night view of Manhattan:

It's beautiful!

We bought the audio tour which explained to us popular areas of the city and their history.
I love NYC more and more everyday.

Can you see the Chrysler on the left? It's my favourite building. And S and I believe the other tall dark building on the right of the Chrysler is Trump!! We were pretty amused we could see the apt we were staying from the Empire state.

Our first Broadway Musical: Billy Elliot! :D

It was great! I LOVE THE SHOW. Both of us teared cos some scenes were so touching.
Overall, it was really inspirational to watch the lead character (Joseph Harrington) dance ballet. He danced flawlessly, I feel like a noob compared to him. And he danced act after act, it's soooo tiring for him but he had so much energy!!!
I wish I could've taken a photo with him but didn't get the chance :(

The next day: started the day off alone again cos Sheena wasn't interested in visiting..

The Guggenheim Museum. I may not be able to appreciate art much, but it's GUGGENHEIM!!!

Even photographers want models to pose with Guggenheim as the background!

and check out those pegs on her outfit. Sigh. Models are so skinny.

The night before, Jay Manuel tweeted this: (Yes, I follow him)Broadway and 35th street?! I'm so there. Headed to Herald Sq after Guggenheim. Took a bus 20 blocks down 5th ave. Hey! I'm no stalker, didn't you see 'Come! Find us 2mrw..'. Also, I was kinda depressed that despite being in NYC for 2 and a half weeks, I haven't seen one celeb. I HAD TO SEE JAY MANUEL! And he was gonna be with Kourtney so .. double score!

They were promoting some play station game. I wasn't able to take photos with them but.. standing just a few metres away from them feels so great! So surreal.Pretty Kourtney. I wish Kim was there, she's SOO gorgeous.

Hi Jay!!! I heard he was wearing Gucci boots that day cos they were mentioned in his tweets later in the day.

Visited Museum of Sex with Sheena. It was a very... visual visit, and informative. The store has pretty hilarious and sick stuff.

The next day, another Broadway Musical: The Addams Family

Had our last Chipotle dinner

I love guacamole!!! I love it I love it I love it. It's my favourite dip and snack, and I really could eat this everyday.

The show did not disappoint. The dances weren't that fantastic, but the singing was awesome.
I'm a new fan of Rachel Potter who played Wednesday Addams. She's amazing and I absolutely LOVE her voice. I followed her on Twitter :)!
And watching Brooke Shields up close is just ... I love seeing celebrities! Idk how to describe it.

Took photos with all the main cast members when they came out after the show.

This is Rachel Potter <3!!! She's extremely talented and beautiful and I completely support her doing what she loves! Such an honour to take a photo with her (tho I look kinda shitty)

And guess who was the last one to come out of the theatre door..
Brooke Shields (duh). CELEB PHOTO!!! :DDDD
My first celeb photo encounter. This photo is precious!!

Went to Moma (alone again, pfft. Sheena and her non-existence interest in museums. hahah but it's okay)

I'd love to have this

You can't see from this pic, but the texture of this painting is so beautiful! I love it. I rarely find art pieces nice because I find it hard to appreciate Art in general.

So my encounters with Jay, Kourtney and Brooke were all planned (sorry la, sometimes you gotta plan to make it happen the way you want it).
But S and I had the ultimate (unplanned) celeb encounter!!!!!

We were walking down 5th ave, and saw like a crowd outside the Prada store.

I was like "what's going on". Sheena guessed that there was some kind of event. I was like.. Noooo, I think there's some celeb in Prada.
But we didn't know who!
So we asked some gathered outside the entrance. They just shrugged. People were waiting outside without knowing who's inside!!! LOL so hilarious.
Guess what we did. We waited outside too.
More people came and some asked us who was inside. I said 'I have no idea'.
We waited for like 5 minutes (still not knowing who's inside). Not kidding.
Some (non celeb) customers came out of the store, so I asked the guy. And he was like 'Oh, Victoria Beckham'.
"VICTORIA BECKHAM" I just shrilled. People around were like 'Who, who' cos they didn't hear what the guy said but saw me jumping like an idiot.
"VICTORIA BECKHAM", I told em.
"Can you not tell them, now more people are gonna come", Sheena's so smart..

Paparazzis were right outside the store entrance and they were tall, big men in casual clothes, and carrying their big cameras. Everyone had their cameras in their hand, snapping pictures of the store, just to catch a glimpse of Victoria.

Why didn't people just go into the store to see her? Because you can't go in unless you're planning on buying something Prada, and no photo-taking allowed inside.
But we really really wanted to see her upclose so S and I went in.

(above) photo taken by my camera. Can you see her? She's upstairs, wearing the pink dress, on the left!

We went in and lingered at the ground floor near the entrance, "looking" at the wallets/bags and "asking" each other for opinions. LOL we weren't the only jokes around, there were 2 women sitting at the shoe section pretending to be calm and all but totally trying to look at Victoria from the corner of their eyes.

She was like less than 2 metres away from me when she walked out of the store with her bodyguard. Everyone outside went wild and camera flashes were just blinding. Gosh, that's her life.

(below) Paparazzi photo.

I just googled this! And this is the outfit she was wearing!!!!! So gorgeous and she's absolutely skinny. I'm so happy with this photo cos you can see a bit of me inside :D Can you see the person in the store on the right inside the store?? THAT'S ME!!!!!!!!! Not kidding omgomgomg.
To get a larger photo, click here. She was wearing Louboutins that day. Gorgeous.

Headed back to the apartment after the excitement died down. We regret not saying at least a 'hi' to Victoria when she was so upclose!! We were too starstruck ughhhhhhh

Do you know each tub is just 6USD?! Those sold in sg is a rip-off! And there are wayyy more flavours over there. I love ice cream.

The reason why were went back to the apartment early was because we had to get ready! For..

The DKNY show! Part of New York Fashion Week. One ticket is crazy expensive but this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

So we showered, painted nails, did our hair and makeup. Lol.

4 of us cabbed to Lincoln Center. Had to be there by 7.30pm.

Free champagne at the waiting area and they also were serving mini cupcakes from Baked by Melissa. I luv that shop.

Photo-taking at the poster board.

I would've drank more chapagne but I didn't wanna be tipsy while watching the runway show.

After an hour of waiting... the doors opened.

Show was accompanied by a live performance of Lykke Li!!!

She sang 4 songs altogether and one of them is "I follow rivers". I really like that song!

This was the DKNY resort collection and it was the last and closing show of NYFW 2011

There's Donna Karen. The show was awesome and I would wear most of the pieces! I only have one DKNY clothing but not from this collection. Bought it at Woodbury.

Cousins at Lincoln Center. The weather was frickin cold!! I was shivering like mad. You can't tell from the photo above.

That was my last night in NYC. I had a flight back to Sg the next morning (which got delayed by 4 hours but why would I wanna elaborate on this unfortunate event).

Going to NYFW was a great way to end the trip!!!

I had so much fun and this is the best trip ever. I'm so glad I fulfilled my long awaited dream of going to New York!! This meant a lot to me.

I had a ton of fun with S too!! Loads of memories to journal down. Those 3 weeks just flew by. Sigh.

It's been more than a month since this trip and I really really miss NYC. And I've been feeling really frustrated cos my college future is still uncertain. The worst thing is that there's nothing I can do and it's out of my control. So helpless ughhhh.

Anyway, that's all I have about NY!! Hope you've enjoyed reading this post.