In attempt to fully take advantage of this lovely city (one of many resolutions) we figured it was time to take a visit to the stunning Highline. After class my roomate and a friend from Joffrey and I met to start this mini adventure. We kicked it off by heading on over to Pizza Pete's one of the many 'whole in the wall' places we want to experience a little bit more of. 2 huge slices of pizza, a large coke and $7 later we were officially stuffed and ready to walk it off. Next stop the Highline. For those of you who may not be familiar with this, the Highline was once an above ground railroad that traveled from 14th to 33rd St along 10th Ave. It stopped running in the 80's and just within the last 2 years has been completely renovated into a railroad park stretching about a mile long right above the middle of Manhattan. Pretty neat, eh? I'd visited it before during the day, but was excited to experience its full glory at night with the city lights shining. Here's the funny part.. We took the elevator up 3 stories, walked enough to catch one photo and were promptly told that the park was closed and asked to leave. 2 minutes was all we got. Who knew closing time was at 7pm? Not this girl. A little bummed and feeling as though we still needed to walk off some pizza, we decided to venture for a while, having no where to be. We stumbled upon the most expansive 'market' I've ever whitnessed. What once was an abandoned church has now been completely remade into a rather chique rather large market. You know the three of us took full advantage of our find and spent a good hour and a half exploring. Tempted to go wild in the 50% off section, I can proudly say I resisted. That's not to say I left empty handed, I mean they had a gelatto shoppe. The previous walking I had taken part in was a complete loss when I ordered a small salted caramel brownie gelatto. Oops. A complete opposite of what we were going for, but I can't complain. Love this city. So much.
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