NYC Day 14 (Part 2): Thrift Shops In East Village, The Sunset at the Highline, & Dinner At A Diner

On our way back to the house to meet friends and family for dinner we decided to jump off the subway line for a bit and check out East Village. It is a cool little area of Manhattan that has a lived in, thrift shop at every corner, kinda feel- we like this feel.

We didn’t spend a lot time there but liked what we saw which was mainly the cool little shops in the basements of old early 19^th century homes. Most of the shops were either little bistros and restaurants, thrift or specialty shops, or coffee shops… we like these things.

We did a loop of the area then hopped back on the train in the direction of our place. When we got there we had a few beers before finally going out.

Rick had been researching a classic diner, Manhattan Diner, to take friends Mike & Maureen so we headed there for a late dinner.

As we walked to the meatpacking district dark rain clouds were approaching over the setting sun. A beautiful sight. We thought we would take a detour on the Highline to catch the natural spectacle unfolding.

Set up on the highline was a group of amateur astronomers, apparently tonight was some special night where three planets were visible by the naked eye. Matt was the envy of the gang of expensive telescope wielding nerds when he spotted the first planet, without a telescope.

When we got to the diner we ordered some classics, a chicken wrap for Alissa and Mac & Cheese for Matt, we shared a strawberry shake- it was alright. It wasn’t until half-way through the meal that we realized that we weren’t even in the classical diner but instead were in “The Diner” in the Meatpacking District.

Our conclusion: there are too many restaurants in NYC!