Korea Town and Top of The Rock

Since Schaun got the news that he'd start work down in Virginia on 3/16, we've started going on date after date in order to take advantage of New York City's offerings before he leaves. On this particular evening, we went down to Korea Town to a fantastic restaurant (Schaun's pick) and tried our hand at kim-chi among other very spicy yummies.

Rachel went with the bibimbap (because of the name, of course) and thoroughly enjoyed mixing the raw egg into the sizzing hot rice dish...don't let any of that crispy rice crust that forms on the bottom of the bowl go to waste. We're just warning you. Schaun went with the spicy pork deliciousness and we rolled out of the restaurant and made our way up to Rockefeller Center.

We were tourists in our own town and went to The Top of the Rock attraction, where you can take the elevator to the observation deck on the 70th floor. Having been to the top of the Empire State building and World Trade Center, this was absolutely the best. Though it was seriously freezing up there, the views were STUNNING. Especially cool was that on the very tippy top level there are no guards so you're literally surrounded by the vast and amazing NYC skyline. Nothing but 360 degrees of breathtaking views. It's absolutely worth the money. And on the way up there's lots of historical information and even some films about Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall.

The Empire State Building, which you don't get to actually SEE from the top of the Empire State building. Below is one of the tallest buildings (and our next door neighbor on 54th Street) in NYC, the Citigroup Building, also difficult to see from the Empire State Building because it's BLOCKED by Rockefeller Center.


All said and done, as we left Rockefeller Plaza, Schaun even got this nice shot of his favorite cathedral, St. Patrick's on the way home. We do love NYC!