Thursday 17 September

Thursday 17 September

A family morning as we walked through central park to the Metropolitan Museum of Art… Thought Marley would enjoy the art and have been stinging to see Damien Hirsts Shark, and Mark as an artist always appreciates some good art! The Met was brilliant, spent hours there, was really really happy that we finally made it…

Walked around and over towards Serendipity 3 for their Frozen Hot Chocolate, finally arrived, starving ready to eat and they don’t allow strollers… We were asked to leave it out the front of the shop or tip some guy across the road to mind it… I was devastated, and explained to the man that I was desperate to try the frozen hot chocolate so could I just grab one take away, he said they didn’t do take away, but he would make an exception because of the circumstances… I am so glad he did, it was AMAZING!!! I drank as we walked back to 5th Ave, in heaven!

5th Ave again, Nike town again, just walking around, stumbled across the sex and the city 2 filming, checked that out a bit… Didn’t see very much though, the girls were in Bergdorf Goodman’s... And we walked and walked till we arrived home by night to pack…

Nike Town

Nike Town
Fifth Ave
www.nike.com
There wasn’t a great deal to see here, unlike past years… On our second look I bought some tops, but didn’t get around to photographing them… I hope that should we ever make it back, that it has picked up again…

Thursday 10 September

Thursday 10 September

The shopping begins, we strapped Marley into her pram and walked to Herald Square, shopped up and down 33rd St starting with Macys... Macys provided some beautiful children’s clothes for Marley, and we spent so long there that her lunchtime came, we bolted to McDonalds as it was a convenient spot to feed her and refuel ourselves... Back to shopping, H&M, GAP, Footlocker, keeping on all the way to Fifth Ave and up that street... The highlight was FAO Schwartz where we spent a long time checking out toys for Marley, we ordered her ‘whatnot’ then shopped around, finding a few bits ad pieces for her, picking up our ‘whatnot’ and continuing on... The other shops didn’t hold much for us, and we were holding out for Nike Town, but alas there wasn’t much there either... Walked around Trump Towers, back out onto Fifth and eventually home... To start a trend for our trip in NYC we ordered in, once Marley was in bed, it was pretty good, and clear that you really get bang for your buck when ordering in!

Nike town London

Nike town
Nike town London
www.nike.com
236 Oxford St London, W1,
United Kingdom
+44 27612 0800
We didn’t make the same mistakes this year as last year, what we liked, we bought… Not holding out for better goods in NYC, which was worthwhile as the stock in London was surprisingly much, much better then in NYC… I highly recommend shopping at the Oxford St Nike Town!!!

Nike Town

Nike Town
6 East 57th St
http://www.nike.com/
We had 2 appointments at Nike ID at Nike town… We wanted to check Nike Town in any case, needed a couple bits and pieces... No tracksuits that were suitable and no pre made kicks, which were disappointing, but the appointments were fantastic! Carl and Kristy were extremely helpful and we worked out way through 5 pairs of kicks total… After the appointment we cruised 5 floors of Nike again, and grabbed a shirt each…If you are gonna be here in New York you must make an appointment, they open 2 months in advance so get on it…

Nike Town

Nike Town
Oxford St
London
One of our favourite stores in London… t is having a bit of a refurb so it felt a lot smaller then usual, but the new ID store is open and gave us a taste of what to expect when we get to NYC… Some interesting pre made colour ways, but nothing for me… They had a sneakerfreaker vending machine too, it’s obviously pretty big here…