{"id":11363,"date":"2012-08-08T20:39:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/?p=11363"},"modified":"2026-07-10T23:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:28:41","slug":"blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Sightseeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/view-from-ferry-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11364\" title=\"view-from-ferry-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/view-from-ferry-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/view-from-ferry-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/view-from-ferry-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/view-from-ferry-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/view-from-ferry-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week I attended the BlogHer 12 conference in New York City and was gone from Tuesday night until early Monday morning. At this point I am just kind of laying around the house watching DVR&#8217;d shows and taking cat naps, recovering from a whirlwind trip. I had lots fun, met with lots of friends (old and new), explored the city, and came home with really sore feet.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to go into this conference well prepared and that meant reading posts from other bloggers who have been and had advice to share. I didn&#8217;t really explore transportation options though, because I think most people fly. I decided it would be greener to take a bus and that was my biggest mistake on this trip. Taking a bus from Ohio to New York and back again was like a signing myself up for a sleep deprivation torture experiment. It&#8217;s hard enough to sleep on a bus (tight quarters) surrounded by strangers and hang out in seedy bus stations but having to get off the bus 2-3 times per trip and sit for an hour or more in a terminal only to get back on the same freakin bus was just too much. I also &#8220;forget&#8221; that I have edema issues due to many of my lower lymph nodes being removed (cancer). Sitting for that long meant that by the time we landed in NYC I had cankles and really swollen feet.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway bus ride aside I still hit the ground running when I got there and made mistake #2 which was too walk from the Port Authority to the hotel. It was less than a mile but good golly it was crowded and hot, and walking with luggage was not fun. Okay so the trip didn&#8217;t start out very well but it did get better. After checking in to my hotel (The Hilton at 53rd and 6th) we (my brother and I &#8211; he went with me) hoofed it to Times Square and bought show tickets. Then we killed time going in shops until the 8:00 showing of Chicago at The Ambassador. It wasn&#8217;t the show that either of us wanted to see but it was discounted and available and we ended up LOVING it. On the way home we stopped at Lindy&#8217;s and got some cheesecake to go. Yum!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/chicago-show\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11365\" title=\"chicago-show\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/chicago-show-520x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/chicago-show-520x520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/chicago-show-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/chicago-show-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/chicago-show.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Day two began with a Go Army Bootcamp at the hotel for me. They apparently changed up their workouts two years ago and ahem&#8230; seemed to adopt a lot of CrossFit moves. I was totally familiar with everything we did and it was a nice way to get my blood pumping for the day. Afterwards my brother and I got Metro passes for the subway and generally just explored for the greater part of the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We got cream cheese bagels with sturgeon at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.russanddaughters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russ &amp; Daughters<\/a>. Amazing and totally not paleo but who cares??!??! So delicious&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/bagel-sturgeon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11366\" title=\"bagel-sturgeon\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bagel-sturgeon-520x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bagel-sturgeon-520x520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bagel-sturgeon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bagel-sturgeon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bagel-sturgeon.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I had one of these babies on Saturday too but with smoked salmon&#8230;equally yum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After eating we wandered around Chinatown and Little Italy. I love all the fruit stands, gardens, and outdoor eateries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/dragon-fruit-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11367\" title=\"dragon-fruit-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dragon-fruit-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dragon-fruit-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dragon-fruit-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dragon-fruit-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dragon-fruit-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/fruit-chinatown2-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11368\" title=\"fruit-chinatown2-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fruit-chinatown2-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fruit-chinatown2-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fruit-chinatown2-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fruit-chinatown2-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fruit-chinatown2-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/gardens-new-york-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11369\" title=\"gardens-new-york-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gardens-new-york-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gardens-new-york-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gardens-new-york-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gardens-new-york-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gardens-new-york-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/little-italy-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11370\" title=\"little-italy-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/little-italy-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/little-italy-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/little-italy-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/little-italy-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/little-italy-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also love the subways. Travelling this way is so convenient and it would be awesome to not have a car. I am trying to convince hubby that NYC is the place for us after our kids are grown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/canal-street-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11371\" title=\"canal-street-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/canal-street-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/canal-street-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/canal-street-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/canal-street-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/canal-street-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/subway-new-york-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11372\" title=\"subway-new-york-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subway-new-york-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subway-new-york-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subway-new-york-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subway-new-york-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subway-new-york-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Next stop&#8230;the Staten Island Ferry and Lady Liberty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/staten-island-ferry-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11373\" title=\"staten-island-ferry-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/staten-island-ferry-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/staten-island-ferry-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/staten-island-ferry-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/staten-island-ferry-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/staten-island-ferry-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/statue-of-liberty-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11374\" title=\"statue-of-liberty-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/statue-of-liberty-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/statue-of-liberty-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/statue-of-liberty-sm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/statue-of-liberty-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/statue-of-liberty-sm-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/brooklyn-bridge-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11380\" title=\"brooklyn-bridge-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brooklyn-bridge-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brooklyn-bridge-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brooklyn-bridge-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brooklyn-bridge-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/brooklyn-bridge-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All the walking made us super hungry so after trekking around the Chelsea Market for a bit we ended up going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morimotonyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Morimoto<\/a> (of Iron Chef fame). As expected it was crazy expensive (about $180 for lunch) but really, really delicious. We had sea bass with these scrumptious bits of avocado fried in Tempura and a large plate of sushi and rolls. I loved everything&#8230;even the salmon roe, which I usually don&#8217;t care for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/sushi-morimoto-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11375\" title=\"sushi-morimoto-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sushi-morimoto-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sushi-morimoto-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sushi-morimoto-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sushi-morimoto-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sushi-morimoto-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After stuffing ourselves it seemed appropriate to walk and lucky for us The Highline was right next door. If you don&#8217;t know this is a section of the former elevated\u00a0New York Central Railroad\u00a0which runs along the lower west side of\u00a0Manhattan. It was abandoned and slated for demolition but a community group decided to recycle it into an urban park \/aerial\u00a0greenway and it is absolutely gorgeous now. It was a big highlight of my trip because I have wanted to see it for years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/highline-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11376\" title=\"highline-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/highline2-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11377\" title=\"highline2-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline2-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline2-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline2-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline2-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline2-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/highline3-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11378\" title=\"highline3-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline3-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline3-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline3-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline3-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline3-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/blogher12-new-york-city-site-seeing-edition\/highline4-sm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11379\" title=\"highline4-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline4-sm-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline4-sm-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline4-sm-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline4-sm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/highline4-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After The High Line we went back uptown to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frick.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frick<\/a> and we took a walk in central park. At that point it was time for the conference stuff and the conference related parties to begin&#8230;but that is for another post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The major take away from this first part of the trip though that is that I forgot how amazing New York is and how much I love it there. Someday, hopefully I will get to spend lots more time there. AND because we took the awful torture bus and rode the subways the whole time, it was also a pretty green travel adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I attended the BlogHer 12 conference in New York City and was gone from Tuesday night until early Monday morning. 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