Updated - Things to Do In NYC

New York City is without a doubt my favorite city that I've been to so far. I would love to live there one day. I've been six times now, and I've been adding to my list of things to do. It started as 54 things, and has now grown to many more.


On my most recent visit to the city, I discovered Gantry Plaza State Park. My friend and I went to Long Island City in Queens (a quick subway ride from Manhatten) so she could buy pointe shoes, and while we were there we discovered this great park. It has a fabulous view of the Manhatten skyline, and a cool Coca-Cola sign.

Also, while we were walking to the subway station, we passed some great graffiti art including this painting of the skyline.

As a How I Met Your Mother fan, I loved stopping at McGee's on 55th. It's the bar that MacLaren's is based on. McGee's has a full HIMYM themed menu with drinks such as "Have You Met the Captain" and the "Slutty Pumpkin." Between my friends and I, we tried almost all of the themed drinks, and they were all great.



I discovered a new brunch place called Rue 57. I got the french toast, and it was fabulous. The weather was great, so we sat on the street and enjoyed people watching.

There are many other fun things that I added to the spreadsheet. I hope to continue adding ideas after future trips!

Daily Planner

Along with the rest of the world, the New Year has me resolving to be more organized and productive. As part of my resolution, I thought that the next step was to be better about making to-do lists. I used to use the reminder app on my phone, but I often found it overwhelming that I couldn't easily view tasks by day.

Another resolution I have, again, like the rest of the world, is to be healthier. I want to eat healthier, and be more active. I tend to do better if I write everything out, so another to-do list seemed like the best way to follow through with this resolution.

Finally, and most importantly, I resolved to be better about my faith. I want to be better about reading the Bible daily, praying daily, and be more grateful. In the past, I've been using a bible study worksheet I created, but I wanted to incorporate my faith in my daily planner as well.

So, I created a daily planner page to keep track of my to-do list, meals, workouts, prayers, and other goals. I made it 2 to a page with the plan to fold them in half, and keep in a cute mini-binder I bought at Target a few months ago. I did the same with my bible study worksheet, so I keep them all in the same binder.