Two Lenses: November 2016

Last month, we enjoyed a weekend away in New York City. This was our first time traveling to New York City in the middle of fall. We packed for cold, as temperatures were expected to be both warm and cold, but we didn't realize just how cold and windy it would get. Today's forecast was in the high forties in the morning and would drop to low forties by evening. As we got up and ready for another day in the city, we stopped at the local Starbucks on the corner and grabbed us something to keep us warm, while we commuted to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We took the Subway as far as it would get us and walked the rest of the way there. Along the way, we stopped to take a few pictures.

BLACK TAP

Before traveling to New York City, we had spotted these delicious milkshakes on Pinterest! We love ice cream so we knew we had to put it on our itinerary of places to visit.

After a busy day of exploring the city, we took the subway train to Soho and waited in line for dinner at Black Tap. Little did we know the line on a Saturday night would be stretched around the building. We waited outside in the cold for two hours. We sat, we stood, we danced, trying to stay warm and wait for time to pass. Finally, it was our turn! The hostess led us into Black Tap, which was so small and quaint. We were seated along a bar top area, where we got to know the neighbors sitting next to us real well. The seating was tight, but the food was well worth it. Our water was served in a tall glass bottle, where we could pour it ourselves into our cute glass mason jar cups.

For dinner we shared The Spicy Mexican Burger. It's a chorizo burger with jack cheese, pico de gallo, and chipotle mayo, yum! We agreed it was delicious!

For dessert, we choose two milkshakes to try. We had our eyes on the cake milkshake off their Instagram, but it turns out they change their menu's to keep people coming back, so those milkshakes had already been taken off their menu. Bummer!

Both shakes were good, but we favored the vanilla cookie shake more.

If you ever find yourself in soho, definitely stop by Black Tap and check it out for yourself!

SCHOOL BUS ART YARD

PARDUE MILL

Tuesday afternoon, we drove to North Georgia to explore a cute little area called Pardue Mill. The area had a waterfall on one side of the road and a small watermill on the other side of the road. We photographed the area and stopped to snap a few family pictures.

Pardue Mill is remote and private, as the waterfall and small watermill are located on someone's property. There are trespassing signs up that warn people the owners are not responsible for any injuries that may occur at the waterfall so if you plan to visit, be safe and mindful that you are on someone's property.

After we left Pardue Mill, we drove towards Helen, GA and stopped to take pictures with the infamous dairy cows that live on the field, off the main highway.