Greenwich Village Walking Tour

A school friend who is doing an internship here in the city came over to the village to see me for a walking tour. We met at 8th-NYU station (N/R line) and started our village adventure (well, not so much an adventure for me since I live in this neighborhood, but everytime I go out, I can always find something new and exciting)


First stop, Washington Square Park. Only 1 minute away east to Broadway and 1 minute away from my apartment (Thank you, NYU housing!) 
There is always talented street performers, dog walkers, lovers, street stands, kids, hippies, homeless people...all kinds of people, just hanging out or making a living in the park. 
We came across this amazing band, my first time seeing them. Really awesome! If I had enough cash, I'd buy their CD. 

In the summer, the fountain is the best water park for kids in the city.

My daily routine is to have dinner and then come to the park to dog-watch with my boyfriend. We just stand outside of the dog park and looking at the pooches wishing they were ours...

At the SE end of Washington Square Park, in front of NYU law school, there are these chess tables for people to play chess. Pretty neat!

We then left the park just walked around the village. I just LOVE the village. It's got so much culture, so diverse, energetic and full of live. I feel blessed living in this neighborhood. 

We stumbled upon this weird shop, Kiosk (http://kioskkiosk.com/)(http://www.yelp.com/biz/kiosk-new-york) very weird stairs, to be honest, it didn't look very inviting...but it's pretty cool.

We kept walking towards SOHO. I love SOHO, I can barely afford anything in that area, but I just love the stores, the design, the display and the uniqueness of the arts and everything. It'd be nice to be shopping in that area, but even without spending a dime, Jess and I had a really good time walking around SOHO. We walked into a couple of cool stores. 


Free People. This is the only one I found in NYC, I am sure there are others, but this one is so cute.

This colorful home decor store caught my eyes. As soon as I walked in, I knew I had been in the same store in San Francisco before. It's Jonathan Adler (http://jonathanadler.com/) I love the colors and patterns this designer has. It's totally ME!!!! When I have money and my own apartment, (hopefully soon) I will come back here and get lots babies home!!!

A couple blocks south, we arrived in Little Italy. Little Italy is right next to China town, I feel China town kinda invaded Little Italy. Who would have thought China and Italy would be right next to each other. But hey, it's New York. Anything can happen in New York!

Jess and I met at 5:30, by the time we left Little Italy and headed to East Village was already 7pm. It was still sunny but it got COLD fast. We walked along Bowery and got on 2nd Ave. The streets are just full of characters and graffiti! I still can't figure out how do those people get up there on the wall to paint? 

2nd Ave is one of my favorite streets in the East Village. It's got tons of restaurants, Japanese, Mexican, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Indian, Thai...all kind of cuisines. We ended up having yummy yummy Mexican <3 Great friend, great neighborhood, great food,  a great night! I am a happy girl!

Here is our walking tour. Washington Square Park, NYU, Greenwich Village, SOHO, Little Italy, East Village, Little Tokyo (St. Mark's st). 4 hours of New York fun. I can do it everyday!