Our first day in the city was a workday for both Mrs. WS93 and I. She worked from her company’s office in Chelsea and while I had plans to go into my office, I decided just to work from the hotel. I did head out and meet her for lunch, which had a great view of the city before returning to wrap up for the day.

Great lunch view

Once done with work, Mrs. WS93 met me back at the Renaissance and we headed out to meet out DFW based travel friends for dinner. We jumped on the Subway at 23rd street and a couple of stops later we were at 50th Street and 8th Avenue where we grabbed dinner and drinks at B Side Pizza.





After dinner, it was a quick walk around the corner to the Walter Kerr Theatre where we saw Hadestown, which was fantastic! They had a small bar at the rear of the theatre and we grabbed a couple of expensive drinks to go along with the show. The drinks did come in reusable cups with lids so I brought them back to keep on the boat.






After the show, we walked down 6th Avenue in the general direction of our hotel, grabbed a drink at the speakeasy ‘Patent Pending’ located inside Patent Coffee, and made a 1:30am grease stop at a food truck near the hotel.




The next day, I spent the morning doing some work before meeting up with Mrs. WS93 at another one of her NYC offices for lunch before moving our stuff from the Renaissance to the aforementioned Four Points.

More lunch views

Our DFW based friends were also staying here and we all met in the lobby before heading out for the night. Our first stop was at Katana Kitten in West Village where we had some cocktails and snacks. It was located directly next to RedFarm which, according to my wife, has “the best soup dumplings in the world”. Though it was a Friday night in New York, we decided to see if we could squeeze in for an appetizer, but they were rented out for a private event. Undeterred, we found another bar around the corner to kill time before heading to our dinner reservation at Cosme.

Katana Kitten

Drinks

KK burger

Cosme, was the real star of the show as the restaurant was founded by Enrique Olivera who also has Pujol in Mexico City (Which is ranked as the 9th best restaurant in the world). So, we knew we were in for a treat!



We started off with a round of drinks.


Then the herb guacamole and corn tostadas



And the Tataki al pastor


Followed by the farro esquites with goat gouda and milpa tamal




And finally, the mole de la casa and duck carnitas




We were so stuffed from dinner that we skipped dessert and instead headed for a nearby cocktail bar, Mace, for a nightcap before turning in for the night.



The next day, the weather had turned cooler and there was rain on the way. First, we needed caffeine so we met up with our DFW based friends in the lobby and headed out to Maman for coffee. From there, we started a stroll over towards Thai Diner for lunch. However, we didn’t quite make it there before the skies opened up, forcing us and some other ill-prepared New Yorkers to take shelter in a building entryway. We had a great lunch, though I didn’t think to grab any photos.



Hiding from the rain

After lunch, the girls wanted to do some shopping, so we wandered around for a bit before meeting up with some of our NYC based friends at Bandit’s for a final drink.

Surprisingly, there was nothing in this fridge

What a deal!

We came across a random parade as well




With that, our time was coming to a close, so we headed back to the hotel to finish packing and head to JFK to catch our DL flight home.