Hola blog, and welcome to Day 4, our last full day in NYC. Sob! Sniff! Here I am that morning, wearing the happy little monster shirt I bought at “Search & Destroy”, hair in NYC pigtails, MAC blush on point. Did I mention that I went to MAC on 5th Avenue and spent 90 dollars on two items? I mean, I’m not proud or anything. Ridiculous! The good news is that the blush and powder I bought (that’s right, that’s ALL) will probably last me 10 years, because I have a light touch.

This poster down in the subway caught my eye, for obvious reasons.

More “Protect Yo…” graffiti. Note the wet sidewalk–Friday the weather was RIDIC. Not only did it rain all day, but the wind was so strong I actually witnessed a woman’s umbrella strip off of its spines…I’ve never seen that before! Lots and lots of New Yorkers cussing while battling the weather, trying to walk around and maintain hairstyles.

Josh heard that Russ & Daughters was the best authentic Jewish deli to get a bagel schmear at, so we went to the original location. Once we were there, not only was it packed (to be expected), but it was a standing deli only, no chairs, no tables. I really really really wanted a “sit-down” breakfast on our last day, and luckily R & D had opened a sit-down version of their deli not too far away!

Unfortunately the waiting time was 45 minutes (it ended up being closer to an hour), so we amused ourselves by walking around in the rain and gawking at graffiti.

The ad on the top of the building caught my eye, because it’s a Mucha rip-off. I’m pretty sure it’s an ad for “Blue Moon” beer.

I decided to go “casual” for our last day in NYC–nobody wants to battle extreme weather in a dress, anyway. I bought the rainbow umbrella at Patricia Field–it was actually cheaper at PF than it was at Duane Reed! And speaking of DR, holy CRAP that place is expensive. It’s basically like the Walgreens we have here in Washington, but with luxury cosmetics. Twice we bought 6 things and spent 50 dollars.

I hear that!

This aqua doorway coordinated so nicely with my gloves that I forced Josh to take a picture of me standing near it. You understand.

I love street art.

Finallyyyy inside Russ & Daughters. It was clean, elegant, and our waitress was adorable. Lots of little cartoons lining the wall on the way to the restroom.

The menu. The food was superb! Melt in your mouth good. Some of the best salmon I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot of salmon before.

This dude ordered a little side of caviar. So fancy! It was our most expensive meal in NYC. Worth it.

I ordered a chocolate egg cream, because I had never had one before and this seemed like the place to order one.

It was goooood. I had terrible hat hair at that point but what can you do? Carry a round brush everywhere? Pffft.

I can almost still taste it. YUM.

Wh–what? Is that all? I guess for today. I’m getting over my cold but I still have a pretty good chest ache that no amount of Sudafed seems to help. Join me tomorrow as we go to the Cloisters! One of the highlights of the trip (thanks Mom!).