NYC Cafe - Summertime only!

My husband surprised me the other weekend by taking me to a little cafe that is only open during the summer season and is in a pretty cool location.

If you are on the Upper West side of Manhattan, walk West as far as possible on 79th street. You'll cross under Riverside Drive and go under a green bridge. This is looking back under the bridge:
You might be wondering where you are going. But no fear. Up ahead you'll see this:
It's the Boat Basin Cafe! This year (according to their website) it's going to be open until the end of October, weather permitting. You can sit under the blue umbrellas or inside the under the road where they have tons of lights hanging and a few bars. We decided to walk through the under road part to the back side where you can sit outside with views of the Hudson.

In case you wanted a closer view of the Jersey shore:
And just a random street shot walking back:
Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Past Views

So since I failed to upload those photos from my weekend last night I'll post some other photos.

Good tip: If you are ever in NYC, check out Me'Bar. It's on the rooftop of a hotel and has great great views of the Empire State Building. Plus!!! They serve free popcorn. Very cool :) These photos were taken with my phone...

The view:


The bar (I like the lights):

Mamajuana Rum

A new thing we are getting used to here in New York is getting paid on non-Fridays. I get paid the 15th and the 31st. So to celebrate a pay day (my first official non-temping paycheck), we went out to eat last night. I had read an article in the New York Times about a little Dominican place off Dyckman Street and we decided to check it out. It's called Mamajuana Cafe. Mamajuana (from the website) is apparently a mixture of rum, herbs, honey, and spices and is supposed to have been some concoction that produces miracles. What kind of miracles I'm not sure, but their Mamajuana Mojito was delicious! We didn't get an actual meal but got about three tapas (appetizers) which were all very yummy. Here's some photos from their website:

Mamajuana Rum


Mamajuana Cafe

Working Girl

So I am officially (well, starting October 22nd) a working girl. I've been full-time temping with a company that is awesome and everyone is so friendly. So I've been offered a job here and I took it. Right now I'm a receptionist, but the pay is super great, great benefits that start day one, AND I can do homework when it's slow. How great is that!!! Robb took me out to Guadalupe Restaurant in our neighborhood...fast becoming an all-time favorite. Delicious food...I had the enchildada with mole sauce...mmm. And they have these great rum, sugar, and pureed lime...so so good.