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Mexico City 2023 – Day 3

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We started the day by going to brunch at Mari Gold:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2023/12/18/cafe-comunidad/

After, we spent an hour in the Uber going to Xochimilco, where we did a boozy boat ride (called Trajineras boat ride. We also didn’t reserve in advance. We just booked it on the spot. It was 1200 pesos for two hours). Honestly, this was a really great experience. The boat stopped some side areas where we got more drinks and junk food (we did bring our own food and drinks, but it wasn’t enough).

As an fyi, after the boat ride, there is a market to shop. We also played with the sticker feature in our group chat on the way back (now we’re all experts).

After the boat ride, we headed back to the Airbnb to play Uno (the dinner situation was some pizza place that was a 10 minute walk from the Airbnb).

New York City Thanksgiving 2022

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Spent 3 days in New York for the Thanksgiving break. It was mostly a chill trip, so I’m gonna just have 1 blog post for the whole trip (as opposed to splitting it by day).

So I arrived Friday afternoon (4pm), but ended up getting to the hotel (Hyatt Grand Central) at 6pm (I think EWR has the worst traffic getting into the city out of all the airports).

After getting to the hotel, we hit up a pretty classy restaurant in Noho called Vic’s. More info on it can be found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/11/22/vics/

From there, made some last minute decisions. We decided to go and check out the comedy place, The Stand. Several pretty funny comedians. Like the last New York trip, thought it was pretty good time.

Afterwards we decided to go to Brooklyn to day 1 of TimeWarp. Honestly, from what I remembered, I really enjoyed it. The others have biases against Artbat, so they may have not enjoyed it as much.

For the second day, we decided to have a boozy brunch. Went to this place near midtown called Tara Rose:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/11/22/tara-rose/

Definitely would go back to the above place for brunch. Food and vibe was great for a booze brunch.

Afterwards, we tried another bar acrosss the street, but then ended up going to a pregame at Sam’s place.

Don’t fully remember leaving Sam’s place, but we made it to Time Warp for day 2.

On the third day, went to a couple of places in Chinatown. One place was a dive bar to meet a friends friend:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/11/22/forgtmenot/

Another place was a pizza joint called Scarr’s pizza:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/11/22/scarrs-pizza/

To end the night, we went to another pizza join near flat iron called Joe’s:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/11/22/joes-pizza/

Overall, super chill and great trip.

New York City, second day

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This day was probably the most fun day I’ve had in New York.

For the entire afternoon we spent our time in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met). We had a great time looking at all different types of art from various eras (Greek, European, Egyptian). I gotta say, the European section was the best part based on how we were feeling 😉

After the Met, we went to this place for dinner:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2018/11/19/chikarashi/

After dinner, we went to pick up some hard liquor at a Wine and Liquor store around broadway and 22nd (note that in New York City, hard liquor is not usually available in grocery stores. We also found the price is kinda expensive compared to California).

For most of the night we spent at our friend Jonathan’s place for a pre-Thanksgiving party (Sam was DJing and there were a couple of kegs plus rage cafe and beer pong).

After around 12am we headed over to a place called House of Yes in Brooklyn. It was sort of a burning man type crowd. From what I remember, it was pretty crowded, but I would check out it again (they usually have themes every single weekend. We were definitely not dressed up for the occasion).

At the end of the night, we went to a pizza place called Artichoke Basille pizza where we got some artichoke pizza (also in Brooklyn). It was great, from what I remember .

First Night in Miami

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We landed in FFL at 5:30pm (and arrived at the gate at 6pm. Jet blue overall was a good flight experience with the their unlimited snacks, free bottled water, and slightly over priced, but really good turkey sandwich. However, actually leaving SFO took a while, and reaching the gate was bad. Sam’s flight left 30 minutes later than ours, but ubered out of FFL before us).

From FFL, it took about 60 minutes to reach Four Point hotel. On the way to the hotel, the “Welcome to Miami Beach” sign was pretty cool to see on highway 195.

At the hotel, they didn’t honour the adjoining rooms request.

We went to Bird and Bone for Dinner. I got their “Hot Chicken” dish and strawberry smash drink.

After, we stopped by Walgreens to get some supplies. Unfortunately they did not have hard liquor.

At 10:00pm, we headed to SOHO Studios for Heldeep vs Monstercat. The venue was definitely a very rave atmosphere. They sold some rave gear, but it was over priced.

Between all the DJs that played, Sunburn and Oliver Helden were the best.

We went back to the hotel at 2pm, and ordered and artichoke pizza from Artichoke Pizza place.