This week will be filled with many posts recapping our AMAZING Memorial Day weekend! Our friends Ryan and Amy came to visit us in NYC for the long weekend and we packed a TON of fun adventures into the weekend including: –

Sex and the City 2

Dinner at Casa Mono and drinks at Pete’s

An adventure up to the Cloisters

 

Lunch at Diner and shopping in the Meat Packing district

Brunch at Maialino and Jersey Boys

Dinner at Spice and dancing at Tenjune until 5am

and

Drinks at Pipa and The Private Roof Club at Gramercy Hotel

These two great bars are definitely going to become neighborhood favorites for me and Bo. They are within four blocks of our apartment, feature plenty of outdoor seating, and a great selection of both wine, beer, and mixed drink selections.

We discovered Pipa (38 East 19th Street) after enjoying the matinee showing of Jersey Boys with Bo’s parents. Amy was drawn to her favorite thing, bright shiny things! 🙂 Pipa is a joint venture between a restaurant/bartender and ABC Carpet. ABC uses Pipa as their mirror and chandelier show room. This means that the decor changes on a weekly basis and is absolutely gorgeous! The small restaurant featured over 40 chandeliers throughout all of which featured price tags since they are all for sale. Based on their website and the reviews I read, Pipa is most well known for the exposed beams, brick, seashells, and of course chandeliers.

                                    My dream chandelier!

The word Pipa is Spanish slang for “having a good time.” The restaurant features a number of Spanish-inspired tapas with Latin flair along with a thorough drink menu. We did not order any food items but were intrigued by the nearby table’s food. Everything looked delicious! In addition, we saw that people ordered in a family style method which allows for guests to sample multiple different flavors.

 

We did however, satiate our thirst with a sampling of their drinks. The boys enjoyed their local beers on tap, Hop Devil and Lighthouse Ale. Meanwhile, Amy and I were craving their delcious sangria. Amy went with the red sangria while I enjoyed the cava sangria. The cava sangria was deliciously bubbly and a great twist on the traditional white wine sangria.

We would definitely return to Pipa for happy hour cocktails and appetizers with friends. The service was friendly, atmosphere and decor served as the perfect eye candy, and the drinks were fresh and delicious!

     

Hope you have a great week! It will be a short, fast paced week before I head down to DC for the North Face Endurance Challenge for a fun weekend with some great bloggers! Between now and then it’s about returning to my normal routine after a week of Vegas and long weekend indulgences, eating healthy, running, enjoying the NYRR National Running Day event with friends, and catching up on sleep!